News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Brenda Cárdenas, a poet and associate professor of English at UWM, was honored for her efforts in advancing equity and inclusion for people of color within the UW System and in the community.
The UWM women’s soccer team beat Cleveland State in the Horizon League Championship finals Saturday night and will play in its first NCAA Tournament since 2013.
Liz Sutton, outreach manager at UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences, is joining one of the world’s great explorers on a mission to map the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Her job: To perform a digital show-and-tell with the underwater images.
Experiencing politics via news stories or TV ads is one thing, but it’s not as vivid as experiencing it in real life. Students at UWM got that chance when candidates for Wisconsin governor debated on campus.
The festival, now in its ninth year, brings the area’s literary and arts community to UWM at Waukesha. This year’s festival, which runs Nov. 2-3, celebrates American stories.
Drawing on his 40-plus years at UWM, former chancellor and historian John Schroeder has written a new history of the institution.
Opened in 1968 as one of the first humanities research centers in the United States, UWM’s Center for 20th Century Studies was a lynchpin of the university’s growing reputation. Over those 50 years, the center has hosted some of the world’s most notable artists, theorists, authors and filmmakers.
LaFollette School sits in one of the most troubled neighborhoods in Wisconsin. It’s also where some UWM police officers grew up. So when they saw a chance to help, they eagerly joined in.
Those honored during the 2018 Fall Awards Ceremony include some who were recognized for their outstanding teaching and efforts to help students, others for their service to scholarship and toward making the university a better place to work and study.
UWM’s jewelry and metalsmithing students are getting the opportunity to add some extra sparkle to their education this fall.
