Skip to content Skip to footer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Home
  • Campus & Community
    • Campus Partnerships
    • Students
    • Alumni
    • Campus News
  • Arts & Humanities
    • Humanities
    • Film & Fine Arts
    • Music & Dance
    • Theater
    • Architecture
  • Business & World Affairs
    • Business
    • Politics & Social Science
    • Education
  • Health
    • Biotechnology
    • Children’s Health
    • Public Health
  • Science & Technology
    • Science
    • Engineering
    • Computer Science & Technology
    • Water & Environment
  • News in Brief
  • UWM in the News
  • Faculty/Staff Announcements
  • Student Announcements
  • Sports
  • Video
  • Photography
  • Public Events
  • For Media
  • For Faculty & Staff
  • Submissions
Friday, May 8, 2026
UWM Report

News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  • For Media
  • For Faculty & Staff
  • Home
  • Campus & Community
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Business & World Affairs
  • Health
  • Science & Technology
  • Sports

Top Story – Secondary

Health of UWM vital to health of region, Mone tells regents

By Michelle L JohnsonJune 9, 2022Campus & CommunityCampus News

While the challenges facing Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin are great, no single institution is better positioned to help address them than UWM, Chancellor Mark Mone told the UW System Board of Regents on Thursday.

An ‘over the counter’ hearing aid may put treatment within reach

By Laura L OttoJune 9, 2022Health

For many people, the cost of a device to help them hear what everyone else is hearing is too much to bear. Yi Hu, an associate professor of electrical engineering at UWM, is hoping to change that.

UWM grads help provide domestic source of critical medical diagnostic material

By June 6, 2022Science & Technology

Chemistry professor Mark Dietz and graduates of his lab are helping two Wisconsin companies produce a vital material that was until recently available only from foreign sources.

‘Down-to-earth’ and ‘timeless,’ actor and alum Willem Dafoe charms students

By Laura L OttoJune 1, 2022Arts & HumanitiesFilm & Fine Arts

Dafoe spoke to more than 600 students at an event modeled on the talk show “Inside the Actors Studio.” He was in town to speak at commencement and to receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree.

For frogs, the mating competition is mighty fierce

By Laura L OttoMay 26, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

When it’s time to mate, the female Eastern gray tree frog goes to the pond, where hundreds of potential suitors await, each calling in wildly varying chirps. So how does she choose?

‘Find what you love and practice it,’ Dafoe tells UWM graduates

By UWM NewsMay 23, 2022Campus & CommunityAlumni

Four-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe returned to UWM after nearly 50 years, delivering this year’s commencement address and receiving an honorary doctorate.

Carmen high school seniors celebrate college signing day at UWM

By May 23, 2022Campus & CommunityCampus News

More than 300 Carmen graduating seniors celebrated the schools’ first-ever Senior Signing Day, with drum rolls, high energy cheering, music, dancing and scholarship and honors announcements.

For songbirds, bigger or brighter might be better

By UWM NewsMay 19, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

On this episode of Curious Campus, UWM distinguished professor Peter Dunn talks about birding and his research into the common yellowthroat.

Walkway installation spotlights the problem of electronic and construction waste

By Carolyn BuciorMay 16, 2022Arts & Humanities

Unusual walkway tiles created at UWM using 95% recycled materials now form an inspiring path in front of the engineering building at a New York university.

Virtual tutoring program celebrates two years of helping students

By May 16, 2022Business & World AffairsEducation

Megan Tervoort is one of the hundreds of elementary and high school students who have benefited from a UWM effort started amid the pandemic shutdown to help students struggling with online classes.

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

Contact

Media Services at UW-Milwaukee
PO Box 413
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53211
414-229-7490
media-services-team@uwm.edu

  • Home
  • Campus & Community
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Business & World Affairs
  • Health
  • Science & Technology
  • Sports
  • News in Brief
  • UWM in the News
  • Faculty/Staff Announcements
  • Student Announcements
  • Video
  • Photography
  • Public Events
  • For Faculty & Staff
  • For Media
  • RSS Feeds
Universities of Wisconsin

Copyright © University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and University of Wisconsin Board of Regents.

  • Website Privacy Statement
  • Accessibility
Scroll to top