Patience pays off for UWM women’s basketball coach
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UWM staff act as good Samaritans after bike accident
James “Groovy” Cocroft, an employee of the Military and Veterans Resource Center at UWM, recently reminded Katie Mosack that there are still good people in this world.
Esswein recognized for urban planning leadership
For her vision as a designer and planner and her passion as an educator in the School of Architecture & Urban Planning, urban planning professor Carolyn Esswein has been named a finalist for the 2019 Northern Trust Navigator Award.
UWM’s 10 largest research grants for 2018
A research university runs on federal grant funding. UWM had $58 million in research expenditures in fiscal year 2018, with more than half coming from federal agencies.
UWM maintains its top-tier research status
UWM is one of 120 institutions of the 4,423 universities evaluated this year that earned inclusion in Carnegie’s “highest research activity” category, a designation that includes many Ivy League and public flagship institutions.
UWM Libraries plan to move archives, thanks to $1 million gift
The blueprints have been drawn and plans are in the works to move the UWM Libraries Archives, which are currently located in various places throughout the Golda Meir Library building, to the third floor of the west wing.
UWM names Grusin, Stockbridge as distinguished professors
UWM names two new distinguished professors: Richard Grusin of English and Richard Stockbridge of mathematics.
First Shared Services Center begins operations
The long awaited hub is now the first Shared Services Center at UWM – providing human resources services to five colleges and one business unit. It’s the first of what are expected to be several hubs meant to provide better service.
New dean brings student-success mindset to L&S
As he nears the end of this first semester at UWM, new College of Letters & Science Dean Scott Gronert talks about what he’s learned so far and about what the future might hold.
UWM wins national award for undergraduate research excellence
The Council on Undergraduate Research awarded the 2018 Campus-Wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments to UWM in recognition of the quality and depth of the research opportunities it provides to its undergrad students.
Poet who blends Spanish and English receives an Outstanding Women of Color Award
Brenda Cárdenas, a poet and associate professor of English at UWM, was honored for her efforts in advancing equity and inclusion for people of color within the UW System and in the community.