{"id":30314,"date":"2025-09-09T08:09:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/?page_id=30314"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:03:38","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/news-events\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading uwm-u-mb-30\" id=\"h-on-this-page\">On This Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-grid uwm-c-button--grid uwm-l-grid-row--30 uwm-l-grid-column--30 uwm-l-grid--3 uwm-l-grid--equal-y\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button\" href=\"#h-in-focus\" rel=\"\">In Focus<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button\" href=\"#h-research-news\" rel=\"\">Research News<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button\" href=\"#h-alumni-and-student-news\" rel=\"\">Alumni and Student News<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity uwm-c-hr--thick uwm-u-mb-80\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading heading-separator\" id=\"h-in-focus\">In Focus<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--4\"><li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/department-update-political-science\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Better-PSA-with-Kristin-Spring-2026.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A group of nine students and their faculty advisor stand in a row behind a table smiling at the camera. Behind them is a shelf holding several tall trophies.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Better-PSA-with-Kristin-Spring-2026.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Better-PSA-with-Kristin-Spring-2026-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/department-update-political-science\/\">Department Update: Political Science<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">For the fourth time in its history, UW-Milwaukee\u2019s Epsilon Xi chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honors Society, has been&nbsp;awarded a Best &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/uwm-geoscientists-fulbright-award-brought-her-to-australia-to-study-how-fluid-impacts-rocks-and-earthquakes\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/DMC_CannRiverValleyfieldwork1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A middle-aged white woman with gray hair under a ball cap takes a selfie surrounded by trees.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/DMC_CannRiverValleyfieldwork1.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/DMC_CannRiverValleyfieldwork1-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/uwm-geoscientists-fulbright-award-brought-her-to-australia-to-study-how-fluid-impacts-rocks-and-earthquakes\/\">UWM geoscientist&#8217;s Fulbright Award brought her to Australia to study how fluid impacts rocks &#8211; and earthquakes<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Rocks on the Earth\u2019s surface are hard and brittle, but deep within the Earth\u2019s crust, heat and intense pressure can make rocks act like Play-Doh &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/what-can-you-do-with-an-economics-major\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Fatima-Badwan-banner.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A young woman wearing a scarf over her hair and a blue sweatshirt kneels in some hay while six white baby goats surround her.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Fatima-Badwan-banner.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Fatima-Badwan-banner-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/what-can-you-do-with-an-economics-major\/\">What can you do with an economics major?<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Every year, graduates from the College of Letters &amp; Science enter the workforce and begin to contribute thousands of dollars to their local, state, and &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/uwm-graduate-bridges-the-gap-between-technology-and-english\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/UWM-student-Alanda-Jackson-nonprofIT-lab.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A young Black woman with a red long sleeved shirt sits a desk with two open lap tops in front of her and a slide on a projector screen behind her.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/UWM-student-Alanda-Jackson-nonprofIT-lab.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/UWM-student-Alanda-Jackson-nonprofIT-lab-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/uwm-graduate-bridges-the-gap-between-technology-and-english\/\">UWM graduate bridges the gap between technology and English<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">As a kid, Alanda Jackson always had her nose in a book. English was her favorite subject in high school, where she filled her schedule &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center uwm-c-link--arrow wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/news-events\/in-focus-magazine\/\"><strong>In Focus Newsletter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity uwm-c-hr--thick uwm-u-my-80\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-research-news\">Research News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--4\"><li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/uwm-geoscientists-fulbright-award-brought-her-to-australia-to-study-how-fluid-impacts-rocks-and-earthquakes\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/DMC_CannRiverValleyfieldwork1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A middle-aged white woman with gray hair under a ball cap takes a selfie surrounded by trees.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/DMC_CannRiverValleyfieldwork1.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/DMC_CannRiverValleyfieldwork1-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/uwm-geoscientists-fulbright-award-brought-her-to-australia-to-study-how-fluid-impacts-rocks-and-earthquakes\/\">UWM geoscientist&#8217;s Fulbright Award brought her to Australia to study how fluid impacts rocks &#8211; and earthquakes<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Rocks on the Earth\u2019s surface are hard and brittle, but deep within the Earth\u2019s crust, heat and intense pressure can make rocks act like Play-Doh &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/uwm-neuroscience-professor-works-to-combat-memory-loss-and-dementia\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/UWM-Report-Waves_Karyn-Frick_20250314_TCF_IMC_0170.