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Cheap 3D Scanning Workshop
Dr. Gabriel Menotti, Lecturer in Editing and Multimedia at Ufes (Brazil), Fulbright Visiting Scholar at C21-UWM. This workshop introduces techniques for 3D scanning with photogrammetry, which employs regular photographic cameras and consumer-grade software. Participants will be able to explore the…
Find out more »Film Premier: Anne Morgan’s War / L’autre chemin des Dames
Girl with bread. From the Anne Morgan archives at Franco-American Museum, Château de Blérancourt, Picardy, France. The UWM Libraries invite the public to the premier of the documentary film, Anne Morgan's War / L'autre chemin des Dames, with Elaine Leary…
Find out more »“Carry: Violence, Land, and Indigenous Women’s Stories” A Lecture by Toni Jensen
Author Toni Jensen will give a lecture about her research on missing and murdered indigenous women at 2:00 pm in Special Collections, 4th floor, UWM Golda Meir Library, 2311 E. Hartford Ave. Toni Jensen’s first story collection is From the Hilltop.…
Find out more »Great Books Roundtable Discussions
John Muir “Through the Foothills with a Flock of Sheep” and “The Yosemite” from My First Summer in Yosemite (1911) Aldo Leopold “The Land Ethic” from A Sand County Almanac (1948) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the…
Find out more »2018 Maps & America: The Arthur Holzheimer Lecture Series
"18th Century Missional Maps in the Amazon Basin: The Case of the Ocopa Monastery in Peru," presented by Carme Montaner, Head, Unitat Cartocarteca de Catalunya, Institute Cartográfic i Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona. This will be the 29th “Maps & America” lecture,…
Find out more »Humanitarian Open Street Map Mapathon
Led by the UWM GIS Club.
Find out more »Slow Burn: A Conversation about Impeachment, the Presidency, and Podcasting
**Held in Merrill Hall, Room 131** What was it like to live through the Watergate investigation? And what might that tell us about today’s political intrigues? Journalist Leon Neyfakh, a writer for Slate magazine, explored these questions in his wildly…
Find out more »Scholarly Communication: Copyright Issues in New Publication Models
The UWM Libraries invite you to a morning of professional development with Nancy Sims, a copyright subject specialist at the University of Minnesota Libraries, who will lead an interactive group discussion of current topics in copyright and new publishing models.…
Find out more »Great Books Roundtable Discussions
Giovanni Boccaccio The introduction to and all ten stories from the First Day of The Decameron (ca. 1350) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. Any version of these stories may be used to prepare for discussion, but…
Find out more »Doors Open Milwaukee: UWM Golda Meir Library
The UWM Libraries will join Doors Open Milwaukee on Saturday, September 22, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit three outstanding collections located in the UWM Golda Meir Library and view some of their rare and fascinating treasures. The…
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