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One UW-Milwaukee student whose journey is loaded with curves and forks in the road is Bianca Haney. Haney, an honors student in nursing, is obtaining her second degree after majoring in Biomedical Science at Marquette University. “I tried to work in pharmaceutical sales and in real estate, but I knew it wasn’t for me,” she […]

As every student knows, you can’t go home for winter break without clearing that one last hurdle: Finals. Finals can bring major stress and frustration to students. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the residence life coordinators have just the thing to help their students combat their ever-rising stress levels: A spa in the dorms. On […]

Working at Cousin Subs wasn’t senior Jenna Stathus’ only job while studying at UW-Milwaukee. In just three years, Stathus has also been employed as a Domino’s delivery driver, a nanny, a computer lab supervisor at Enderis Hall, a marketing and communications intern at Froedert Hospital and as intern at Johnson Controls. While it may seem […]

Throughout the UW-Milwaukee campus, inspirational quotes by famous poets such as Walt Whitman, Edger Allen Poe, and Ralph Waldo Emerson and many others decorated the school’s landscape. Some of the quotations were accompanied with chalk art. “Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams,” a quote read written in yellow chalk. “Fear […]

It was dark. It was cold. Rain was in the forecast. Leaves changed from vibrant warm colors to darker shades as they fell from the trees above. Booming clanks from the industrial site across the river echoed throughout the aisles. But the white altar was luminous against the grey sky, and the rainbow stole of […]

Nuzzled amidst the colorful racks of secondhand clothing, UW-Milwaukee student and avid thrift store shopper Maria Kuck riffles through her finds. Wearing a “Rosie the Riveter” headscarf and bubblegum pink horn-rimmed glasses, she leafs through her cart, proudly pulling out a pair of high-waisted, acid wash blue jeans, a flannel shirt, a chunky red sweater […]

Mark DeGeorge has one son, his namesake. That son is transitioning to become his daughter. They talked about how the father-son dynamic shaped their relationship and how a gender transition will change it.

Students in JAMS 204 – News Writing and Technology – explore the power of six little words. Produced by Shaquanda Dalton

For just three dollars, students and the general public viewed a presentation on the various Constellations of the Zodiac, followed by a participatory activity where audience members looked at pictures of the night sky and tried to identify the constellations in the sky, as if they were outside. UWM’s Manfred Olson Planetarium was the sight […]

It may be a meme, but it’s no joke. A picture of a baby with a smug look on his face, a fist raised in the air and the words ‘We Cured Hep C’ in bold print was the image on the final slide of University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee associate professor David N. Frick’s presentation Nov. […]

Vendors and shoppers escaped the cold to browse more than 100 booths at Rummage-A-Rama, an indoor flea market held four times a year at Wisconsin State Fair Park.

Winter isn’t the easiest time to find fresh produce in Wisconsin, except at the Milwaukee County Winter Farmer’s Market, an increasingly popular venue for local farmers.