UW-Milwaukee

April 7, 2021

Emma Kraco was always interested in biological sciences in elementary and high school. “I loved looking for bugs, looking at tiny things up close. It just made sense to get interested in water, especially fresh water. It’s absolutely teeming with life all the time.” In her teens, her interests led to a job in aquaculture, […]

March 26, 2021

If it takes beer to get people interested in history, that’s fine. That’s the view of John Harry, a history graduate student who has focused his research on beer and Black capitalism. In his early 30s, Harry decided he wanted to take his life in a different direction. He had an undergraduate degree in communications […]

March 19, 2021

Wisconsin is 700 miles from an ocean coastline, but the state is home to numerous high school students with award-winning knowledge of oceanography. That’s in part due to the efforts of the Lake Sturgeon Bowl, an academic quiz competition that was hosted by the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences March 6 and 7. In 2001, the Great […]

March 7, 2021

A recent UWM graduate is being honored as the top Army ROTC cadet in the nation. Douglas Machkovech, who graduated in December 2020, is the first-ever member of the Golden Eagle Battalion to receive this honor, according to Lt. Col. Ioannis Kiriazis, professor of military science at Marquette. The Golden Eagle Battalion, which is based at Marquette, […]

February 22, 2021

Deborah Blanks has turned a project she started for her son in grade school into a Black history app that will launch Feb. 17. It’s free and will be available in the Apple store, through Google and on the web. Blanks, who earned her doctorate in urban studies from UWM, created the “Blackistory” app, with help […]

December 16, 2020

Four years in the making, a unique set of maps that show what lies under the water’s surface in the Milwaukee harbor is now available both online and on signage posted at two outdoor locations near the shore. The maps are guiding current restoration efforts that could help get the city’s harbor removed from the U.S. […]

November 25, 2020

Most students anticipate gradually putting their knowledge to work after they leave the university. However, four students who graduated in May from the School of Education’s Adult, Continuing, and Higher Education Administration (ACHEA) program found they needed to use everything they learned about online learning, leading and advising immediately. They all earned the Support Services […]

September 23, 2020

Noah Wolfe, a senior in education who is in an accelerated master’s degree program, is already thinking about how he can help and support his future students in urban schools. That’s one reason why he’s become involved as an ally in Black Lives Matter protests. “Throughout my time and at UWM, I’ve always been passionate […]

August 18, 2020

Three University of Wisconsin System schools collaborated on a study to identify ways for state manufacturers to develop more products for green-energy technologies. A report released last month, “Advancing Wisconsin’s Green Manufacturing Economy,” is the result of a yearlong study undertaken by faculty, staff members and undergraduate researchers at UW-Eau Claire, UW Oshkosh and UW-Milwaukee. […]

July 23, 2020

It’s not often that someone looks at a job description and decides it’s a perfect fit. But that’s what happened to Tina Jones, who earned her master’s degree from the School of Education’s Administrative Leadership program at UWM, when a friend of a friend told her about a staff position at an organization called Girls […]