Linguistics major Essence Burks-Burtin has been offered an internship position as a Breaking News Curator at Nurturing Diversity Partners. In this role, Essence will curate articles by Black journalists and in Black media outlets for the Breaking News blog of …
In the 8/22/23 edition of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Professor Garry Davis was quoted several times in an article about unique expressions that occur in Wisconsin English, such as parking ramp and ainta. The complete article is entitled “From parking ramp …
UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present. | To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.