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Students were coming in and out of the UW-Milwaukee’s Union Ballroom with a smoothie in their hands that the UWM Solar Ambassador Team made with their blenders that were powered by a solar panel. Luke Guillien, who is part of the Solar Ambassador Team, was blending the smoothies using the solar panel. The solar panel […]

Every Tuesday, a small group of UW-Milwaukee staff, students and faculty get together to practice a half hour of mindfulness and meditation to take a quiet break from the hectic work or school day. After waking up early and spending hours at work or in class, it can be easy to fall into negative or […]

Kamara Jackson, the recruiting coordinator for the Career Planning and Resource Center, makes it her goal to build relationships with employers who are looking to hire diverse students from UWM. She was in charge of UW-Milwaukee’s Diversity Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Career fairs for college students are usually geared towards business and engineer majors. […]

Allison Stauffacher, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is eagerly anticipating an upcoming medical school open house. As a double major in both pre-med and biochemistry, Stauffacher is well-aware of how crucial it is to get ahead in the competitive medical field and figured the open house would be a great opportunity to plan […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student news website Media Milwaukee won a 2017-18 Open Records “Scoop of the Year” award from the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council. Media Milwaukee was awarded the “Scoopee” on March 8 for its investigation into dozens of sexual harassment and assault allegations on the UWM campus. Media Milwaukee is the only […]

Read Media Milwaukee’s award-winning investigative series on sexual assault and harassment allegations against UW-Milwaukee faculty and staff, and the administration’s response to complaints over the years. [one_fifth] [/one_fifth] [one_fifth] [/one_fifth] [one_fifth] [/one_fifth] [one_fifth] [/one_fifth] [one_fifth] [/one_fifth]  

New details obtained by Media Milwaukee show that UW-Milwaukee employees have been accused in complaints of allegations such as engaging in non-consensual sexual intercourse with a student, taking pictures of students’ “backsides,” making inappropriate sexual comments, and having a sexual relationship with a student and then giving the student a higher grade as a result. […]

There was an explosion of excitement backstage, in dressing room 250. Milwaukee singer-songwriter Lex Allen stared into the mirror with his hypnotic hazel eyes after a two-hour glam session with rising local makeup artist Shalisa Smith, who has worked with stars like actress Issa Rae and rapper Dej Loaf “I don’t usually do drag makeup,” […]

The UW-Milwaukee Women’s Basketball Team held Senior Day on Sunday, to honor seniors Steph Kostowicz, Jenny Lindner, Kelsey Cunningham, and Bailey Farley, who have changed the culture of Milwaukee basketball in their years here. Lindner, Cunningham, and Kostowicz have spent the last four years playing for UWM, while Farley has spent her last three years at […]

Streaming services like Netflix and Hulu have become more popular over the last couple of years. UWM students explain what that could mean for Cable down the line.  

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students state their opinions on the homeless population around campus and what should be done to help them.

When a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student accused her supervisor of alleged drunken texting, campus officials disagreed over whether the behavior was sexual harassment, with the Office of Equity & Diversity Services finding a violation of the discriminatory conduct policy and Provost Johannes Britz – who has the final say – ruling otherwise. Read the investigative […]