Arts & Humanities
This anthropology alum’s work is (literally) child’s play
Cassie Coffey oversees a team of over 50 employees whose primary job is to facilitate joyful play experiences and open-ended learning with the DuPage Children’s Museum’s tiny guests and their families.
The human lens: UWM alum turns untold stories into award-winning films
Josh Rosenberg fell in love with storytelling at UWM. Now, he makes Oscar-winning short documentaries.
Bilingual Global Studies alum shares his love of nature with job at the Shedd Aquarium
A recent UWM grad, Eugenio Calderon helps educate people about wildlife and the natural world as one of Shedd’s first bilingual educators.
UWM alums win bronze at Olympic Art Festival snow sculpting competition
Artists Mike Martino, Mike Sponholtz and Tom Queoff have been working together for 40 years, traveling around the world to create art from 17-ton blocks of snow.
UWM architecture alum wins awards, builds bridges for Black architects
UWM architecture alum Richie Hands is winning major awards for his work in the field, and he’s passing on what he knows to the next generation.
Children’s book illustrator refines their craft at UWM
Author and artist Pavonis Giron received a three-book publishing deal while studying studio art at UW-Milwaukee.
UWM Japanese language professor uses translation course to teach valuable career skills
UWM Associate Professor Aragorn Quinn’s translation course builds language skills while teaching students real-world collaboration.
Dong Gong of Vector Architects awarded 2025 Marcus Prize for Architecture
Half of the $100,000 prize, awarded biennially by the School of Architecture & Urban Planning at UWM, supports a collaborative, semester-long design studio at UWM with architecture students.
Architecture seminar brings a pop of big art to Milwaukee lakefront
UWM students worked with a local arts group to create giant inflatable sculptures for display on McKinley Beach this summer.
Architecture and urban planning student draws up plans to make a difference
UW-Milwaukee dual master’s student Dulce Carreno is pursuing her dream of becoming an architect committed to community.