• Mothers of Milwaukee Modernism: Building the Layton School of Art

    Archives, Golda Meir Library

    The traveling exhibit "Mothers of Milwaukee Modernism: Building the Layton School of Art" by Seth Ter Haar with Docomomo is now on display in the Archives Gallery through December 1. The exhibit details the roles of Charlotte Russell Partridge and …

  • Artificial Intelligence: The History of a Brand

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

    The history of AI is the history of an overhyped intellectual brand that has only very recently come to signify a set of deployable technologies with broad application and clear, if somewhat horrifying, purposes. Since its debut in 1955 the …

  • Fact, Fiction, and Storytelling in the Archive

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

    “Partridge and Frink haven’t been entirely forgotten nor erased like so many others, but there is still a lack of visibility and understanding about their personal dynamics and professional impact... While doing my research, I found nearly every component in …

  • Violins of Hope: Call and Response

    Special Collections, Golda Meir Library

    Violins of Hope: Call and Response November 19, 2025 – January 30, 2026 Prepared for the Milwaukee residency of the Violins of Hope project, this exhibit showcases the violins owned and played by Jewish musicians and others targeted by the Nazis before …

  • GIS Day at UWM

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

      The UWM GIS Council invites students, faculty/staff, alumni, and the larger community to join us at GIS Day at UWM on Friday, November 21st!  This year’s theme, “Geo-Generalist Era: Where Spatial Meets Everything,” celebrates the expanding influence of GIS across …

  • Slow AI: A Human Training Workshop

    Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

    Led by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece (English), Ann Hanlon (UWM Libraries), and Anne Pycha (Linguistics). Prompting isn’t just for ChatGPT. In this workshop, we’ll return our attention to older ways of writing and thinking that get hijacked by – but are also …