UWM grad helps craft latest American Girl doll, Melody Ellison
In developing a backstory that tells the tale of the civil rights movement, Mark Speltz drew on things he learned from UWM history professor Amanda Seligman.
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UWM anthropologist looks inside global seed vault
Anthropologist Tracy Heatherington is studying the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, an international repository that safeguards seeds against war and natural disasters that could lead to famine.
Geosciences student hikes for professor’s legacy
UWM alum James Amato hiked 500 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail to raise money for a scholarship honoring one of his favorite professors, the late Thomas Hooyer.
English prof helps “unexpected writers”
Poor writing costs companies time and money. UWM’s Dave Clark has a solution — software that will guide “unexpected writers” in producing reports and other documents.
Anthropologists uncover Wisconsin’s past
The Cultural Resource Management Program at UWM carefully picks up the pieces when construction projects dig into forgotten city cemeteries or mass graves.
Your poem is ready
English professor and novelist Liam Callanan’s Eat Local::Read Local supports the humanities and local businesses by distributing original, printed poems to restaurants.
First Latino U.S. poet laureate coming to UWM
U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera will read from his collection at UWM on Thursday, March 3.
UWM physicist develops new diagnostic tools for cancer
The next generation of tools to diagnose prostate cancer could come from UWM, where physicist Sarah Patch is using sound to detect tumors.
Journalism students record Holocaust survivors’ stories
UWM journalism students interviewed Milwaukee-area Holocaust survivors, learning more about reporting and history in the process.
History students reimagine 1890s for Streets of Old Milwaukee opening
Graduate students and faculty in history will help the Milwaukee Public Museum launch its renovated Streets of Old Milwaukee exhibit with a live-tweeting event that recalls one of Milwaukee’s most defining events: the 1892 Third Ward Fire.