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Milwaukee Public Schools does not know how many sexual harassment and sexual assault complaints have been made against MPS employees because it does not keep centralized records of the cases. MPS could not produce the number of complaints in response to a Media Milwaukee open records request seeking the numbers since 2014. According to  the […]

While the Fireside Lounge offers a calm, relaxing atmosphere with its dimmed lights, cozy chairs, and relative silence, the issue being discussed was anything but peaceful, and for some, incredibly close to home: Opioids. “A young lady I know, I took her off the streets from prostitution and drugs, she got cleaned up and was […]

Theatre students in the Peck School of the Arts at UW-Milwaukee showcased their newest production “Stupid F##king Bird” last week. The show does something in theatre called breaking the 4th wall. This is where the actors involve the audience in their show. The play is an adaptation on playwright Anton Chekhov’s play “The Seagull. “This […]

Bridget Russo, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, remembers starving herself for three days. “The first day I felt fine, but on the third day I was unable to get out of bed because of how hungry I was.” Russo was one of many UWM student who stopped by the Union Ballroom to donate […]

[one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [one_fourth_last] [/one_fourth_last]   UW-Milwaukee journalists won dozens of awards for excellence in investigative, in-depth, multimedia and other stories in contest results announced today. Students snagged 16 awards in the prestigious Society of Professional Journalists regional contest, 23 awards in the Milwaukee Press Club’s 2017 Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism competition, and three from […]

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 […]