News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Neal O’Reilly, a lecturer in the Conservation and Environmental Science program, will receive the Michael Frome Outreach Award for demonstrating excellence in education related to land preservation and the environment. The award, one of several 2016 Preservation Awards being given by the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, is given to an educator, writer or media source […]
Twitter connects people with brands, and it’s clear a strong social media presence can benefit colleges and universities. UWM recently received recognition as having one of the highest positive Twitter sentiments, meaning that tweets directed to @UWM trended positive rather than negative. Collegestats.org analyzed thousands of postsecondary tweets to find out if people praised or […]
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for its commitment to the success of veterans. UWM was added to the list of schools pledging to support the “8 Keys to Veterans’ Success” after Chancellor Mark Mone sent a letter to the Education Department affirming the university’s commitment. Among those […]
The UWM men’s basketball program recently spent some quality time with one of its community partners, volunteering at the 81st Street Boys & Girls Club. Head coach LaVall Jordan’s team played hide and seek with the kids and also took part in basketball and kickball games. “We had a great time interacting with and getting […]
The 2015-’16 UWM chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association received the highest possible honor given by the national organization. Only 35 chapters received a “Gold Standing” rating among 319 chapters nationwide. Gold Standing recognizes the chapter’s outstanding performance in fundraising, community service, advocacy, career awareness and member recruitment. “I have been extremely […]
Imagine traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco – a distance of almost 400 miles – in 30 minutes. Elon Musk, the former PayPal entrepreneur and Tesla Motors CEO, has, and he is enlisting college students – including 15 from UWM – to help design the futuristic Hyperloop system. A group of UWM engineering students […]
Donors contributed nearly $29 million in the just-completed fiscal year to help strengthen the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The donations in 2015-’16 brought the total raised to $110,776,291 in the Made in Milwaukee, Shaping the World: The Campaign for UWM fundraising effort. The campaign saw several improvements from the previous year: A 26 percent increase in […]
The Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has earned specialized accounting accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB), an achievement earned by less than 5 percent of the world’s academic business programs. “UWM’s accounting programs have been recognized for decades by employers for preparing outstanding […]
UWM was among the schools recognized Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education for efforts in sustainability and reducing environmental impact. It was one of 47 schools, 15 districts and 11 colleges and universities honored at the annual Green Ribbon Schools ceremony in Washington, D.C. Kate Nelson, UWM’s chief sustainability officer, said the award was […]
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ranks 322nd of more than 4,000 universities worldwide in a measure of academic influence. UWM ranked 109th in the United States. The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities measures the volume and quantity of contents a university published on the internet, along with the number of citations received. That web presence and […]
