UWM’s Michelle Lopez-Rios champions unheard voices
Voice teacher Michelle Lopez-Rios empowers Latino immigrants, women and others to tell their own stories. For some students, the experience is life changing.
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Candlelight vigil held for UWM grad, sister
Hundreds attend vigil for Brittany and Alexis Musumeci, as Florida police investigate crash in which the sisters died.
UWM grad makes a guest appearance on Modern Family
Brittani Ebert, a graduate of UWM’s theater program, has a co-starring role in the Sept. 30 episode of ABC’s popular series, “Modern Family.” Ebert, who’s worked in film, television, theater and commercials, talks about what it’s like building an acting career in Hollywood.
UWM alum gets people talking with documentary on homelessness
UWM alumna Jessica Farrell will see her documentary on homelessness, “30 Seconds Away: Breaking the Cycle,” debut Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Milwaukee Film Festival. Her goal is to draw widespread attention to a tough problem. “It’s not an easy film, there’s not an easy way out,” she says. But, “as a community, we can stop turning the other way and come together to make change.”
From dance to cycling, these UWM alums keep Milwaukee moving
Milwaukee is a city in motion. From physical therapists to gym teachers, bicycle manufacturers to dance instructors, meet seven UWM alumni who work hard to keep Milwaukee moving.
Professional dancers come to UWM to enhance their careers
One of only three like it in the country, UWM’s MFA in performing arts: dance, allows dancers who still perform professionally to earn a degree through online work and two summer residencies.
Lights, camera, UWM alumni in Hollywood
The journey from Milwaukee to Hollywood is shorter than you’d think for graduates of UWM’s Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres and other Peck School of the Arts programs.
A conversation with the writer of UWM’s ‘Slightly Bigger Women’
Theater education major Tina Binns and Peck School of the Arts professor Anne Basting collaborated on a new play, “Slightly Bigger Women.”
A documentary on Clarence Garrett, who returned to UWM after 50 years
“Clarence,” a documentary about Clarence Garrett, thought to be the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s oldest graduate at 87, will have its world premier
From Microsoft to MADtv, here are 11 UWM alums whose work you know
UWM alumni include many business executives and high-ranking public officials, such as the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, Luis Arreaga.