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Two students, a woman and man, flank a professor as she points to a model of a brain.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/UWM-Report-Waves_Karyn-Frick_20250314_TCF_IMC_0170.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/UWM-Report-Waves_Karyn-Frick_20250314_TCF_IMC_0170-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/uwm-neuroscience-professor-works-to-combat-memory-loss-and-dementia\/\">UWM neuroscience professor works to combat memory loss and dementia<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Karyn Frick likes to think big. In college, she spent the summer after her junior year studying the neurobiology of memory in a lab at &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2026\/program-update-urban-studies\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/07\/Urban-Studies-grassroots-panel.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Five people sit at a black conference table in a gray room.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/07\/Urban-Studies-grassroots-panel.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/07\/Urban-Studies-grassroots-panel-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2026\/program-update-urban-studies\/\">Program Update: Urban Studies<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Urban Studies program&#039;s 28th Annual Student Research Forum showcases student research, recent alumni accomplishments, and an urban historian and 2026- Pulitzer Book Award finalist author &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2026\/uwm-astronomer-helps-decipher-a-rosetta-stone-in-space\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/07\/NASA-white-dwarf-accreting.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A graphic rendering of a small white dwarf star surrounded by blue and orange rings. The material of the rings is being pulled from a nearby fiery red star.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/07\/NASA-white-dwarf-accreting.webp 721w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/07\/NASA-white-dwarf-accreting-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2026\/uwm-astronomer-helps-decipher-a-rosetta-stone-in-space\/\">UWM astronomer helps decipher a \u201cRosetta Stone\u201d in space<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A few years ago, scientists discovered an unusual astronomical phenomenon: Objects that sent short bursts of radio waves at distinct intervals, emanating from various parts &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center uwm-c-link--arrow wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/\"><strong>All Research News<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity uwm-c-hr--thick uwm-u-my-80\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-alumni-and-student-news\">Alumni and Student News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--4\"><li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/department-update-political-science\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Better-PSA-with-Kristin-Spring-2026.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A group of nine students and their faculty advisor stand in a row behind a table smiling at the camera. Behind them is a shelf holding several tall trophies.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Better-PSA-with-Kristin-Spring-2026.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Better-PSA-with-Kristin-Spring-2026-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/department-update-political-science\/\">Department Update: Political Science<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">For the fourth time in its history, UW-Milwaukee\u2019s Epsilon Xi chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honors Society, has been&nbsp;awarded a Best &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/what-can-you-do-with-an-economics-major\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Fatima-Badwan-banner.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A young woman wearing a scarf over her hair and a blue sweatshirt kneels in some hay while six white baby goats surround her.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Fatima-Badwan-banner.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Fatima-Badwan-banner-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/what-can-you-do-with-an-economics-major\/\">What can you do with an economics major?<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Every year, graduates from the College of Letters &amp; Science enter the workforce and begin to contribute thousands of dollars to their local, state, and &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/uwm-graduate-bridges-the-gap-between-technology-and-english\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/UWM-student-Alanda-Jackson-nonprofIT-lab.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A young Black woman with a red long sleeved shirt sits a desk with two open lap tops in front of her and a slide on a projector screen behind her.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/UWM-student-Alanda-Jackson-nonprofIT-lab.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/UWM-student-Alanda-Jackson-nonprofIT-lab-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/uwm-graduate-bridges-the-gap-between-technology-and-english\/\">UWM graduate bridges the gap between technology and English<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">As a kid, Alanda Jackson always had her nose in a book. English was her favorite subject in high school, where she filled her schedule &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/fbi-to-uwm-former-special-agent-brings-a-unique-perspective-to-his-phd-classes\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Justin-Tolomeo.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Headshot of a middle-aged white man with short brown hair wearing a collared shirt and blue blazer. In the background are trees and a grassy field.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Justin-Tolomeo.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2026\/08\/Justin-Tolomeo-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/fbi-to-uwm-former-special-agent-brings-a-unique-perspective-to-his-phd-classes\/\">FBI to UWM: Former special agent brings a unique perspective to his PhD classes<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">You can find UW-Milwaukee graduates working in many of the U.S. government\u2019s three-letter agencies: the NSA, ATF, DEA, even the CIA. 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