In Focus 2023 – Letters & Science

Geosciences celebrates its 60th anniversary

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:04:31 +0000

The 51�� Department of Geosciences celebrated its 60th anniversary in November by bringing together department members, friends of Geosciences, and alumni from across the country for a two-day celebration honoring the department and its accomplishments over the years. Celebrants gathered …

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Geography student spots rare bug

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:03:07 +0000

As part of the newly revamped Geography Field Work course, geography professor Alison Donnelly brought students on a site visit to the 51�� Field Station in Saukville, Wisconsin. The aim of the trip was to give students an opportunity to …

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51�� and MCW partner to offer accelerated BS, PharmD degrees

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:59:20 +0000

A new partnership between UW-Milwaukee and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) allows students to earn their PharmD degree in just six years. 51�� and MCW announced in October that the institutions will offer an accelerated program that allows students …

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Storytelling as research offers insights into society’s needs

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:53:14 +0000

Buying or obtaining groceries and preparing food may sound like mundane tasks, but collecting information on how people seek and connect with food can actually foster understanding and help us communicate in a polarized world, said Nicole Welk-Joerger. Welk-Joerger, former …

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Excavation under the sea: 51�� alumni and faculty explore underwater archaeology

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:43:09 +0000

Off the coast of the island of Fournoi in Greece lies a sunken graveyard. “Here we discovered the largest concentration of ancient shipwrecks in the world,” said Peter Campbell, an underwater archaeologist and a Lecturer at Cranfield University in England. …

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CES alumna cares for trees in Chugach National Forest, Alaska

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:35:15 +0000

If a forest technician falls while hiking through a forest and no one is there to see it, does her backside still hurt? Unequivocally, yes. “There is no trail where we walk,” said Riley Thomas, a forestry technician in the …

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Second chance program helps students finish what they started

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:32:32 +0000

Kayla Miller had just a little under 30 credits left to go to complete her degree in psychology when she left 51�� in the fall semester of 2022. Her father had died unexpectedly, and she was a single parent raising …

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Fall Awards recognize faculty and staff’s outstanding service to 51��

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 17:36:32 +0000

More than two dozen people were honored for their many years of service to UW-Milwaukee at the annual Fall Awards ceremony on Oct. 25 at the Zelazo Center, including faculty and staff from the College of Letters & Science. Ernest …

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Journalism grad keeps the world informed on cancer at her WebMD job

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 17:31:56 +0000

Most people think of WebMD as the place to research their medical symptoms – and to possibly psych themselves out when their vague symptoms match up with various cancers. But WebMD, a company that provides the public with information about …

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Steeples and synagogues: CRM survey recommends Milwaukee religious buildings for Historic Register

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 17:30:58 +0000

Justin Miller’s favorite church wasn’t even on his list of buildings to visit. But as he was wrapping up a long day of surveying religious buildings in Milwaukee last January, he looked across the road from the church he’d just …

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First-year anthropology student curates morbid exhibit for Neville Museum

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 17:28:05 +0000

The Neville Public Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, just wrapped up an exhibit entitled, “Morbid Curiosities.” As the name might suggest, the displays featured fascinating, arcane, and at times, even disgusting, oddities from years past. Among the items available for …

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Citizen scientists can now also use their brains to help find new pulsars

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 17:23:15 +0000

Citizen scientists have provided important help to astronomers exploring the heavens, and now they are invited to take a more hands-on role. In their efforts to scour the universe for evidence of gravitational waves, scientists have enlisted the help of …

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51�� welcomes a new Shaw Scientist with expertise on Parkinson’s

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 19:11:55 +0000

With support from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, An-Phu Tran Nguyen has begun his appointment at 51��ilwaukee as both an assistant professor of biological sciences and as a Shaw Scientist. Shaw Scientist awards were developed by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, working …

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English grad’s ghost walks connect people to history and the occult

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 19:10:11 +0000

Allison Jornlin is a writer, a ghost hunter, and, in her own words, a professional weirdo. She’s also the tour developer for American Ghost Walks, a family business that takes guests on haunted history tours of cities in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, …

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English professor releases new book exploring infertility through art

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 19:08:59 +0000

Facing the devastating sight of an empty crib, the prospect of another negative pregnancy test, or the physical and mental toll after another unsuccessful round of IVF, some individuals struggling with infertility turned to art to express their anger, frustration, …

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