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Luis never took his grandparents’ indigenous rituals seriously while growing up in Mexico. 

UW-Milwaukee economics major Abram Zell grew up as an incredibly shy kid whose family moved frequently, and he learned to embrace the journey of overcoming timidity and realized he wanted to find out who he is.

Nina Marks tells about the various jobs that have helped her get through school.

Jordan Herbert reflects on when his baseball career made him change schools.

The AI data center is a specialized facility designed to handle massive AI workloads, featuring high-density machine learning that is extremely proficient at identifying patterns in the data. They solve problems at an unfathomable speed and arguably reduce the potential for human error. The future of AI will continue to evolve. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee […]

The Milwaukee School of Engineering is building a $76.5 million engineering building—the Robert D. Kern Engineering Innovation Center—at the southeast corner of State and Milwaukee streets. The builder will include flexible labs, AI, and robotics. This will be a space that encourages collaboration and firsthand learning in the Innovation Center. The roadmap for the AI […]

Wisconsin State Senator Dora Drake began her career the way many Milwaukee-born senators do, with roots that run deep and a community that she has never been able to turn away from. “I lived in the district I represent now, the 4th Senate District,” she said. “It comprises the north portion of Milwaukee to the […]

Meeting Professor Leslie Harris in her Johnston Hall office felt less like an academic interview and more like sitting with someone who had spent years listening, really listening to Milwaukee. Her space was warm, filled with books, and somehow made the conversation feel bigger than the room itself. As soon as we asked about her […]

Daran Wiley is remembered as a protector with a big heart by his mother, Rashawn McKenzie. “He wasn’t just my protector; he protected his siblings,” McKenzie said. “I learned that it didn’t just stop there, that he genuinely cared about everyone around him. He wanted everybody to be treated equally and fairly, and he stood […]

Two Black men both raised in Milwaukee, both shaped by hardship, grew up on different sides of the city, yet their paths eventually converged around a shared mission. Their childhoods echoed similar realities: sirens at night, boarded windows, and the constant tension of living where many children learn the sound of gunfire before they learn […]

We met Jennifer Koss on a quiet afternoon at the UWM Golda Meir Library. A former Milwaukee Public Schools teacher of 17 years, she greeted us with the warmth of someone used to listening, observing, and carrying more stories than most people ever will. We sat around a table in a small study room, and […]

Timothy Shum lost his son, Dave, to suicide many years ago. Shum is now the chapter leader of the Milwaukee branch of The Compassionate Friends, a worldwide organization for peer support groups to deal with the loss of a child. However, it took Shum time to end up in this leader position due to the […]