Business & World Affairs
UWM proposal wins Universities of Wisconsin Innovation Grant
The plan calls for working with the local chemistry industry and education partners, including M-Cubed, to develop a paid summer internship program that trains students as chemical technicians.
UWM helps student navigate career goals, and he lands a job that fits just right
Amir Foysal, an international student at UWM from Bangladesh, had a career goal: to find a position that blended business and technology. But he was struggling to find job titles that fit what he was looking for.
UWM Research Foundation awards bridge grants to UWM-related companies
The Bridge Grant Program invests in new companies of UWM faculty, staff and students that have licensed intellectual property from the research foundation.
Leaders gather to celebrate launch of UWM Center for Equity Practice and Planning Justice
About 75 city and county leaders, representatives of community organizations, land-use planning groups and foundations, and UWM faculty and staff gathered Friday to celebrate the launch the UWM Center for Equity Practice and Planning Justice.
UWM launches Center for Equity Practice and Planning Justice
The center, housed within UWM’s School of Architecture & Urban Planning, is dedicated to addressing the lasting impact of racially segregated placemaking, with a particular focus on Milwaukee.
No matter the language, UWM education student helps her MPS students
Pauline Kanyiva Mwendwa is a teacher at Pulaski High School while also attending graduate school at UWM. Her knowledge of several languages helps her teach her students, many of whom are immigrants.
UWM and Hmong American Peace Academy announce program to bolster teacher workforce
The Grow Your Own Program aims to address teacher shortages in Milwaukee and diversify the teacher workforce. It will identify promising teachers while easing their path into a rewarding and impactful career.
Recent UWM alum wins state Outstanding Student Teacher Award
Jenny Rudd, who graduated in May, is the latest in a string of UWM students who have won the state award.
Teachers and principals work together to spur mathematics success
A partnership between UWM and MPS is improving math teaching, learning and leadership in a dozen schools.
How UWM prepares future educators to teach reading
A top priority of the School of Education is making sure that the teachers of tomorrow can teach reading and writing to students of all backgrounds and abilities.