UWM and partners host health insurance enrollment event
Experts will help students, staffers and others from the community sign up for health insurance in an event at the Union Ballroom on Jan. 26.
Community Engagement
Mathematicians help Rust-Oleum with paint problem
When Rust-Oleum needed some answers, UWM researchers did a different type of paint-by-numbers work.
How does Thanksgiving affect rivers? Sampling project aims to find out
UWM researchers will analyze samples taken from Milwaukee rivers before and after Thanksgiving. They suspect they’ll find evidence of human behavior over the holiday – such as acetaminophen, caffeine, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Book excerpt: Modern-day tools help probe our distant past
Though it seems jarring at first, archaeology has adopted the tools of the digital age. Derek B. Counts, UWM professor of art history, helped edit this volume that looks at this development from all sides.
Milwaukee Film Festival features strong UWM presence
UWM students, staff, faculty, alums and departments are critical to the ongoing success of the expanding Milwaukee Film Festival.
UWM biologist leads county’s first-ever wildlife survey
UWM field biologist Gary Casper’s work will be used to determine how pollution and development have affected wildlife in urbanized Milwaukee County, and will help guide efforts to restore habitats.
Volunteering helped pave UWM student’s path to graduation
Britta Jerdee graduated from UWM in May, and she says volunteering made it not only a happier journey, but also one that featured better grades.
Grants will help fund faculty members’ projects
Several UW-Milwaukee faculty members recently received good news about grant funding for projects. Theatre Professor Anne Basting’s TimeSlips, a nonprofit that brings creativity into care relationships, received an NEA ArtWorks grant to share the stories and imaginations of people across Wisconsin. The grant will support live performance and visual/sound installations inspired by stories created by […]
Robots introduce Milwaukee students to computer science
Susan McRoy, professor of computer science, and Vanessa Radlinger, a computer science major, used robots to demonstrate programming to students April 21 at the Milwaukee Public Schools STEM Fair at the Milwaukee County Zoo. The robots helped introduce computer science to students and their teachers. “We showed students how software can control robots in factories, during […]
UWM students volunteer to help homeless
UWM students spend Friday mornings helping The Gathering serve Milwaukeeans without a home.