UWM women’s basketball team to host Pride Night
The UWM women’s basketball team will host its second annual Pride Night Dec. 20 in a matchup with Florida State at the Klotsche Center.
Community Engagement
Nonprof-IT provides tech support to community groups
UWM’s Nonprof-IT program provides benefits for everyone involved: Information technology students get real-world experience and local nonprofit groups get free help with their websites and technology.
UWM Libraries plan to move archives, thanks to $1 million gift
The blueprints have been drawn and plans are in the works to move the UWM Libraries Archives, which are currently located in various places throughout the Golda Meir Library building, to the third floor of the west wing.
UWM Libraries to share Wisconsin HIV/AIDS stories
A new oral history project captures the feelings of fear and devastation wrought by the disease, as well as the hope and success in fighting it. It’s all captured in interviews with many of those who lived through it.
UWM team’s Northern Ireland road trip includes more than basketball
The trip was more than a couple of basketball games — it was also a chance for the players to learn about another culture and its history.
Project allows minority youths to show their true selves through art
The “See Me Because” portrait project hosted at UWM’s INOVA Gallery allowed minority youths to portray themselves as they choose to be seen — as superheroes and nurses, entertainment stars and community leaders.
Child caregivers find ally, author in UWM researcher
Melinda Kavanaugh, associate professor of social work, has published three books aimed at helping children who are caring for parents with ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Feast of Crispian helps traumatized veterans, with assistance from Shakespeare
The program created by UWM theater faculty has spurred interest from schools and veterans’ organizations nationwide.
Students get firsthand look as candidates for governor debate
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.
Center for 21st Century Studies looks back at 50 years of influence
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.