UW-Milwaukee welcomed students back to campus and kicked off a new school year with Fall Welcome. Throughout the week, students celebrated with beach days, boat tours, a visit to Fiserv Forum, campfires and more. Check out these highlights, including Pantherfest with Kesha and Bryce Vine.

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 […]

An employee-owned international financial services firm, Robert W. Baird & Co. has deep connections to UWM. More than 200 UWM alumni are currently employed at Baird, including several dozen managing directors and directors. UWM students represent nearly a quarter of Baird’s interns, and roughly a third of these interns are hired on full time. Baird […]

Eugene Guszkowski (BS Architecture ’71, M.Arch. Architecture ’73) was among the first to graduate from the UWM School of Architecture & Urban Planning. He began as a print boy at Shepherd Associates in 1967 and rose to be a firm leader at AG Architecture. Under his leadership, the firm has received local and national recognition […]

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 […]

Sandra Plascencia has faced plenty of obstacles already. Born in Mexico as the youngest of eight children, and without much financial support, she nevertheless became the first from her family to go to college. Quickly, UWM and Milwaukee became home. The university’s clubs, events and activities helped her find friends. And studying for a semester […]

The Roberto Hernandez Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee honors UWM’s growing population of Latino students with a Latino graduation banquet and the PALM (Promoting Academics in Latino Milwaukee) fundraiser. The No. 1 challenge Latino students face is access to sufficient funding to complete their degrees. PALM is an ongoing scholarship fund created to retain […]