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Participants, volunteers and community organizers gathered at round tables with food, refreshments, notepads and business cards for networking at Milwaukee Area Technical College’s downtown campus in late April. With their first Milwaukee Food Justice Summit, the Milwaukee Food Council hosted a public event to foster a dialogue on food justice and to envision a way […]

Milwaukee takes steps towards more affordable housing as the Common Council’s Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee voted Tuesday morning to sell several city-owned vacant lots to be used for the Early Childhood Education New Homes Initiative which aims to provide low-cost homes for early childhood educators.  The ECE New Home Initiative is managed and funded […]

Monastic life was at its pinnacle during the Middle Ages, however during the reformation of the 16th century, Martin Luther argued against monastic life, and monasteries across Protestant lands were dissolved. While there remained a strong tradition of monasteries in the Catholic and Orthodox faith, this tradition slowly faded as society was secularized during early […]

In this short documentary, Caleb Rose presents Breadsmith Bakery. Founded in Milwaukee, the bakery was created in 1993. The local-started business prides itself on the made-from-scratch quality bakery items that it sells. They keep a lineup of daily breads and pastries and feature different daily specialties each week. The business that started on Milwaukee’s Downer […]

Meet Owen Saiia, he is a UW-Milwaukee student in his second year studying Urban Planning & Studies. Owen works as an assistant golf coach for MPS at Golda Meir High School, he has been a golf coach since his senior year of high school and will become lead coach after the current coach Dave Miller […]

Natalie Powers is a third-year student at UWM that has been dedicated to orchestra since she was seven years old. The excitement of playing the viola keeps her motivated in every facet of her life, like it’s a reprieve from the noise of everything else (that isn’t a string arrangement, of course). The university’s new […]

A sea of laughter, gasps, and cries flooded from the University Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Cinema as viewers watched the diverse and unique collection of student animations in the 2024 UWM Animation Showcase. The many animated films created by students highlight the university’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of storytellers and digital artists.  The showcase, which […]

Original Karma singer, Brit Smit, came to JoJo Siwa’s defense amidst allegations of her new song being stolen. Siwa was under a lot of fire from the internet when fans noticed evidence of both Miley Cyrus and Brit Smith working with the song in the early 2010s.  Smith originally recorded her version of “Karma’s a […]

A somber atmosphere filled the barely air-conditioned courtroom when 16-year-old Robert D. Johnson looked back from the defendant’s chair toward crying friends and family after being sentenced to 13 years in prison. His supporters cried out that they loved him as the teary-eyed teenager was escorted out of the room by police, chains clanking on […]

To celebrate May the 4th be with you, or National Star Wars Day, American Science and Surplus held a Star Wars themed spelling bee with Star Wars themed activities and prizes. “My dad took me to the original premiere in 1977 when I was six years old,” said AS&S Employee John Kadolph. “I remember being […]

After months of anticipation from fans, Taylor Swift released her eleventh studio album causing both fans and haters to claim if it lived up to its hype and if some lyrics crossed the line.   “The Tortured Poets Department” was released at midnight on April 19th with 13 songs, including one feature from Post Malone. Only […]

Winter accessibility on the UW-Milwaukee campus has raised concerns, specifically for students and faculty with disabilities or limitations that may make them more susceptible to winter-related accidents and dangers.  These concerns prompted some members of the Physical Environment Committee (PEC) to create a “working group” to improve these conditions, which met for the first time […]