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Emilio Del Torre highlighted the importance of being prepared while interacting with law enforcement officers, when speaking during a ‘Know Your Rights’ training at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union. “Law enforcement can lie to you, but you can not lie to law enforcement,” Del Torre expresses to the crowd of about 50 people. The representative […]

The Age of Solastalgia: Artist Nina Elder Discusses Anxiety of Environmental Change at UWM  Undergraduates, professors and community members gathered in UWM’s Curtin Hall for a casual conversation about art, museum archives and environmentalism, a discussion based on a fairly new word to the English language: solastalgia. Artist, researcher and environmentalist Nina Elder hosted the […]

From diving on the court for loose balls, trying to block out big guys, to making game winners, there has been huge improvement from Lucas over the course of his two seasons at Milwaukee. Lucas played for Illinois his first two years until transferring back to his hometown in Milwaukee. “This is my home,” Lucas said when asked about his transfer process. […]

Chancellor Mark Mone announced that University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will be extending spring break from March 15 to March 29 to prepare for online classes after announcing a UWM Foundation employee was tested for COVID-19 this morning. The employee being tested came into contact with someone who recently traveled to a third world country.  It’s not […]

UW-Milwaukee’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center hosted a Diverse Ideas Talk featuring the Franciscan Peacemakers to talk about the root causes and solutions for trafficking and to foster discussion and empower women. The Franciscan Peacemakers work to provide a pathway to a sustainable, healthy, safe and productive life for women engaging in prostitution due to trauma, human […]

Leaders and department chairs from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee met Tuesday morning to discuss the potentiality and logistics of face-to-face instruction being suspended after spring break to help prevent a local coronavirus outbreak. No decision was made at the meeting, but one might be expected next week over spring break, according to Provost Johannes Britz. […]

UWM Drag Show 2020 hosted over 1,600 viewers; many praised the performance and its impact on the community.

The city of Milwaukee is well known for its famous breweries, historic buildings, cultural fests, and sports teams, unfortunately sex trafficking can now be added to that list. Statistics across a multitude of agencies and organizations are showing a worrying trend with statewide reported cases up by a factor of 5 between 2012 and 2018, […]

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales confirmed the names of the suspect and the five victims of Wednesday’s deadly mass shooting at the Molson Coors brewery, revealing that the gunman, Anthony Ferrill, was an electrician at the plant. According to the Milwaukee Police Department, the five victims were Jesus Valle Jr., a 33-year-old from Milwaukee; Gennady Levshetz, a 51-year-old from Mequon; Trevor Wetselaar, a 33-year-old from […]

Conversations about potential employment filled the Wisconsin Room at UW-Milwaukee between employers and potential employees at the Diversity Career Fair Thursday morning to late afternoon. Hair: clean cut. Dress code: on point. Attitude: confident and full of initiative. Vanaro Thorn is a senior at DePaul University in Chicago and sophomore at UWM. He is father […]

Hmong advocates and leaders in Wisconsin and throughout the nation are concerned over the Trump’s administration deportation plan of 4,500 Hmong, Lao, Khmu, Mien, Lahu, Thai Lue and Thai Dam residents who served their full sentences in American courts.   Advocates learned that the U.S. Agency of International Development is funding an integration program in […]