News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
UWM graduate student Kimberly Stuart was chosen to participate in the Green Bay Packers’ annual “Salute to Service” game on Sunday. Stuart will be part of the 70-person flag detail during the national anthem. The Packers play the Indianapolis Colts at Lambeau Field at 3:25 p.m. Stuart is a U.S. Air Force veteran and Wisconsin […]
Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio mentioned UWM in a tweet to his 16.4 million followers on Thursday. “Want to stop climate change, @UWM? See #BeforeTheFlood at your University #BeforeYouVote,” DiCaprio tweeted. The tweet referenced his National Geographic documentary about climate change, “Before the Flood,” which to screen at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Union Cinema. […]
Adding a Bublr bike-share station on campus and diverting stormwater to nourish campus gardens are two sustainability upgrades that helped UW-Milwaukee earn a coveted STARS Gold Rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The university’s strong 2016 rating follows its first AASHE commendation, a silver rating in 2013. Nearly […]
Four UW-Milwaukee marketing efforts have been honored by a group that supports educational institutions of higher learning. UWM received the recognition from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District V, which spans a six-state area in the upper Midwest. The College of Nursing’s 50th anniversary events received the gold award for excellence in […]
In the 21st century, archaeology is conducted with laptops, tablets, drones and sophisticated software as much as with shovels, picks and pith helmets. From drones in the Andes to iPads at Pompeii, to digital workflows in the American Southwest, technology provides both solutions and novel challenges for field archaeologists. A new digital book, “Mobilizing the […]
The Art & Design Department of the Peck School of the Arts has received the Wisconsin Art Education Association’s James A. Schwalbach Award. The Art & Design Department received the award for its “outstanding contribution to art education, the WAEA and the Visioneer Design Challenge over the past ten years.” During that time, enrollment in […]
Ten alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education were nominated and celebrated during the 2016 Celebrate Teachers & Teaching Awards ceremony held at Discovery World on Thursday, Oct. 13. Hosted by the Education Deans of Greater Milwaukee, the annual teaching competition recognizes educators who find innovative, impactful ways to integrate STEM concepts into […]
Maternal and infant health care. Nutrition. Empowering women in the economy. These are all areas of concern in both Ethiopia and Milwaukee. Roman Tesfaye, the first lady of Ethiopia, visited the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Zilber School of Public Health on Oct. 3 to learn more about all of these topics, and to share information on […]
More than 80 colleges and universities and 30 cultural organizations will be engaged in 50-plus plenary sessions, workshops, performances and dialogues unfolding across Milwaukee as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hosts the Imagining America Conference Oct. 5-8. The annual conference’s 2016 Milwaukee agenda brings together 400 top scholars, artists, activists and community leaders from around the […]
The School of Freshwater Sciences is hosting the International Joint Commission on Oct. 18 for a public meeting to evaluate the commission’s progress on accomplishing the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement’s goals and objectives. The public conversation, “Great Lakes Successes and Challenges: What is a Healthy Lake Michigan to You?” will be held from 6 […]
