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UWM alum is first woman of color to lead ACLU of Wisconsin

By Sarah VickeryJanuary 24, 2023Campus & CommunityAlumni

Melinda Brennan took the helm of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union in January 2022 with a mission to safeguard civil rights for all.

UWM professor’s podcast parses the psychology of ‘The Patient’

By Sarah VickeryJanuary 3, 2023Arts & Humanities

Stacey Nye, an experienced podcaster and true crime junkie, dissects each episode of Hulu’s thriller along with forensics experts, psychologists and actors on the show.

A beer pioneer: Art history alum breaks down barriers in the brewing industry

By Sarah VickeryDecember 5, 2022Campus & CommunityAlumni

Samantha Danen started homebrewing while studying art history at UWM. It led to her pursuing a career that led her to becoming Milwaukee’s first female craft brewer.

Alum helps uncover oldest-ever human footprints discovered in North America

By Sarah VickeryNovember 21, 2022Science & Technology

Clare Connelly has helped excavate a site at White Sands National Park that has pushed back by thousands of years scientists’ understanding of when people inhabited the area.

Automated hiring systems could be making the worker shortage worse

By Sarah VickeryJuly 1, 2022Business & World AffairsBusiness

Companies are increasingly turning to automation to assist in the hiring process, but those algorithms could be causing harm, UWM researcher Noelle Chesley has found.

UWM glassblower practices an ancient art to support modern research

By Sarah VickeryJanuary 13, 2022Science & Technology

Neal Korfhage is one of perhaps 10 university glassblowers in the country, repairing and creating important tools for chemists, physicists and biologists.

History alum forges cultural connections at Luxembourg museum

By Sarah VickeryDecember 3, 2021Campus & CommunityAlumni

The repository of Luxembourg American history is located, curiously enough, in Belgium, a small town 35 miles north of Milwaukee.

Anthropology field school teaches students how to unearth the past

By Sarah VickeryNovember 15, 2021Campus & CommunityStudents

UWM students spent six weeks unearthing a Wisconsin site where the Oneota lived some 1,000 years ago. It’s a chance to both practice science and learn how to be archaeologists.

Journalism grad travels the country to bridge political rifts

By Sarah VickeryNovember 2, 2020Business & World AffairsPolitics & Social Science

Emily Topczewski’s “We the Voters” project takes her across the country, talking to people in towns small and large, red and blue, about what most concerns them.

Exploring the hidden politics of cookbooks

By Sarah VickeryOctober 29, 2020Arts & HumanitiesHumanities

That shelf of cookbooks in your kitchen might actually be a library of political declarations in disguise. In fact, said UWM political science professor Kennan Ferguson, even a collection recipes from church friends makes a political statement about in-groups and community identity.

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