More than $4 million in donor-supported scholarships were awarded to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students in the 2015-’16 school year, a 12.6 percent increase from the year before. In all, 1,489 students shared the $4,064,648 in scholarship money. That’s an average of $2,730 per student. The number of scholarship winners rose 10.5 percent from last year. […]
Anthropologist Tracy Heatherington is studying the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, an international repository that safeguards seeds against war and natural disasters that could lead to famine.
Acadmic Planning and Budget Committee (APBC) LUBAR N440, 09:00 am Purpose of Meeting: Discuss matters related to academic planning and budget planning. For detailed and up to the minute information check the committee’s website here: http://uwm.edu/secu/faculty/standing/apbc/ Contact: Louisa Eastman, louisae@uwm.edu, (414) 229-5988.
College of Nursing IAS Search and Screen Meeting CUN 775, 08:30 am Purpose of Meeting: inteviews Contact: Jennifer Powell, jlyon@uwm.edu, (414) 229-5543. This meeting may go into closed session, per state statute: Wis. Stat. sec. 19.85(1)(c) Considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction […]
College of Letters & Science Budget Cutting Committee Holton 241, 11:00 am Purpose of Meeting: Ongoing Budget Cutting discussions Contact: Lisa Switalski, lisaswit@uwm.edu, (414) 229-5895. This meeting may go into closed session, per state statute: Wis. Stat. sec. 19.85(1)(c) Considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental […]
UWM assistant professor Melinda Kavanaugh talks about the extraordinary pressures placed on children caring for ailing family members.
Production of raw plastics creates a sooty residue that’s costly to clean. Now, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is involved in promising research on a new material that could dramatically reduce both soot formation and associated costs. In April, Benjamin Church, associate professor in materials science and engineering, received a three-year U.S. Department of Energy grant […]
A UWM engineering grad finds success by selling products to homebrewers.
On July 1st, individuals that access Office 365 from the UWM home page or Office 365 web site will see a new start page after logging in. The new start page is your Office 365 portal, where you will find access to all of the services available to you in Office 365.
UW-Milwaukee is home to an impressive, though little known, art collection of more than 7,600 items, ranging from Western to non-Western, ancient to contemporary.