As wildfire season intensifies across Canada and North America, communities hundreds of miles away from active fires may still feel the effects through poor air quality and smoke exposure. For University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Master of Public Health (MPH) student Ashlyn …
When Iva Stejskalova left her home in the Czech Republic to attend the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she was pursuing two dreams: competing at a high level in collegiate tennis and earning a degree that would prepare her for a career …
For UWM senior Angelica Refinski, sports have always been a huge part of her life — and now they’re helping shape her future career, too. This May, Angelica will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and a minor …
At the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s Zilber College of Public Health, students are making an impact both inside and outside the classroom—and Ken Bland is a standout example. Ken, a first-year graduate student in the college’s MPH in Nutrition and Dietetics program, …
When Cheron Copeland was 16 years old, she was given a simple assignment in her engineering class: research potential careers and job shadow someone in the field. Copeland knew she wanted a career related to food, but not culinary arts. …
By Kelly MeyerhoferMilwaukee Journal SentinelJanuary 29, 2026 Key Points For weeks, Narges couldn’t reach her family and friends back home in Iran. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate student worried about the worst-case scenario as she watched protests convulse her home …
