Basting to present at TEDMED event
Anne Basting, Peck School of the Arts theater professor and 2016 MacArthur Fellow, will be a presenter at TEDMED 2020 in Boston in March.
News in Brief
Vice chancellor for Global Inclusion & Engagement wins UW System award
The UW System has awarded Joan Prince, vice chancellor for Global Inclusion & Engagement at UWM, an Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award.
UW System honors UWM LGBTQ+ Resource Center director
Jennifer Murray, director of the LGBTQ+ Resource Center at UWM, has won the Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People.
UWM alum honored as federal employee of the year
Victoria Brahm, who earned her master’s degree from UWM’s College of Nursing, recently was honored with the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Awards medal as 2019 Federal Employee of the Year.
UWM authors featured at Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books
The 10th annual Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books runs Friday and Saturday on the UWM at Waukesha campus and showcases more than 70 authors, including several from UWM.
Engineering professor named senior member of National Academy of Inventors
Brian Armstrong was recently named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors, the first faculty member at UWM to earn this honor.
DNC 2020 brings challenges ahead of city’s moment in spotlight
An expected influx of 50,000 visitors coming to Milwaukee for the Democratic National Convention brings a set of challenges unlike any other faced by the city.
UWM named a gold level Bicycle Friendly University
The award from the League of American Bicyclists recognizes UWM’s achievements in promoting and enabling safe, accessible bicycling on campus.
Study finds link between childhood exposure to lead and gun violence
These results suggest even greater urgency to tackling childhood lead exposure and addressing the environmental injustice of vulnerable children experiencing a toxic exposure that they cannot control.
Deyang Qu awarded $1.25 million for lithium-ion battery research
Renewable energy expert Deyang Qu was recently awarded a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund research on high-energy, solid-state battery systems for electric vehicles.