The bright pink blooms of a magnolia tree near Mellencamp and Mitchell halls shine against a brilliant spring sky. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
UWM theatre students V Colford (on the ladder) and Maxwell Coffrin construct scenery and props for the upcoming musical
Once Upon A Mattress while student Ah Kuh Paw observes. An adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea,” “Once Upon A Mattress” tells the tale of Winnifred the Woebegone, a swamp princess seeking to defy the odds and win the hand of a prince. The play runs April 24-28 at UWM’s Mainstage Theatre. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Jaden Barnes works on his laptop under the visage of Johnny Cash at the 8th Note Coffeeshop in the UWM Student Union. The coffeeshop closed in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and remained shuttered during renovations to the union before reopening in November 2023. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Light streams through stained glass windows in Lapham Hall, home of UWM’s biological sciences and geosciences programs. Thirteen circles of stained glass line the hallway, created in 2006 by artist Charlotte Ann Paul and meant to represent what one might find by looking at natural materials through a microscope. The artwork
is one of nine on campus created as part of Wisconsin’s Percent for Art program, which funded public art throughout the state from 1980 until 2011. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Ramona Sledge conveys some heartfelt remarks at the conclusion of the two-day Summit on Black Male Youth at UWM March 21. Sledge, multicultural student success coordinator at UWM’s Black Student Cultural Center, coordinated the summit, which annually brings hundreds of middle and high school students to UWM to learn about how to succeed in school and in life. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
UWM communication major Kaye Van Susteren (left) gives a hug to her mentor, Megan Orcholski, a communication teaching faculty member. “They helped me see that I can be academic, and I watch her inspire other students in the same way,” Van Susteren said. “With their infectious optimism and performative dances, she always makes space for every student in their class.” (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Anat Baron gives the keynote presentation at the 2024 Women Leaders Conference, organized by the UWM School of Continuing Education, at the Pfister Hotel. In her interactive presentation, futurist and consumer expert Baron focused on the intersection of technology, the empowered consumer, the multigenerational workforce and the constant disruption around us. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Milwaukee Panthers basketball player BJ Freeman takes a moment at center court during warmups before a game against Northern Kentucky at the UWM Panther Arena. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
Pavonis Giron uses a hammer to shape what was once a flat copper sheet for their work in a jewelry and metalsmithing studio in Kenilworth Square East. Giron’s artwork is currently on display at the Museum of Wisconsin Art as part of the Wisconsin Artists Biennial. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Every day, photographers at UWM capture the images that help tell the story of the university – its people and its programs, but also its impact.
This photo of the week gallery will capture some of our photographers’ creativity and imagination. Each week, we’ll pick one photo that is especially interesting and arresting, and we’ll feature it here.
Enjoy.
