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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate Faculty Committee approved to bring in an external reviewer that oversees the creation of new graduate programs in its monthly meeting on Monday. The Graduate Faculty Committee is a body representative of the Graduate School Faculty. The committee is responsible for the formulation of policies concerning the graduate programs of […]

A candlelight vigil was held on Oct. 23, in honor of UWM student, Ian Elliott, who passed away three days prior. Held in the Union Fireside Alumni lounge, the ceremony the room to capacity with friends, family and acquaintances of Elliott’s who lit fireless candles in his honor and watched as pictures were displayed from […]

In wake of criticism that the university’s math program is “unjust,” UWM administrators will be making changes to the math department. Associate Vice Chancellor Phyllis King announced the changes during the Academic Planning and Budget Committee meeting Nov. 7 in Garland Hall. King wasted no time getting to the problem. “How can we admit 1,500 […]

UW-Milwaukee Police Officer Craig Rafferty, 19-year police veteran, held a presentation on “Dealing with an Active Shooter on Campus and the Implications” at the UW-Milwaukee campus this past week. Rafferty refers to an “active shooter” as “any individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined or populated area. Their use […]

Chiller causes issues for researchers An aquarium chiller malfunction has posed a life-threatening situation to an unknown amount of fish at UWM’s Freshwater Sciences building, according to staff members. Dr. Berri Forman, assistant director and research veterinarian for the Animal Use and Care Committee, says that there can be as many as millions of fish- […]

Dirk Hoyer, lecturer at the Tallinn Baltic Film and Media School and internationally award-winning filmmaker, is a firm believer that social media users are, to some extent, narcissistic. He calls social media an “ego machine.” There is no denying it- social media is everywhere, and people are producing and consuming content more than ever before. […]

In the spring of 2008, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students Jon Bell, Alex Brucker, Anthony Gagnon, and Michael Kubaszak started Production Club, an organization that focuses on the technical aspects of filmmaking. The founders formed the organization to meet fellow students to recreate scenes with the knowledge they’ve learned through UWM’s film program. The organization transitioned […]

Thousands of people braved the cold to attend the 87th Annual Holiday Parade on Saturday. The parade is a long-held tradition for many in Milwaukee. Brainerd Lopez reports.

Students of the Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies Living Learning Community (JAMS LLC) were introduced to humor journalism when Matt Wild, the city editor for the AV Club in Milwaukee, came to speak to them. Wild, an alum of UWM, explained his background to students in the LLC last month, as well as some of […]

A.V. Club Milwaukee Editor and Onion writer Matt Wild gave a talk to the Journalism and Media Studies Living Learning Community at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Nov 18th, and told the students to “write about stuff you can have fun with.” Wild received his Bachelor’s degree in Film at UW-Milwaukee. After graduation in 2002, […]

Milwaukee – Although the program wasn’t called “Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies” (JAMS) when Boston Globe op-ed columnist Derrick Z. Jackson graduated from it, he still set aside some time to return to Milwaukee to visit campus and talk about some of his experiences with JAMS students. Packed in a tiny room full of journalism […]

It has been more than a decade, and the younger generation’s remembrances vary as they recall the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Jenna Wahl, a freshman student at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, says that she cannot remember the day at all. Her first remembrance of that day was learning about it during her sophomore year […]