News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Nick Viall, a UWM alum, will star in the next season of the reality TV show “The Bachelor,” starting in January 2017. Viall, who earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from UWM in 2004, is getting to be a regular in the “Bachelor” universe. He competed on “The Bachelorette” in 2014 and 2015, finishing as a runner-up […]
A couple dozen women who are engineering graduates enjoyed the chance to reconnect and remember their time on campus during the inaugural gathering of the UW-Milwaukee Engineering & Applied Science Women Alumnae group. The group gives grads a chance to network, meet other women engineers and faculty, and learn about engineering programs for women. They […]
A global information and communications technology company has made a grant to support development of low-cost virus sensors by Junhong Chen, UWM distinguished professor of mechanical engineering. Huawei Technologies, based in Shenzhen, China, supports research of advancements in world-changing civil technologies. Chen’s graphene-based sensor platform, originally created to identify trace amounts of water contaminants, can […]
The Honoratae chapter of Mortar Board at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was among the outstanding chapters to be recognized with a Silver Torch Award at the 2016 Mortar Board National Conference, held this summer in Indianapolis. The Silver Torch Award recognizes chapters that make significant accomplishments in the areas of scholarship, leadership and meaningful service […]
A couple hundred area teachers are getting a nice thank-you to start off the school year. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education asked visitors at the Wisconsin State Fair to sign a banner with a note for their favorite teacher. Almost 200 notes, filling eight banners, were collected during UWM Day at the Fair. […]
The work of a UWM film student will be featured at two prestigious and selective North American platforms for avant-garde film and video, and he’ll be joined at one by a UWM assistant professor. Grad student Sky Hopinka and Jesse McLean will present their work at the Projections portion of the New York Film Festival in October. McLean […]
UWM is one of 28 schools to receive National Endowment for the Humanities grants to help prepare doctoral students in the humanities for careers outside academia. The university will use the $25,000 Next Generation PhD grant to develop new curriculum, bolster faculty mentorship and advising programs, and foster alumni and community support for doctoral programs […]
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has been ranked among the top 10 online medical sonography programs in the country. UWM’s program landed at No. 8 in the ranking by College Choice, an independent online publication dedicated to helping students and their families find the right college. The publication praised UWM’s program as “one of the most […]
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was named one of the nation’s best schools for LGBTQ students by a leading nonprofit that tracks LGBTQ-friendly policies, programs and practices across hundreds of academic institutions. Campus Pride named UWM to its annual Top 30 “Best of the Best” LGBTQ Friendly College & University list on Aug. 22. UWM is […]
Former University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student Kathryn Johnson played for the United States Olympic women’s rugby team in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Johnson started at forward for the U.S., helping the team to a fifth-place finish while making a bit of history in the process. Before this year, women had never played rugby in the Olympics. […]
