Summer research gives incoming students a head start on college
The UR@UWM program gives soon-to-be Panthers a chance to participate in real university research while making friends, working with faculty and learning their way around.
School of Education
Nadya Fouad honored as a distinguished leader
The American Psychological Association Committee on Women in Psychology honored UWM’s Nadya Fouad as a Distinguished Leader for Women in Psychology.
Course offers students help with choosing their path
The goal of the three-credit course, which is open to all undergraduates, is to help students choose a major at UWM, but also helps them explore their interests, abilities and goals.
UWM education alum works to find the light in challenging students
Krishana Robinson teaches students who have been detained at Milwaukee’s juvenile justice center. It can be a difficult task, but she finds ways to help as many as she can.
Virtual tutoring program celebrates two years of helping students
Megan Tervoort is one of the hundreds of elementary and high school students who have benefited from a UWM effort started amid the pandemic shutdown to help students struggling with online classes.
UWM celebrates its third consecutive ‘R1’ research designation since 2015
UWM celebrated research in all its forms, with fanfare recognizing the university’s achievement of top research status during the annual symposium where undergraduates present their research.
Expanding opportunity for students of color to encourage diversity in STEM fields
Children tend to think of mathematicians as being old white men, a perception that can prevent them from seeing themselves in math-intensive fields. Teachers and researchers are working to change that.
Regents approve UWM school and college realignment plan
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved UWM’s plan to merge eight schools and colleges at the university into four new colleges.
Regents to consider UWM school and college realignment plan
Eight schools or colleges at UWM would merge to form four new colleges in a proposal expected to be reviewed this week by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
UWM again achieves top-tier research status with Carnegie classification
UWM has earned the highest rating for research for a third consecutive time. Just 146 of nearly 4,000 institutions considered placed in its “highest research activity” category, often called R1.