Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

Marcel Proust “Place Names: The Place, Part 2” from Within a Budding Grove (1918) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. Any version of the text may be used to prepare for discussion, but …

Chancellor’s Study Break

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

Visit with UWM Chancellor Mone and his cabinet, and enjoy free donuts and beverages Monday, Dec. 12, from 9 to 10 p.m. at the Golda Meir Library!

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

Chinua Achebe The Madman (1972) The Voter (1965) The Sacrificial Egg (1959) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. Any version of the texts may be used to prepare for discussion, but for your convenience …

Exhibit: Celebrate Black Music

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

A selection of books, recordings, and other materials, drawn from the UWM Libraries collections,  focused on the contributions of Blacks to music. A reading list on Black music as well as more information about the exhibit and links to listening …

[Exhibit] Celebrate Black History Month

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

A tabling exhibit of materials on Black history and culture, drawn from the UWM Libraries collections.

UWM’s Academic Adventurers: “Monitoring Downer Woods by People and Satellites”

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

Presented by Dr. Alison Donnelly, Associate Professor, UWM Dept. of Geography. Dr. Donnelly will discuss the importance of monitoring shrubs and trees in Downer Woods to understand how climate change will impact temperate deciduous forests in general. She monitors the …

ARS Autopoetica: AI Poetry Workshop 

Digital Humanities Lab, Golda Meir Library / online

Sasha Stiles, Artists Now! Guest lecturer and AI PoetTuesday, February 21 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. What do advances in AI-powered natural language processing mean for creative writers and poetic thinkers? This generative poetry workshop with Stiles, author of Technelegy and a …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

Marco Polo “The Court of Kublai Khan,” Book II, Chapters 1-12 of The Travels (1298/99) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. Any version of the text may be used to prepare for discussion, …