Campus & Community
Lubar College of Business ‘storefront’ opens at JA Finance Park
Sixth- through ninth-grade students can attend JA Finance Park after they complete a 14-lesson curriculum. During the classroom lessons, students learn the basics of building a budget and making the hard choices between needs and wants.
Associate professor lends a hand to third graders exploring Ukrainian conflict
An internet search for experts on the war led teachers in California to Maria Haigh at UWM, who is from Ukraine. She and a friend who remains in the war zone talked with the students.
UWM graduate programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report
Several programs at UWM appear in the latest rankings of best graduate programs by U.S. News & World Report. Two – library and information studies and occupational therapy – landed in the top 20.
More than $1 million raised during 414 for UWM Giving Day
More than 1,700 alumni, faculty, staff, students, families and friends made gifts, a 43% increase over last year’s participation. This was the first 414 for UWM Giving Day to raise more than $1 million.
UWM earns Fast Forward grant to offer more paid internship opportunities
The $590,000 in funding will help connect UWM students with meaningful work experience in two areas – green energy, and the social sciences and humanities.
UWM earns Fast Forward grant to offer more paid internship opportunities
The $590,000 in funding will help connect UWM students with meaningful work experience in two areas – green energy, and the social sciences and humanities.
UWM offering grants and transfer support to Cardinal Stritch students
Located less than 6 miles from the Stritch campus, UWM welcomes Stritch students to apply for free and benefit from a streamlined admissions process. Undergraduate and graduate students can get started immediately at uwm.edu/apply.
Alumna’s ‘tiny zoo’ aims to quell fears about creepy creatures
Tatiana Gritsevskiy has translated her love for reptiles, spiders and insects into a business that teaches people to appreciate the critters that many people can’t stand.
UWM student photographer featured in new documentary
UWM senior Jovanny Hernandez is being featured in a new mini-documentary exploring artists’ origins that debuts Wednesday, April 12.
From Ukraine to UWM, tennis player finds a new life
A week after the Russians invaded Ukraine, 16-year-old Nadiia Konieva set off on a journey that led her to the women’s tennis team at UWM.