Milwaukee County executive Chris Abele, Mayor Tom Barrett, UWM Chancellor Mike Lovell, and EPA Region 5 administrator Dr. Susan Hedman joined other dignitaries in announcing the award of a nearly $300,000 Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) grant to the Westlawn CARE Partnership at the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center on November 10, 2011. The [...]

The University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee (UWM) will host a Critical Refugee Studies Conference Nov. 3-4 at the UWM Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. Blending academic scholarship with discussion of contemporary human rights issues, this conference focuses on the specific issues relevant to people displaced by war, economic crises, political upheavals, natural disasters and ethnic tensions. [...]

The University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee’s annual Open House on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28-29, in the UWM Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., showcases the academic majors available in UWM’s 14 schools and colleges, and the career choices associated with them. Open House hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. No advance [...]

Francene L. Botts-Butler has been named director of the Office of Equity/Diversity Services (EDS) at UWM. She started at the university this summer, coming to UWM from Morehead State University in Kentucky, where she directed multicultural student services. The goal of the EDS office is to monitor, manage and integrate equal opportunity and diversity into [...]

By UWM Chancellor Michael R. Lovell A public, urban university like UWM has many opportunities to make a difference. One of the important differences it can make is strengthening the economy of the surrounding community, plus the region and state. To help create more jobs, a university must focus on working with the businesses, industries [...]

The University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee is sending letters to approximately 75,000 individuals associated with the university, informing them of a computer security incident that may have exposed records containing their names and Social Security Numbers. Those affected are primarily current and former employees and students. On May 25, university technology staff found that unauthorized individuals [...]

Many universities are quiet places in the summer, but not the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. Hundreds of elementary, junior high and high school students come to campus during the summer months to take part in the university’s extensive array of pre-college programs and camps. The goal of the programs is to provide students with academic [...]

The University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee just welcomed its third group of Diversity Fellows to campus. The six Diversity Fellows, a group that includes experienced doctoral students and new Ph.D. graduates, take on teaching or research assignments at UWM, while getting to know the campus and community. “I was impressed by this university’s diversity and its [...]

When Brittany Johnson was deciding where to attend college, she learned that her grandfather had earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee – at the age of 65. Although Johnson became the first in her immediate family to earn an undergraduate degree May 22, she proudly points to her grandfather’s [...]

By Taki S. Raton Students in grades sixth through eight will have the head start opportunity to learn about college preparation, selection and entrance requirements at the Enter the College Zone conference Saturday, May 14 at the UW-Milwaukee Student Union beginning at 8 a.m. Sponsored by the Black Child Development Institute (BCDI) Milwaukee affiliate, Enter [...]