News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Twenty students from the UWM Honors College spent their spring break in New Orleans, but the trip wasn’t just about food and music. The students also contributed their hard work helping out the community. The students teamed with the Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center to do some landscaping and cleaning, and elsewhere also contributed such work […]
Lights! Camera! Glamour! The UWM Drag Show lived up to the high standard of past year’s celebrations on Feb. 23 at the Miller High Life Theatre. Attracting more than 1,700 attendees, this year’s 20th anniversary drag show raised $5,738. All proceeds benefit the UWM LGBT Resource Center. Celebrated as one of the largest drag shows in […]
Resilience is a central skill to supporting the well-being of children and adults. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) add toxic levels of stress that can impair child development and functioning, requiring additional support in building resilience. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) are evidence-based interventions promoted by the UWM Institute for […]
UWM architecture professor James Wasley’s block-long fountain adjoins Freshwater Plaza, a mixed-use building on the northeast corner of First Street and Greenfield Avenue, just across the road from Rockwell Automation. The fountain in Milwaukee’s Harbor District recirculates rain runoff, cleaning it in the process and keeping more water out of the sewer system. The project […]
UWM graduate and undergraduate students are immersing themselves in some of Milwaukee’s oldest and often overlooked neighborhoods such as Sherman Park to learn about the people, culture, heritage and history. The students interview the people who live there and document architectural treasures, corner businesses and parks. The findings then lead to a thank-you gift to […]
African-American babies in Milwaukee are three times more likely to die before their first birthday than white babies. It’s a fact that’s remained stubbornly resistant to change, despite widespread community efforts. Emmanuel Ngui, an associate professor in community behavioral health promotion in the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, is working to improve those […]
