‘Luchadora!’ play release signing

Title: Luchadora! Play Release signing. Date: 05/16/2016 Start: 07:00 pm End: 08:30 pm Audience: Open to public Boswell Book Company, 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee Milwaukee. Description: Theatre Department Assistant Professor Alvaro Saar Rios will discuss his newest play “Luchadora!” (Published in January 2016 by Dramatic Publishing). Select scenes from the play will also be […]

The Wild Orchids of Ozaukee and Washington Counties

Title: The Wild Orchids of Ozaukee and Washington counties. Date: 05/17/2016 Start: 03:00 pm End: 05:00 pm Audience: Open to public UWM Field Station, 3095 Blue Goose Road SAUKVILLE. Description: Showy and yellow lady’s-slippers, ladies’ tresses and fringed orchids are just a few of the many rarities native to the Cedarburg Bog and Washington and […]

Ethnobotany

Title: Ethnobotany. Date: 05/14/2016 Start: 09:00 am End: 12:00 pm Audience: Open to public UWM Field Station, 3095 SAUKVILLE. Description: Wet areas provide the most diverse habitats for plants used by Great Lakes tribes. Join ethnobotanist Lee Olsen and find out what can be learned from the Indian names. He will also demonstrate utility uses […]

UWM receives national award for sustainability efforts

MILWAUKEE _ The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee just became only the second Wisconsin postsecondary school to receive a U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Award. Chancellor Mark Mone announced the award Friday, April 22 – Earth Day – and noted it was emblematic of UWM’s “organic” approach to sustainability and health and wellness. “This has […]