News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The new arena in downtown Milwaukee isn’t just a place for concerts and basketball games. It’s also something of an art gallery, with works from local artists filling the walls, including works by UWM alum Eric Oates.
Kristian Vaughn got tested as a liver donor for the child of a family friend. When the child received a liver from elsewhere, Vaughn made a decision that gave a little girl he didn’t know a chance to live.
For some UWM students, the U.S. Senate debate held on campus Oct. 8 was a golden opportunity. It was a chance for journalism students to cover a nationally significant event without leaving campus.
For Ben Habanek, a 2013 grad of UWM and village horticulturalist for Shorewood, the most gratifying part of his job is seeing someone enjoy a little bit of the nature he brought to Wisconsin’s most densely population municipality.
Software may become obsolete in just a few years, but a device’s plastic, metal and glass can take hundreds of years to decompose. What do we do with that? What does that say about us? UWM artist Nathaniel Stern explores these questions.
A team led by Marius Schmidt, UWM professor of physics, co-authored a paper about the first test of an imaging device that showed the structural changes of an enzyme as it rendered an antibiotic useless.
The Compost Project, which involved UWM researchers, is exploring composting in Wisconsin’s biggest city. Funded by a USDA grant, the project seeks to answer the question, can composting be a viable industry in Milwaukee?
Learn-Earn-Grow MKE teaches MPS students how to farm, but its other lessons are just as valuable. The program, which also includes UWM and MATC, teaches about work and finances, college life and leadership, providing tools for the students’ success.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has a balanced budget for the first time since 2012, Chancellor Mark Mone announced in his fall plenary address Thursday.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Police Department and partners will be sharing ways to stay safe and healthy on and off campus during the university’s annual Campus Safety Week Sept. 24-27.
