News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Computer Science Faculty EMS 715, 11:00 am Purpose of Meeting: Capstone Day Curriculum issues This meeting may go into closed session, per state statute: Wis. Stat. sec. 19.85(1)(f) Considering financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems or the investigation of charges against specific persons. […]
L&S Academic Planning and Governance Committee Meeting (L&S APGC) Holton 241, 11:00 am Purpose of Meeting: General Business Contact: Mike Darnell, darnellm@uwm.edu, (414) 229-2749. This meeting may go into closed session, per state statute: Wis. Stat. sec. 19.85(1)(f) Considering financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific […]
History Department Executive Committee Holton 341, 01:30 pm Purpose of Meeting: Several items of administrative housekeeping Contact: Amanda Seligman, seligman@uwm.edu, (414) 229-4565. 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 […]
Computer Science Executive Subcommittee EMS 715, 10:00 am Purpose of Meeting: Personnel issues. Workload and faculty development Contact: John Boyland, boyland@uwm.edu, (414) 229-6986. 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 […]
The UW System has launched the UW System Career Connect web portal, offering students and employers ways to match their mutual interests in internships, mentorships, short-term projects, apprenticeships and more. The website includes: Services available for employers to connect with students at UW campuses. A tool that allows employers to search what majors exist at each […]
Walkers on the UW-Milwaukee campus might have noticed some unusual and artful additions recently, including more than 1,200 sticks planted in the earth along Downer Avenue. They’re part of art history graduate student Pam Caserta Hugdahl’s thesis exhibition. Called “ECO Ephemeral,” the exhibition focuses on environmentalism in art. Caserta Hugdahl explores the topic of art […]
David DiValerio, an assistant professor of history and religious studies, has published “The Life of the Madman of Ü,” the first complete translation of a two-part biography, written in 1494 and 1537, of a famous Tibetan monk, Künga Zangpo. The book offers a glimpse into a fascinating but little known aspect of Tibetan Buddhism, a […]
This year’s winners are the City of Madison Human Resources, AFSCME Council 32 and Madison General Municipal Employee Associations.
MILWAUKEE_University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee theater professor Anne Basting has been named a 2016 MacArthur Fellow, making her the first UWM faculty member to earn the esteemed MacArthur Foundation’s highest honor. Basting, 51, was one of 23 new fellows announced by foundation late Wednesday night, and each will receive $625,000 to pursue whatever projects they desire. The unrestricted fellowships, […]
Theater professor Anne Basting won a MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ grant.