UWM’s Academic Adventurers: Studying Frog Calls and Colors in Central & North America

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

Presented by Dr. Gerlinde Höbel, associate professor in the Biological Sciences department at UWM. Dr. Höbel’s research deals with adaptations to communicate in complex and dynamic environments (such as a frog chorus), and with the effects of social interactions on communication …

[Exhibit] Native American Literature from Special Collections

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

To commemorate Native American Heritage Month, this exhibition presents selections from the Native American Literature Collection in Special Collections, one of the largest such collections in the upper Midwest. The exhibition, curated by Special Collections graduate intern Olivia Hickner, will …

[Postponed] Using Linked Open Data: Wikidata

Digital Humanities Lab, Golda Meir Library

Presented by Ann Hanlon and Nathan Humpal, UWM Libraries. Linked open data is a method of sharing and connecting structured data on the web. Wikidata – part of the Wikimedia Foundation universe – functions as a knowledge base built using linked open …

Scholar Sip: American Geographical Society Library at a Glance

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

Presented by Georgia Brown, public services librarian in the American Geographical Society Library. Scholar Sip is a free community event held in the UWM at Washington County Library in West Bend on select Thursdays over the lunch hour. Come find …

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 …

Susan Firer On Her Work, Her Papers, Her City

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library/Online

In this talk esteemed Milwaukee poet and UWM Adjunct Associate Professor Emerita Susan Firer introduces us to her professional papers recently donated to the UWM Archives and how they speak to her personal history and the history of Milwaukee. This …

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!

[Exhibit] The Dürer Letters Project

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

In fall 2022 three different sections of Art & Design Lecturer Mary Roley's ART 109: 3D Concepts class engaged in The Dürer Letters Project. Students were asked to study and create a three-dimensional version of the letters designed by 16th-century …

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 …