As a home-schooled, first-generation college student, Renee Spiewak excelled at UWM by working side by side with professors on undergraduate research. National Science Foundation funding took her to Italy and Australia where she built connections with scientists from across the globe. Back on campus, Spiewak is a regular at the Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics Tea, sharing physics small talk and laughs with faculty and post-docs.
