This year’s keynote speaker is Bench Ansfield (Assistant Professor of History, Temple University and an urban historian of racial capitalism), author of Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City (W. W. Norton, 2025).
This year’s event also includes a juried senior capstone and graduate student poster session following a buffet lunch, a USP alumni panel where students can hear from and connect with practitioners working in Milwaukee across a variety of fields in the public and private sector, an awards ceremony, and a reception following the keynote presentation.
Event Details:
Date: Friday, May 8, 2026
Time: 11:30 – 4:00 PM
Location: UWM Student Union Alumni Fireside Lounge (2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, 53211)
Program:
- 11:15–11:30 AM: Registration
- 11:30–12:00 PM: Buffet Lunch
- 12:00–1:30 PM: Juried Poster Session
- 1:30–2:30 PM: Alumni Panel
- 2:45–3:00 PM: Awards Ceremony
- 3:00–4:00 PM: Keynote Speaker Presentation
- 4:00–4:30 PM: Reception and Refreshments