Campus & Community
Geek Week returns to UWM March 5-9
Geek Week will be taking over the UWM campus March 5-9 with dozens of events celebrating science, gaming, fiction and other bits of nerdy brilliance. This year’s featured speaker is video game developer Mackey McCandlish. Best known for his work on Activision’s blockbuster “Call of Duty” series, his team broke away from the mega-publisher to […]
2018 UWM Research magazine features work of 100 scholars
This year’s edition of UWM Research debuts online and begins hitting mailboxes this week, showcasing the work of UW-Milwaukee researchers across campus and showing how that work is making an impact.
UWM students raise thousands at Panther Miracle Network Dance Marathon
More than 100 participants danced for six hours straight at the 2018 Panther Miracle Network Dance Marathon on Saturday at the UWM Student Union.
UWM Drag Show features ‘RuPaul’ contestant Jaidynn Diore Fierce
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” contestant Jaidynn Diore Fierce will headline the 19th annual UWM Drag Show, with soul pop singer Lex Allen performing at intermission Feb. 24 at the Miller High Life Theatre, 500 W. Kilbourn Ave. The show, which begins at 7 p.m., will be emcéed by celebrated drag performers Lady J (Jazz Nance) and […]
Brewers-Panthers ‘Hot Stove’ brings baseball fans to the plate
Students and community members alike were on hand for the second annual “Hot Stove” collaboration between UWM and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Panthers and Brewers prepared to talk 2018 baseball at UWM
With baseball season on the horizon, UWM and the Milwaukee Brewers are teaming up to get fans warmed-up and on-deck with their second annual “Hot Stove” event. The free, public event will take place in the Fireside Lounge of the Student Union on Tuesday, Feb. 6, eight days before the Brewers start spring training. Doors […]
UWM’s Food Center and Pantry finds permanent home in Student Union
The UWM Food Center and Pantry has moved into a new space, Student Union Room 348, for the spring semester – the former home of the Kenwood Inn restaurant.
Chancellor starts spring semester on a positive note
Chancellor Mark Mone talked about several challenges and positive developments during his spring plenary address Thursday at the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts.
UWM community pitches in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
Rather than sit back and relax, several members of the UWM community spent the Martin Luther King Day Jr. of Service the way it was intended — by serving others.
Microsoft kicks off UWM’s first ‘industrial internet of things’ workshop
Representatives from Microsoft presented the first program of UWM’s Connected Systems Institute, demonstrating software designed to harness data from the “industrial internet of things,” or IIoT, to boost productivity of companies.