2023 “Maps & America” Arthur Holzheimer Lecture

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library/Online

Karen Lewis, chair of Undergraduate Studies in Architecture and associate professor of architecture at Ohio State University, presents the 2023 "Maps & America": Arthur Holzheimer Lecture on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 6 p.m. in the American Geographical Society Library, …

Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: A Conversation

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Presented by Tomas Lipinski, UWM School of Information Studies. Join us to discuss the problematic area where intellectual property rights and artificial intelligence cross paths: from the mining of data to feed large language models, to issues of attribution and …

Scholar Sip: Coffee, Tea, and Anger in 18th Century Britain

UWM at Washington County Library 400 S. University Drive, West Bend, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Anne Widmayer. Scholar Sip is a free community event held on select Thursdays over the lunch hour at the UWM at Washington County Library. Come find out about the incredible research done by UWM staff – and …

The Future of Humanities Publishing: Keynote

Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

Universities and their affiliated publishing landscapes continue to change rapidly. In the arts and humanities, presses, libraries, and humanities centers have all played different roles in publishing and dissemination. Open access and community-engaged efforts continue to redefine our work. How …

The Future of Humanities Publishing: Panel Discussion and Workshop

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Universities and their affiliated publishing landscapes continue to change rapidly. In the arts and humanities, presses, libraries, and humanities centers have all played different roles in publishing and dissemination. Open access and community-engaged efforts continue to redefine our work. How …

Writing for the Underground: A Talk by Neil Horsky

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Neil Horsky -- an artist and an adjunct instructor at UWM and at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design -- will talk about his work as an arts journalist at an independent newspaper, The Boston Compass, and how audience demographics …

UWM’s Academic Adventurers Talk — Pedestrian Safety at Night: Illuminating the Problem and Strategies for Safer Streets

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Presented by Robert J. Schneider, Ph.D., Professor and Co-Chair, Department of Urban Planning, UWM. US pedestrian fatalities increased by 51% between 2010 and 2020 (4,302 to 6,516 fatalities per year), and nearly all of the additional pedestrian fatalities that occurred …

2024 “Maps & America”: Arthur Holzheimer Lecture

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library/Online

Tim Wallace, Senior Editor for Geography at The New York Times, presents the 2024 “Maps & America”: Arthur Holzheimer Lecture on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 6 p.m. in the American Geographical Society Library, located on the third floor of …