News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The director of the LGBT Resource Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee says a new federal effort to reduce smoking among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is worthwhile and necessary. The Food and Drug Administration’s social media campaign, called “This Free Life,” aims to reduce the rate of tobacco use among the LGBT community. […]
Hundreds of people gathered at the Klotsche Center on UWM’s campus for a drill to prepare officials for how to respond to a public health emergency. The drill’s scenario was that terrorists had released anthrax into the air in Milwaukee, with wind currents dispersing the spores across the region. Volunteers in the exercise simulated residents […]
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has received a $1 million grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation.
Jason Lopez, a student in the School of Education’s English Education program, has been recognized as Wisconsin’s Outstanding English Student Teacher of the Year. The award was given by the Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English. Lopez will be publicly honored at the council’s annual convention in Milwaukee in October. Lopez did his student teaching […]
Stephanie Denzer, a graduate student in social work in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, has received an an internship with the Mayo Clinic for spring 2017. This competitive internship is funded by the American Cancer Society. The goal of the internship is to teach social work students psychosocial interviewing skills with parents and […]
Current University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students, as well as incoming new ones, can spend the summer hiking, rock climbing, camping and paddling down rivers with University Recreation’s Outdoor Pursuits Office. Excursions to some of Wisconsin’s top outdoor hot spots begin Saturday, June 11, and are scheduled to continue through mid-August. Trip costs cover all instruction, food, […]
Two UW-Milwaukee students are among some 60 nationwide to be named Tillman Scholars for 2016. Nathan Derge, who is pursuing a bachelor degree in Political Science, and Halli Stewart, doctoral student in Urban Education, were chosen by the Tillman Scholars program – named for Pat Tillman, former Arizona Cardinals player who left the NFL in 2002 […]
UW-Milwaukee’s Alvaro Saar Rios, assistant professor of playwriting and analysis in the Peck School of the Arts, received a Distinguished Play Award as the author of “Luchadora” – a play about a young girl who explores her family’s heritage after she discovers a pink wrestling mask from the world of Mexican wrestling, known as lucha […]
Colleen Janczewski, a research scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, has received the 2016 Society for Social Work and Research Outstanding Social Work Doctoral Dissertation Award. The dissertation, “Differential Response and Agency Decision Making: A National Study of Child Neglect Cases,” was noted for its inventive use of a […]
Jeanne Hewitt, associate professor of nursing, received the Distinguished Service to Public Health Award at the annual Wisconsin Public Health Association Conference in Appleton. The award is given to recognize special contributions to public health in Wisconsin through leadership or service. Hewitt, who has taught at UWM since 1992, was cited for her work in […]
