News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Stephen Dornbos, a professor of geosciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been awarded a prestigious Science & Technology Policy Fellowship by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Carolyn Esswein, professor of practice in UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning, has been elected president of Harbor District Inc., a nonprofit that in partnership with the City of Milwaukee is attempting to improve Milwaukee’s inner harbor area.
Mackenzie Stacey became inspired to have a hygiene drive at UWM’s College of Nursing after hearing on the news about the showers on wheels that Muhammad Mahdi is building for the homeless and impoverished.
UWM has been ranked among the top 2.6% of academic institutions worldwide by the Center for World University Rankings.
Their gift will support the entrepreneur-in-residence program, where successful entrepreneurs share their experiences and insights with students.
Health educator Timothy K. Behrens has been named dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the fifth dean since the college’s inception in 1974.
Hitting 4 the Cycle will take place at the Uecker Parking Lot at Miller Park on Saturday, Aug. 24, at 1:30 p.m. Participants can choose a 25 mile or 12 mile route.
Furrow, the literary magazine created in an English class at UWM, has won the National Program Director’s Prize from the Association of Writers and Writing Programs.
The UWM Audiology Group is offering free hearing screenings for any adult or child aged 3 years or older on July 15.
Michele Polfuss, an associate professor at UWM, is leading a research team in a $3.6 million federal grant to investigate methods of accurately measuring patients’ body composition in a clinical setting.
