News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Amir Foysal, an international student at UWM from Bangladesh, had a career goal: to find a position that blended business and technology. But he was struggling to find job titles that fit what he was looking for.
After eight years on dialysis, Tom Bjornstad was losing hope that a donor could be found. “Where would this world be if everyone had the same courage and faith in humanity as Bobbi?”
The Neeskay, the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences’ research vessel, is on some unfamiliar ground: Land.
The university is one of 471 nationwide named as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. The effort recognizes colleges and universities for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation.
Once a month, grad students give a presentation at Anodyne Coffee to anyone interested in space, on topics ranging from comets to constellations, black holes to gravitational waves.
Honored were the M³ initiative with Milwaukee Public Schools and Milwaukee Area Technical College and FlexRide Milwaukee, a UWM effort with the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission and MobiliSE.
A new podcast by a UWM psychology professor has an unusual twist – she went to high school with the victims of a suburban Chicago double murder, a case that remains unsolved 45 years later.
Yolanda Medina won the award, which recognizes female veterans in Wisconsin who have compiled records of exemplary service as military service members, veterans and outstanding members of their communities.
The feedback gathered during these sessions will play a key role in guiding the search committee as it identifies candidates who embody the values of UWM and will support UWM’s mission.
UWM will celebrate a dynamic group of accomplished alumni at its annual Alumni Awards Evening, set for Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at the Pfister Hotel.
