Emerald Mills has a question for you: Do you want to grab a bite to eat? Mills is the founder of both Diverse Dining and Turning Tables, initiatives aimed at bringing people together over food. Diverse Dining invites perfect strangers …
When Nyesha Stone graduated from UWM in 2018 with her degree in journalism, advertising and media studies, she wasn’t quite sure if she wanted to go into traditional newspaper journalism — and jobs were scarce anyway. “It’s hard to get …
Geraud Blanks is the co-founder of Black Lens and the Chief Innovation Officer at Milwaukee Film. He’s an app developer, a former social worker, a history lover, and a film buff. He was also just announced a winner of UW-Milwaukee’s …
Natalie Hernandez felt disconnected. It was fall 2020, COVID-19 was in full swing and she was taking virtual UWM courses from her parents’ home in Illinois. She was also doubting whether she should continue pursuing her architecture major. Then came …
When she was appointed as executive director in January 2022, Dr. Melinda Brennan became the first woman of color to lead the Wisconsin affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union. “It doesn’t feel like a breaking ceiling,” she said. “There’s …
When Ashley Valentine was a child, she loved to read but was disappointed that few of the characters in books looked like her. “Books were kind of a haven for me,” said Valentine, a UWM alumna who just opened her …
Mark your calendars for April: There is a new art exhibition coming to the Milwaukee area, featuring scenes from the UW-Milwaukee Field Station. As thanks for serving as the inspiration for the art, profits from the sale of the paintings …
Green is a way of life for Sasha Stone. As the founder of Green Life Trading Co., a Madison-based retail store offering sustainable and renewable products for cleaning, health, and beauty, she’s opened up an avenue for people who want …
You can never learn enough about what history has to teach you. That’s why 73-year-old history graduate student Clayborn Benson, who leads the Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum, is still educating himself and others. “Mentally I wasn’t ready before, …
Note: All links below go to external sites. Josh Rosenberg was eating Thai food on his couch when he won an Oscar. The award, in the “Best Short Documentary” category, was for Breakwater Studio’s film “The Queen of Basketball.” Rosenberg …
Millenia ago, before the pyramids were built, before the development of pottery, before mammoths and mastodons went extinct, children were splashing in puddles on the shores of paleo-lake Otero in the Tularosa Basin. Nearby, a mother walked along the shore, …
Samantha Danen is a bit of a beer nerd. She began homebrewing while she majored in art history at UWM, and fell in love. But when she tried to get a job in the craft beer industry, Danen found herself …
From “Star Trek” to the SETI program, humanity loves to speculate on a burning question: Is there alien life somewhere out there in the vast reaches of the universe? For Dirk Schulze-Makuch, the question isn’t so speculative: It’s his job. …
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is a pioneering sort of place. Nestled right on the California coastline – the building has decks that stretch out over Monterey Bay itself – the aquarium was the first institution to build a living kelp …
Ryan Sorenson’s mother gives good advice. “Growing up, my mom always said, ‘Don’t sit on the sidelines and complain. Get in the game and make a difference,” he recalled from his desk in the mayor’s office in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. “I …
