Fifteen months after first being nominated to be the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, Karen Sasahara was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in October 2023. The journey to confirmation was long but the road to reach this high point in her …
A suggestion from her Japanese sensei – her teacher, that is – has given Lauren Sroka an amazing opportunity to study for a year in Japan. Sroka, a junior majoring in global studies, was awarded the prestigious Boren Scholarship, funded …
UWM students are busy preparing for Creepy Cosmos, this fall’s Halloween-themed program at the UWM Planetarium. The show highlights some of the spookiest space phenomena, including the solar system’s most unforgiving climates and black hole spaghettification. The program is one …
After volunteering for a children’s organization in her home country of Nigeria, Christiana Ibiwoye knew she wanted to pursue a career working with children. Her experience in service-learning helped her land her dream job even before graduating from UW-Milwaukee in …
Natalie Hernandez was sitting at a student networking event at the 2023 Population Association of America conference in New Orleans when she received a very important email. “I had my phone out on top of the table and I saw …
Earlier this year, Helen Boomsma was named a “Woman of Influence” in 2024 by the Milwaukee Business Journal. As the executive director of the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Bayside, Wisconsin, Boomsma has left her mark on the Milwaukee community. …
UWM student Grace Pagel won a first place national “Mark of Excellence” award from the Society of Professional Journalists in the Podcast (Narrative) category in May. Her podcast, “Breaking the Bank: Unpacking Gen Z’s Financial Insecurity,” beat out other student …
UWM student athletes excel even when they’re not competing. The UWM women’s tennis team recently received the Horizon League’s Raise Your Sights award for 2023-2024, an honor given to the top academic women’s and men’s teams based on combined grade point average …
Cameron, a journalism, advertising, and media studies major, had her heart set on becoming a photojournalist when she transferred to UWM. Once on campus, she knew exactly how to achieve that dream. With help from her instructors, Cameron got an …
Two UW-Milwaukee alumni are among the inaugural cohort of a new program meant to address the health disparities that plague the Milwaukee community. Ciara Ayala, who graduated in 2020 with a double major in biological sciences and psychology, and Alex …
America’s most popular tabletop role playing game turns 50 this year. Dungeons & Dragons, known for its epic fantasy settings and fateful roles of the dice, was co-created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and originally published from Gygax’s home …
A terrorist group stages a ransomware attack against a large health care network, compromising patient data and financial information. Russian trolls flood social media with AI-generated memes and messaging designed to increase political polarization in the United States. The Chinese …
Yazmin, a World Language Education and Spanish double-major, was surprised by how much she learned about herself through exploring everything UWM had to offer. She stepped out of her comfort zone to try new leadership opportunities, internships and clubs. “I …
Nine years ago, Lisa Schiller was featured in the September 2015 edition of In Focus. It was so long ago that the issue is no longer archived online. Schiller talked about her job as the Director of Investigations and Media …
A UWM alum is now a two-time Oscar winner. Josh Rosenberg, a 2007 graduate in broadcast journalism, is one of the producers of “The Last Repair Shop,” which won an Academy Award on March 10 for documentary short film. “The …
