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Director Pablo Larrain created a film that explores the events of the overthrow of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, “without passing judgment,” professor Gilberto M. Blasini told a campus audience. The works of Larraín, specifically “No” were the focus for Blasini’s lecture held on campus Dec. 2. Located on the third floor of the Golda Meir […]

Through the first three games of the college basketball season, the average attendance at home games for UWM Panthers men’s basketball games is down 31 percent compared to last year’s numbers, a change coming against the backdrop of a newly named arena downtown but also controversy that saw the team banned from the playoffs. On […]

In a small room in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Honor’s House, Michael J. Murphy, the 47th President of the Milwaukee Common Council, had an informal discussion with students and alumni about the future of Milwaukee, focusing on the city’s need to improve its public transportation system. With about only 10 people in the audience for […]

UW-Milwaukee ranks as the second highest educational institution in the state for foreign student admissions, says a new report. The finding comes as the number of new UWM students from Wisconsin has plummeted over recent years, while the university makes up the gap in part with a growing number of foreign students, especially those from […]

One of three finalists in the search for a new UWM chancellor, Dr. William M. Sherman, gave his thoughts at an open discussion forum in the Wisconsin room of the Student Union, addressing the contemporary challenges of research universities and saying he wants to build UWM’s research mission to $100 million potential. Dr. Sherman opened […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has revoked the fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon’s (TKE) student organization status in a detailed report that includes allegations of alcohol abuse and a raucous party that sent four people to the hospital complaining they were drugged. “Based upon my investigation, I conclude that TKE’s recognition as a UWM student organization is […]

Miriam Pixtun is a Kaqchikel Maya woman from Guatemala, and Robert Van Zile an Ojibwe language instructor at Indian Community School of Milwaukee and Saokogan Chippewa. They came together to discuss a common threat: mining companies and the environmental issues associated with them. Over eight different University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Schools, Centers, and Student Organizations worked […]

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 […]

Patrick Rothfuss has the perfect look for a character in one of his stories. With intense brown eyes, unruly hair, and a long wizard’s beard streaked with grey, he would look as comfortable in a cloak and boots as the tee shirts and sneakers he seems to prefer. Rothfuss is the bestselling author of The […]

Nearly from infancy, millennials have been told their vote matters and the impact of their participation in the democratic process. Many of these now-college students accompanied their parents to the polls, wore the “I voted” sticker on their jackets before they could barely walk, and participated in mock-elections in their K-12 education. Now, they’re being […]

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. […]

The mission of the Urban Ecology Center is to foster environmental understanding in the city. The UEC relies on volunteers, many of whom are there because they have to be—to fulfill mandatory volunteer hours.