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They’re mortal rivals. The Packers and Bears. Packers and Vikings. But what happens when a growing number of Illinois and Minnesota students take up residence together in a Wisconsin dorm? It’s one thing to shout at each other at a football game. Let’s just say some of these passionate Bear, Viking, and Packer fans, never […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

If Dr. Gail Hackett becomes the chancellor at UW-Milwaukee, she says some of her top priorities will be the enrollment rate, helping with the financial issues while keeping tuition affordable, and research projects done at UWM. According to Hackett, you won’t have to worry about her leaving anytime soon. “When I go somewhere, I stay […]

There are new questions tonight in the high-profile investigation of a UW-Milwaukee TKE fraternity. A top UW-Milwaukee administrator has found that the much-reported allegation that TKE fraternity members marked targeted partygoers for drugging with “color-coded Xs” “appear(ed) to be false,” according to a motion filed in Circuit Court by the attorney representing then fraternity president Thomas […]

Felipe Guilherme Melo is a junior at UW-Milwaukee through the Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program. When he came to America, he didn’t know how to speak much English. “If I wanted to stay here, I had to learn English,” Melo said. “And then I was trying to find ways to learn English faster. And I didn’t […]

The Minority Media Association of UW-Milwaukee is a campus club that runs a television program showcasing media diversity. A recent show featured UWM student Geraud Blanks, who helped program the Milwaukee Film Festival’s Black Lens series. Evan Vogel reports for Media Milwaukee.

It is clear that Mark Mone will push research as a primary agenda at UW-Milwaukee, if he continues on as UWM’s chancellor. The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents opened the floor to faculty, staff, community members, and students on campus Monday when Interim UWM Chancellor Mone presented his views about challenges for research […]