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UW-Milwaukee coaches and athletes continued fostering a relationship with students in the Next Door Program by participating in the virtual read-along in honor of Black History Month.  From the tales of “Jabari Tries” and “Jabari Jumps” from the author Gaia Cornwall, to the piece from the two-time Kirk Prize recipient Derrick Barnes and his “I Am Every Good Thing,” athletes and […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s basketball team won a share of the horizon league regular-season title but lost in their second game of the Horizon League tournament. The UWM Women’s basketball team went 15-5 in the Horizon League conference play and 19-7 overall. Along with Wright State, they won a share of the Horizon League […]

UW-Milwaukee’s Student Association has only one presidential candidate on the ballot this year. Lone candidate, Amillia “Mia” Heredia said she will hold UWM accountable for using phrases like “most diverse,” plan events to fundraise for segregated fees and advocate for nontraditional students. The Independent Elections Commission usually holds a formal debate among the several presidential […]

Chancellor Mark Mone is hopeful for an almost fully operational in-person Fall 2021 semester for the UW-Milwaukee campus with a projection for in person attendance estimated to be 77%.  On Tuesday, March 9, Mone hosted the 5th virtual faculty and staff town hall since the pandemic began where he and other board members outlined a […]

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone announced UWM’s return to in-person classes for the Fall 2021 semester in a UWM Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, March 9. UWM has become a vaccination site for faculty, staff and students in order to facilitate immunity among those on-campus. Mone said the goal is for all students and […]

The Bucks are weeks removed from a five-game skid and their season seems to be back on track, yet head coach Mike Budenholzer’s job security is still up in the air. In his first season with the Bucks, Mike Budenholzer won AP Coach of the Year and seemed like the next coach for the Bucks. […]

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Police Chief Joe LeMire has just ended his career at UWM.  It was revealed in a press release that LeMire has officially accepted a job as chief of Campus Safety and Police at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. His last day at UWM was March 12, 2021.  While UWM focuses on finding a replacement by LeMire, his second-in-command Lt. […]

UW-Milwaukee student journalists won 32 Milwaukee Press Club awards for 2020 work, more than any other university, the club announced March 12. The collegiate winners in the prestigious statewide competition included print/online, video and audio stories for Media Milwaukee, an online news site produced in Department of Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies classes. Some of […]

Judge Bruce Schroeder denied the State of Wisconsin’s motion to raise Kyle Rittenhouse’s bail and to issue an arrest warrant for him in the motion hearing on Feb. 11, allowing Rittenhouse to go anywhere while facing numerous felony charges. Prosecution lawyer Thomas Binger and the State of Wisconsin asked for the bail to be raised […]

This story was written by Jay Stahl from reporting by, in no particular order: Elizabeth Charney, Tanner Duffney, Henry Dunsirn, Jack Fitzgerald, Darius Hayes, Thomas Hoffman, Audrianna Hutchinson, Shazdah-Lee Sequoya Juniel, Richa Ravindra Karmarkar, Michael Null, Noah Osen, Zachary Semancik, Grayson Sewell, Tanasia Shaw, Amanda Stahl, Niko Barrientos, Michael Colt, Everett Eaton, Derek Johnson, Haley […]

Take a look at college vegetarians and their journey with becoming and staying vegetarian this year. In this short documentary, Brianna Schubert gives us an inside look into their kitchens, their motivation for becoming vegetarian and how they have integrated this lifestyle into their routines.

Food pantries have become a ray of light for struggling communities during the pandemic. Molly Nelson documented how volunteers keep up the good work.