Volume 14, Number 8
Featured Stories
- UWM in NYC: Urban Studies alum learns city government in the country’s biggest cityNatalie 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 …
- UWM alumna is a ‘woman of influence’ as Schlitz Audubon executive directorEarlier 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, …
- Student podcaster wins national award for spotlighting Gen Z’s financial worriesUWM 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 …
- UWM athletes winning in the classroom tooUWM 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 …
- Cameron Got Her Dream Job Before Graduating from UWMCameron, 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 …
- UWM chemists pioneer new method to calculate experimental energetics of chemical reactionsA group of UWM chemists has pioneered a new method to measure the energetics of chemical reactions. Their work was published in May in ChemCatChem, the European Society Journal for …
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Alumni Accomplishments
Scott Krajcir (‘93, BA Economics) was named the new Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking at Wisconsin Bank & Trust, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal. He brings more than 25 years of experience in commercial banking to his new role. Wisconsin Bank & Trust specializes in commercial lending and treasury management services.
Laurels & Accolades
UWM’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies along with the University of Utah’s Center for Latin American Studies were lauded by the U.S. Department of Education for their jointly hosted virtual alumni panel featuring four former students who received a FLAS award during their studies. The Department of Education funded Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) award provides students with a generous stipend and large scholarship to study lesser taught languages and cultures. The FLAS alumni from UWM studied Portuguese and Zapotec. All of the alums shared job search and career advice.
In the Media and Around the Community
During Milwaukee’s busiest weekend that included the air show at the lakefront, Karyn Frick (Psychology) spoke with TMJ4 about tactics people can use to cope with noise sensitivity.
Kevin Cullen (‘08 MS Anthropology) is the executive director of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum and was part of a team of shipwreck hunters who recently discovered a long-lost schooner at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Katharine Beutner (English) moderated an online panel discussion on the genre of queer international crime fiction. The event was hosted by Madison’s Mystery to Me bookstore. The discussion featured authors Kwei Quartey and Sam Bett.
Undergraduate Hailey Beaty (Psychology) shared her accomplishments as the president of UWM’s Red Cross Club on the American Red Cross’ website.
The UWM Cultural Resource Management program helped confirm the existence of the remains of a Native American village dating to 900-1600 AD, said the Oshkosh Northwestern. The remains were located in Oshkosh along Menominee Park’s Pratt Trail. Archaeologists from CRM worked with road crews to excavate the site and preserve artifacts.
Emmy Yates (‘22, MA Urban Studies) explained the philosophy behind DIY skate parks, like the one built by volunteers beneath the I-94 overpass near National Street on Milwaukee’s south side, in Milwaukee Magazine.
CNBC interviewed Jeffrey Sommers (African and African Diaspora Studies) regarding political violence. Professor Sommers also co-authored “The Collapse of the “Vital Center” and the Return of Politics” for CounterPunch.
A new report states that federal agencies that produce statistical data are at risk due to lack of funding and other challenges. Margo Anderson (emerita History) remarked on the report in the Wisconsin Examiner.
Jean Creighton (Planetarium) gave a talk and lead a workshop at the International Planetarium Society in Berlin, Germany. Her talk was on “Our Shared Sky: Building Collaborations to Engage our Communities and Diversify Planetarium Programs,” and her workshop was titled “How to design your own professional development.”
There is a problem with unemployment data, especially when it comes to talking about the jobless rate among Black workers, said Marc Levine (emeritus History) in The Nation: It doesn’t include people who have been out of work so long that they’ve fallen out of the labor force.
Water preserves archaeological artifacts differently than when they are buried on land, which leads to interesting discoveries, Ashley Lemke (Anthropology) said in The Alpena News regarding an underwater excavation in Lake Huron.
People in Print
Research by Mark Schwartz (Geography) and his colleagues are the source of data for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency annual publication of “Climate Change Indicators: Leaf and Bloom Dates.”