Japanese Spring Festival Showcases Culture at UW-Milwaukee

The Japanese Spring Festival was held on May 2 at the Union Ballroom at UW-Milwaukee. Visitors looked at the exhibition of works done by students from the Japanese Program, looking at the subtitled clips of movies and making the rice balls. At the end, they had a raffle and visitors received gifts. The president of […]

Showcasing Student Art at Open Studios

The Peck School of the Arts held their annual Kenilworth Open Studios on Saturday, April 9. KOS started at 11 in the morning and continued until three in the afternoon. The event showcased over 100 students’ work. Pieces of work came from all PSOA departments, including art and design, film, music, theatre and dance. KOS […]

Reducing College Stress With Puppies

In the month of April, UWM and volunteers from Health Heelers provide students with some Animal Therapy to help students lower the stress from their classes. Health Heelers, founded in 2005, is an organization that gone to many schools in the state of Wisconsin for therapy with a variety of animals. Slideshow by Keio Horton. […]

The Bicycle Courier

Tabby Llama-Ortiz is a bicycle courier for the Milwaukee bicycle delivery service Flavor Cycles. Flavor Cycles works with various restaurants around Milwaukee that give customers who are ordering food for delivery to have their meals delivered via bicycle. This has been becoming more and more popular in Milwaukee, a city with a huge bicycle culture […]

Into the Force

Media Milwaukee reporter Montel Allen was at the opening of Star Wars. He found quite a spectacle.

After Her Father’s Murder, a Little Girl Grows Up

Aijia Phillips was just 2 years old when her father, George Phillips, Jr., was shot and killed in Milwaukee on August 14, 2012. Now 5, Aijia and her aunt, UW-Milwaukee journalism student Jakayla Phillips, sat down on Thanksgiving to talk about Aijia’s handful of memories. .

UWM Stories Close to Home

Over the holidays, students in the Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies took home audio recorders and captured conversations with people they care about. Sometimes the revelations were surprising. UWM Stories Close to Home: A Holiday Loss UWM Stories Close to Home: A Brother’s Trust UWM Stories Close to Home: Big Girl, Little Girl UWM […]

Working with Wood at UW-Milwaukee

Within the bowels of the urban planning and architecture building exists a fully equipped woodshop. An arsenal of specialized tools is available to all students within the School of Architecture and Urban planning. This is where students gain hands on experience, constructing physical models of what they have created intellectually. Geoff Marshall reports.

Serving Those Who Served

UW-Milwaukee is home to many veterans. The university sponsored a breakfast to honor their service. Pakou Lee reports.