Shevaun Watson, associate professor in the UWM Department of English, presents the 53rd Annual Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 4 p.m. in the fourth floor Conference Center of the UWM Golda Meir Library. The title… Read More
The UWM Golda Meir Library is participating in Doors Open Milwaukee on Saturday, September 24, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit our three Distinctive Collections located in the library and view some of their rare and fascinating treasures. The… Read More
UWM will host a gallery night for five new exhibitions on the UWM Milwaukee campus, Thursday, September 22 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. Two of the exhibits are in the Golda Meir Library and a third exhibit draws materials from… Read More
“UWM Creates” is a retrospective of student/alumni- and faculty-created artwork spanning nearly 65 years from UWM Special Collections and the UWM Union Art Gallery Art Collection. These UWM artists used many different media to grapple with a wide variety of… Read More
Shevaun Watson, associate professor in UWM’s English department, has been selected to receive the 2022 Morris Fromkin Memorial Grant and Lecture, sponsored by the UWM Libraries. Watson will present the 53rd annual Fromkin lecture on “The Comforts of Heritage: Tourism,… Read More
The 2021 Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture will be presented by Anne Bonds, associate professor, UWM Department of Geography, and Derek Handley, assistant professor, UWM Department of English, with Reggie Jackson, journalist and educator/consultant, Nurturing Diversity Partners, LLC, and Lawrence Hoffman, GIS… Read More
The UWM Libraries are deeply grateful to Daniel Soyer, a grandson of Morris Fromkin, who has created an endowment for the research grant and lecture series that bears his grandfather’s name. Morris Fromkin, who practiced law first in Milwaukee and… Read More
Every two years, the UWM Libraries, the Graduate School, and the Office of Research celebrate UWM faculty and staff who have published books or recordings since the last UWM Authors ceremony. Because of the pandemic, this year the Libraries have… Read More
A project that charts the racial housing covenants employed to segregate Milwaukee County in the 20th century and the fight against them has been awarded the UWM Libraries’ 2021 Morris Fromkin Memorial Grant and Lectureship. The winning proposal – “Mapping… Read More
Every two years, the UWM Libraries join with the Graduate School and the Office of Research to honor recent UWM authors at a special event. The next UWM Authors Recognition Ceremony will be a virtual, asynchronous celebration that will launch… Read More