Faces of UWM: The Music Curator

Parker Thompson is not a professional musician, but that doesn’t mean he can’t write about music. He hopes to help people expand their tastes and take a closer listen.

“Do Not Bring Him Water;” Scarano publishes book while PhD-bound

Caitlin Scarano has always known that she wanted to write. She started writing stories at the young age of five and found that words wormed their way into her mind, even while attending church with her grandmother. “Church can be pretty boring for small children, so my grandmother gave me a pen and the church […]

UWM Brings Water to Guatemalan Village

As a meeting in the Engineering and Mathematical Science Building comes to a close on a cold November night on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, members of the Engineers Without Borders Club (EWB) can’t help but think about the warm days that lie within their near future in a different country. For the past two […]

Huge Chinese Lanterns Return to Boerner Botanical Garden

Boerner Botanical Gardens has once again been ablaze with colorful illuminated artwork the last few weekends as the China Lights lantern festival returns to the “living museum” of the county park system for a second year in a row. Demand for tickets was, like last year, so overwhelming that organizers had to extend the event […]

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s LGBT Resource Center’s Rise to the Top

As of Sept, 1, 2017, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was named among the country’s top 25 LGBT-friendly colleges for the third consecutive year. At UWM,officials are comparing themselves to other campuses all over the country, trying to see where they match up when it comes to their LGBTQ+ community and how it impacts students. The […]