Arts & Humanities
Taubira returning to UWM
Just eight months after accepting an honorary doctorate in laws and human rights, Christiane Taubira is deepening her connections to UW-Milwaukee.
Architect revitalizes, repurposes and builds community
Architect and UWM grad Allyson Nemec has found a niche for her business in working with existing sites and buildings, rather than new construction.
Anne Basting named UWM’s first MacArthur ‘genius’
Anne Basting, a Peck School of the Arts theater professor, has become the first UWM faculty member to earn a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.
UWM researchers launch online Encyclopedia of Milwaukee
UWM researchers launched the online Encyclopedia of Milwaukee in the summer of 2016. It now includes hundreds of entries about a wide breadth of topics.
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.
The man who framed UWM’s history in pictures
Alan Magayne-Roshak witnessed most of UWM’s six decades through the lens of a camera. As we celebrate the school’s 60th anniversary, meet its visual encyclopedia.
Pachyderm care is his job
When Raymond Hren says his job as a pachyderm keeper is never routine, he means it. On any given day, he may be helping weigh a baby giraffe, preparing a mud bath for a rhino or answering questions from visitors.
Alum tackles visual effects for remake of ‘Ben-Hur’
When UWM art alum and special effects master Jim Rygiel began work on a remake of the 1959 blockbuster “Ben-Hur,” one thing worried him most — the iconic chariot race scene from the original movie.
New mural to tell migrant workers’ Milwaukee stories
UWM artist Raoul Deal and a team of high school and university students honor the pioneering advocacy group United Migrant Opportunity Services and its organizers.
Book excerpt: ‘My trunk will be your cross’
Social upheaval in the 1980s inspired a generation of Polish poets to explore themes old and new. This selection, from an anthology edited and translated by Michael Mikoś, offers a dark rejoinder to a classic 16th century Polish poem.