Woehrle Honored with Prestigious Award at ASA

Lynne Woehrle, Associate Professor and Sustainable Peacebuilding Program Director was awarded by the American Sociological Association (ASA) the 2022 Section on Peace, War and Social Conflict’s Robin M. Williams Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching, and Service. This award …

Midwest Nursing Research Conference: Awards and Highlights

The 2022 Midwest Nursing Research conference was held in Illinois in late March, allowing students, faculty and researchers to gather to discuss new research and connect on a level that hadn’t been done in the last two years. UWM College …

UWM Nursing Increases NIH Funding Ranking for 2021

UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing is ranked in the top 30 of total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to Schools of Nursing for federal fiscal year 2021. In 2021 there were 85 Schools of Nursing that received NIH funding, the …

Learning Design Thinking for Nursing Research and Teaching at MNRS

Drs. AkkeNeel Talsma, Jeana Holt and Murad Taani are presenting at the MNRS Pre-Conference “Learning Design Thinking for Nursing Research and Teaching: Innovating Nursing Practice and Science. Learn more and register at: https://mnrs.org/annual…/2022-annual-research-conference/

Honorary Doctorate of Community Health: Ms. Belinda Pittman

When Ms. Belinda Pittman founded Nia Imani Family, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) in 1994, she had no intentions that the years of commitment and service would result in a Doctorate of Community Health by UW-Milwaukee. On December 19, Ms. Pittman was …

The Standout Sister: Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu

UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing Professor Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu has been named a Milwaukee Magazine 2021 Betty Award winner! “It is my passion to speak for women who are not confident enough yet to speak for themselves,” she says. Professor Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu …

UWM hosted the Peace and Justice Studies Association Conference

UW-Milwaukee, in partnership with the Wisconsin Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, hosted the Peace and Justice Studies Association conference October 8-10, 2021. The conference hosted over 200in-person and online attendees with keynotes from Venice Williams from Alice’s Garden Urban …

Innovation in Nursing Education

In August, incoming UWM College of Nursing students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Master of Nursing (MN) and Master of Sustainable Peacebuilding (MSP) programs spent the afternoon at UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC) to working on developing and …