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Arts & Humanities
Alum’s art graces the halls of Milwaukee Bucks’ Fiserv Forum
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.
Newman named Television Academy Foundation fellow
Michael Newman, Journalism, Advertising, & Media Studies professor and department chair, is going Hollywood for a week, Nov. 5-9, as a newly named Television Academy Foundation fellow.
Art team explores technology and nature in South African exhibit
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.
Students breathe life into a long-forgotten film archive
Dozens of 16-millimeter films, some of them classic and rare, have been languishing in canisters and file folders for years. But some film studies students are bringing the Patricia Mellencamp collection back to life, and back to the film screen.
UWM alum Eric Haywood finding success in Hollywood with ‘Empire,’ ‘Power’
Since graduating from UWM in 1992 with a degree in film, Milwaukee native Eric Haywood has methodically built a career as a writer, director and producer. His credits include “Soul Food: The Series,” “Private Practice” and “Four of Hearts.”
UWM grad designs theater fight scenes that look and feel real
Christopher Elst has carved out a niche in southeastern Wisconsin’s theater world: He’s one of the few who helps create fight scenes so real that the audience worries about someone getting hurt.
Researcher delves into influence of man who shaped our moviegoing experience
A new book by UWM film studies scholar Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece explores the influence of Benjamin Schlanger and the birth of the modern movie theater.
Takahashi wins foreign language teachers award
The Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers has bestowed an award on UWM lecturer Shinji Takahashi for his contributions to teaching Japanese language and culture.
John Gurda — Milwaukee’s accidental historian
A twist of fate and a UWM education helped create a 45-year career as Milwaukee’s pre-eminent chronicler of its past.
UWM Center for Nursing History lends artifacts to Kohler art museum
Several World War I artifacts from UWM Center for Nursing History are part of a new exhibit at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan.