[Exhibit] “Blossom & Wilt”: Queerness Under Fascism

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

Created by UWM alumnus Vince Tripi, ""Blossom & Wilt": Queerness Under Fascism" was originally displayed at 2022 Pridefest. This 9-panel exhibit examines the birth of the modern gay and trans identities in 1850s Germany, the rise of fascism, and queer …

Exhibit: Jody Williams’ Flying Paper Press

Special Collections, Golda Meir Library

Quintessential Questions, Jody Williams An exhibit of artist's books created by Jody Williams and published by her Flying Paper Press in Minneapolis.  

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 …

Exhibit: WPA Toy Loan Project

Archives, Golda Meir Library

Archives' newest exhibit examines the WPA toy loan project in Milwaukee, which gained national recognition for its success and influenced communities in other states to start their own toy loan programs. From 1938 until 1941, children up to 16 years old could …

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, …

ChatGPT in Context: A Discussion about Artificial Intelligence

Digital Humanities Lab, Golda Meir Library / online

Presented by Tom Haigh, History (co-author, A New History of Modern Computing, MIT Press, 2021) Susan McRoy, Computer Science (author, Principles of Natural Language Processing, 2021, https://uwm.pressbooks.pub/naturallanguage/, and Chair, Computer Science) Join us for a discussion about artificial intelligence and the technologies …

Mapping Land History: Collaborating with the Oglala Lakota Nation on Land Research

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

Dr. Sharity Bassett, visiting assistant professor of Women & Gender Studies and manager of the American Indian Student Center, presents a UWM Academic Adventurers talk, "Mapping Land History: Collaborating with the Oglala Lakota Nation on Land Research," on Friday, March …