Fall 2019 Urban Studies Newsletter
Check out the Fall 2019 newsletter! Topics covered include incoming grad students, alumni updates, Urban Studies award recipients, and upcoming events.… Continue Reading »
Lara Fritts (MS ’95) named President and CEO of Greater Richmond Partnership
Lara Fritts (MS ’95) named President and CEO of Greater Richmond Partnership
Lara Fritts (MS ’95) was named the president and CEO of the Greater Richmond Partnership, a regional economic development organization in Virginia.… Continue Reading »
Urban Studies Major, Fiona McGilligan, reflects on her travels to Ireland as part of the Urban Studies-UCD exchange program
Urban Studies Major, Fiona McGilligan, reflects on her travels to Ireland as part of the Urban Studies-UCD exchange program
“During the fall of 2018, I embarked on my first solo travel, across the ocean from my friends and family to a land I’d never seen and a place where I knew no one. Arriving two weeks prior to my only other UWM counterpart, I was both anxious and ecstatic at the same time…”… Continue Reading »
MS Student Nelson Sederstrom, takes part in developing public health policy brief
MS Student Nelson Sederstrom, takes part in developing public health policy brief
Current Master’s student, Nelson Sederstrom, took part in developing a public health policy brief with students from other disciplines.… Continue Reading »
Gary T. Henry (PhD ’82) named dean of College of Education and Human Development at the University of Delaware
Gary T. Henry (PhD ’82) named dean of College of Education and Human Development at the University of Delaware
Gary T. Henry (PhD ’82) has been named dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Delaware.… Continue Reading »
USP distinguished professor emerita Margo Anderson coauthored brief regarding the addition of citizenship question to the 2020 census
USP distinguished professor emerita Margo Anderson coauthored brief regarding the addition of citizenship question to the 2020 census
USP distinguished professor emerita Margo Anderson coauthored an amicus brief regarding the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census, an issue that is currently before the Supreme Court.… Continue Reading »
Urban Studies Alum Trevor Jung Elected to Racine Common Council
Urban Studies Alum Trevor Jung Elected to Racine Common Council
Congratulations to Trevor Jung (BA ’17), a former urban studies major who defeated his opponent by a wide margin and won a seat on the City of Racine’s Common Council. Trevor joins a long list of urban studies alumni who have held elected office. … Continue Reading »
Urban Studies Students, Kelly Marie O’Brien and Keila Tirado-Leist, received fellowship awards
Urban Studies Students, Kelly Marie O’Brien and Keila Tirado-Leist, received fellowship awards
Meet two Urban Studies graduate students who have been awarded the Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship and the Graduate Student Excellence Fellowship.… Continue Reading »
Erin Winkler: How we talk about race to children
Erin Winkler: How we talk about race to children
A recent article in the UWM Report, “How do we talk to children about race? UWM researcher offers advice,” focuses on Associate Professor Erin Winkler’s (African and African Diaspora Studies and Urban Studies) research with children and teachers over the years on the topic of race. … Continue Reading »
PBS News Hour: How Wisconsin is trying to head off a major worker shortage
Marc Levine interviewed by PBS News Hour on Major Worker Shortage
Listen to the PBS News Hour, How Wisconsin is trying to head off a major worker shortage. The news edition includes a Sept. 6, 2018 interview with UWM Professor Emeritus Marc Levine.… Continue Reading »