Panel discussion at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
Venue: 2220 N. Terrace Ave, Milwaukee, 53202
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 26 @ 6:30pm… Continue Reading »
MNNS: PhD student Ayodeji Obayomi writes op-ed on gender inequity
MNNS: PhD student Ayodeji Obayomi writes op-ed on gender inequity
PhD student Ayodeji Obayomi’s op-ed on gender inequity in street naming in Milwaukee was published in the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.… Continue Reading »
MJS: U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore focuses congressional attention on Milwaukee’s challenges
MJS: U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore focuses congressional attention on Milwaukee’s challenges
Urban Studies Faculty member, Anne Bonds, is included in this article. “U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore led a bus tour Tuesday through Milwaukee, during which those aboard commented how the community, once regarded as the ‘Harlem of the Midwest,’ has evolved into one of the …… Continue Reading »
WISN: Group aims to transform some 2,900 vacant lots into healing spaces
WISN: Group aims to transform some 2,900 vacant lots into healing spaces
Urban Studies Masters Student Kacee Ochalek is interviewed on the Healing Spaces Initiative that she is working on in her job with the city, also the subject of her master’s thesis. Nice job, Kacee!… Continue Reading »
Mapping the harm of COVID-19 misinformation on social media (UWM Report)
Mapping the harm of COVID-19 misinformation on social media (UWM Report)
Professor Rina Ghose, master’s student Rachel Hansen and doctoral student Amir Forati found that “where” mattered in a study of COVID-19 misinformation on social media and subsequent spikes spread of the disease.… Continue Reading »
Associate Director Jamie Harris quoted in Journal Sentinel
Associate Director Jamie Harris quoted in Journal Sentinel
Associate Director Jamie Harris was quoted in a Journal Sentinel story on the state of evictions in Milwaukee.… Continue Reading »
The Growth of Milwaukee course featured in Journal Sentinel
The Growth of Milwaukee course featured in Journal Sentinel
Urban Studies Professor Amanda Seligman’s course, The Growth of Milwaukee, was highlighted in two Journal Sentinel articles.… Continue Reading »
Urban Studies major Sedgwick (Sed) Smith on the Talking Fitchburg program
Urban Studies major Sedgwick (Sed) Smith on the Talking Fitchburg program
Urban Studies major Sedgwick (Sed) Smith was showcased on the Talking Fitchburg program about his community development work as part of his summer internship in the City of Fitchburg.… Continue Reading »
Lara Fritts (MS ’95)
Lara Fritts (MS ’95)
Community Redevelopment (OTC: CRDV) (“the Company”), a developer of community oriented real estate in urban and suburban markets with a focus on all aspects of the real estate development cycle, announced today that Lara L. Fritts, CEcD, FM has joined the company as Executive Vice President.… Continue Reading »
A virtual talk by sociologist Greg Squires on the Segregated City
A virtual talk by sociologist Greg Squires on the Segregated City
October 1, 2021
9:00-11:00 am (CST)
A discussion on October 1 will feature leaders in the field of fair housing and segregation.… Continue Reading »