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 …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

Carson McCullers "Wunderkind" (1936) "The Jockey" (1941) "Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland" (1941) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will …

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 …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

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T. S. Eliot The Waste Land (1922) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, please send Max Yela …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

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William Shakespeare Henry VI, Part 1  (ca. 1591) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, please send Max …

2024 Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture

Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

Nan Kim, UWM associate professor of history and co-chair of the public history program, presents the 55th Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2024 in the fourth floor Conference Center of the UWM Golda Meir …