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In this presentation, Grammy Award musician and UWM graduate student Beto Torrens will speak about his decades of cultural artistry working in the tradition of Puerto Rican Bomba. Bomba is Puerto Rico’s oldest living musical tradition: it was created by …
Join Geography & C21 at AGSL on September 18 for a presentation by J. Philip Grygny, PhD that uses stories, sound, and vivid imagery to explore what an ecological culture might look like, followed by a curated walk in Downer …
Jorge Luis Borges famously claimed himself to be the first hispano to embark upon the odyssey of reading and reviewing James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922). Along with his 1925 review, he also translated the last two pages of the novel, Molly …
“Remembered in Our Prayers”: Colonial Mexico, Philanthropy, and Public History Monday, March 31st, 2025 3:00-4:00 PM AGSL (UWM Libraries, 3rd floor) UW-Milwaukee Dr. Jessica Nelson Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee In colonial Oaxaca, Mexico, the spiritual and material …
Critically Reflexive Racialization: Building Interracial Solidarity through Research Practices Monday, February 24, 2025 3:00-4:00 PM AGSL (UWM Libraries, third floor) UW-Milwaukee Dr. Anjana Mudambi Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee In this talk, I’ll share my framework of critically reflexive …
A Department of Geography colloquium with Amy Rohan and Amanda Beavin from the Milwaukee organization, Data You Can Use.
Presented by Professor Emily Latch & Billie Harrison, Biological Sciences, UW-Milwaukee. The island of Grenada is home to only two endemic terrestrial vertebrates, the Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi) and the Grenada Frog (Pristimantis euphronides). Both are Critically Endangered (IUCN Red …
The 2024 Harold and Florence Mayer Lecture Agriculture is considered multifunctional when it produces standard commodity goods alongside a broader range of human and ecological services. The degree to which agriculture is successfully multifunctional owes much to feedback among individual …
Presented by Jorge Coronado, Professor of Latin American and Andean Literatures, Co-Director, Andean Cultures & Histories at Northwestern University. In this talk, Professor Coronado reconsiders the scholarly frameworks within which we locate indigenista literature, arguably the broadest literary movement in …
Thesis presentation of Mathew Ugwuanyi: Studies over the United States has shown that disparity still exists in lung cancer mortality. Such disparity has been greatly attributed to several risk factors such as genetics, socio-economic status, comorbidities, amongst others. Primarily, this …
Thesis presentation of Mark Miracle: This study investigates the negative health consequences linked to lead exposure, with a specific focus on interventions implemented in Milwaukee. Emphasizing the heightened susceptibility of young children during organ development, the research examines literature on …
Thesis presentation of Christopher Archuleta: Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are primarily used for determining flood insurance rates and for determining which properties are required to have flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program. However, they are also flood risk maps …
Dissertation proposal presentation of Matthias Schilli: Violence has been studied as a social and public health issue for a long time. We investigate the violence in the City of Chicago by integrating social, environmental, and mobility factors in spatial statistical …
Dissertation proposal presentation of Lulu Liu: Over-concentrated urban buildings and energy consumption have become one of the major reasons for the environmental deterioration in urban areas and can directly or indirectly cause urban microclimate changes. Energy consumption in urban areas …
Dissertation proposal presentation of Dean Maraldo: The Arctic is warming faster than any other region of the world, driving significant changes in terrestrial ecosystems and the cryosphere, including changes in vegetation phenology and the loss of lake ice, permafrost, and …
Data storytelling refers to the practice of using data to communicate a narrative or a compelling story. It involves combining data analysis and visualization techniques with storytelling principles to convey insights, trends, or patterns in a meaningful and engaging way. …