Business & World Affairs
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.
Student entrepreneurs look to streamline construction projects
Miscommunication and cost overruns can abound in any building project. Two UWM student entrepreneurs are developing a way to overcome these problems, especially in developing countries where language and technology barriers add to the challenges.
Podcast offers information on causes, prevention of child neglect
UWM has joined with Children’s Wisconsin in a podcast to help improve the lives of children and families with complex challenges.
UWM to house nation’s first Microsoft AI lab focused on manufacturing
The lab at UWM’s Connected Systems Institute will be part of Microsoft’s $3.3 billion investment in southeast Wisconsin, strengthening UWM’s education and research mission while helping the state’s businesses.
Community forum will explore current issues in Milwaukee
The forum is affiliated with UWM’s “That Unfinished Work: Collecting Histories of Ordinary People” project, which uses storytelling methodology to convey the voices of Milwaukee citizens, and with the “Climates of Inequality” international traveling exhibit currently on display at the Milwaukee County Historical Society.
Alum working to improve Clarke Square area
Kevin Kuschel’s roots run deep on the south side of Milwaukee, making him a good fit for his new position as executive director of the Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative.
Student’s crime research leads to national presentation
Some 40% to 50% of crimes are never reported to police, so a UWM grad student turned to U.S. Census data to figure out why.