{"id":27534,"date":"2024-04-02T15:55:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/?page_id=27534"},"modified":"2024-04-02T16:51:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T21:51:04","slug":"in-focus-magazine-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/news-events\/in-focus-magazine\/infocus-archive\/in-focus-archive-2024\/in-focus-magazine-march-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus Magazine: March, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead-in\">Volume 14, Number 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Stories<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--3 has-dates\"><li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/keeping-it-old-school-a-very-nontraditional-student-reflects-on-the-life-lessons-shes-learned\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/03\/JoAnne-Potter-feature-photo.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"An older woman with white hair wearing a green sweater and pink scarf smiles in front of a book case stacked with books.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/03\/JoAnne-Potter-feature-photo.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/03\/JoAnne-Potter-feature-photo-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/keeping-it-old-school-a-very-nontraditional-student-reflects-on-the-life-lessons-shes-learned\/\">Keeping it old school: A very nontraditional student reflects on the life lessons she\u2019s learned<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-03-04T14:29:49-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">March 4, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">JoAnne Potter is 72 years old. That makes her among a very small group of older seniors working on a bachelor\u2019s degree at 51ÁÔÆæ, and almost certainly the oldest student &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/uwm-alum-honored-with-his-first-grammy-nomination\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/NMH-profile-picture-Daniel-Murphy.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture shows several album covers and pieces of artwork from the band Neutral Milk Hotel&#039;s re-released boxset.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/NMH-profile-picture-Daniel-Murphy.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/NMH-profile-picture-Daniel-Murphy-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/uwm-alum-honored-with-his-first-grammy-nomination\/\">51ÁÔÆæ alum honored with his first Grammy nomination<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-03-04T10:58:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">March 4, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In 2023, the band Neutral Milk Hotel re-released a box set of the group\u2019s complete works, including two LPs, a live album, three 7-inch singles, two 10-inch singles, two posters, &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/uwm-project-will-document-the-work-of-wisconsins-first-black-architect\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/Alonzo-Robinson-building-e1709658389172.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo shows the Milwaukee Fire Department headquarters building, a gray facade with vertical windows, a white cinderblock base, and the American and Wisconsin flags in front.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/Alonzo-Robinson-building-e1709658389172.jpg 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/Alonzo-Robinson-building-e1709658389172-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/uwm-project-will-document-the-work-of-wisconsins-first-black-architect\/\">51ÁÔÆæ project will document the work of Wisconsin\u2019s first Black architect<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-03-04T10:55:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">March 4, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Researchers and architectural historians from 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s Cultural Resource Management program are documenting the work of Alonzo Robinson Jr., the first registered Black architect in Wisconsin. Robinson\u2019s career spanned over four &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/inaugural-chancellor-chat-explores-uwm-scientists-groundbreaking-research\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/Karyn-Frick-Chancellor-Chat.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A woman wearing a red shirt and black pants sits at a high top table in front of a fire place. Across from her sits a man with gray hair and a black suit. There is a model of a human brain on the table between them.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/Karyn-Frick-Chancellor-Chat.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/Karyn-Frick-Chancellor-Chat-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/inaugural-chancellor-chat-explores-uwm-scientists-groundbreaking-research\/\">Inaugural Chancellor Chat explores 51ÁÔÆæ scientist\u2019s groundbreaking research<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-03-04T10:49:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">March 4, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">51ÁÔÆæ research is making a difference, and 51ÁÔÆæ Chancellor Mark Mone is sharing what\u2019s happening in a series of Chancellor Chats. Karyn Frick, distinguished professor of psychology, joined Mone for &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/a-late-start-hasnt-slowed-this-undergrad-researcher-in-testing-novel-breast-cancer-drugs\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/03\/Reyes-with-pipette.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A young woman with dark hair is wearing a white lab coat and blue latex gloves. She is facing sideways from the camera and uses a pipette to put liquid into an array of test tubes.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/03\/Reyes-with-pipette.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/03\/Reyes-with-pipette-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/a-late-start-hasnt-slowed-this-undergrad-researcher-in-testing-novel-breast-cancer-drugs\/\">A late start hasn\u2019t slowed this undergrad researcher in testing novel breast cancer drugs<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-03-04T10:48:13-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">March 4, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Amy Reyes got a late start on her research, but she\u2019s learned it\u2019s never too late to make a difference. Reyes is a senior on the pre-optometry track at 51ÁÔÆæ, &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2024\/jasean-found-it-easy-to-build-his-community-at-uwm\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/JaSean-video-capture.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/JaSean-video-capture.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/JaSean-video-capture-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2024\/jasean-found-it-easy-to-build-his-community-at-uwm\/\">J\u00e1Sean Found It Easy to Build His Community at 51ÁÔÆæ<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-03-04T10:27:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">March 4, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Pre-law student J\u00e1Sean grew up in Chicago and transferred to 51ÁÔÆæ excited to make new friends in a new city. He says 51ÁÔÆæ provided the perfect location and community to &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/klappa-surprised-with-lifetime-achievement-award-at-uwm-alumni-awards-other-alumni-honored\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/AA-Award-group-for-web.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A group of men and women in suits and evening gowns, some holding glass awards, smile in front of a gold curtain background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/AA-Award-group-for-web.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/02\/AA-Award-group-for-web-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/klappa-surprised-with-lifetime-achievement-award-at-uwm-alumni-awards-other-alumni-honored\/\">Klappa surprised with lifetime achievement award at 51ÁÔÆæ Alumni Awards; other alumni honored<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-03-04T10:24:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">March 4, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Gale Klappa, a UW-Milwaukee alumnus and executive chairman of WEC Energy Group, was honored with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award by the 51ÁÔÆæ Alumni Association at its annual awards evening &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please be aware that some publications require a subscription in order to view articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni Accomplishments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Brett Lobello (\u201806, MA History) <\/strong>was named the new executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/1065thebuzz.com\/2024\/02\/08\/sheboygan-county-museum-names-new-executive-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sheboygan County Museum<\/a> in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Lobello originally hails from Wisconsin and was previously the director of regional history and genealogy at the Pikes Peak, Colorado Library District. He will oversee the 100-year-old Museum and says he will concentrate on telling the stories of Sheboygan County\u2019s residents and communities.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Darryl Johnson (\u201894, BA Political Science and Sociology) <\/strong>was featured in the <a href=\"https:\/\/shepherdexpress.com\/news\/central-city-stories\/darryl-johnson-riverworks-development-corporation%E2%80%99s-executiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shepherd Express<\/a> for his role as the executive director of the Riverworks Development Corporation, a nonprofit that develops real estate projects and reinvests revenue to improve the lives of residents in the Riverwest and Harambee neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Johnson spoke about his career, the organization, and how to give back to their neighborhood.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nyesha Stone (\u201818, BA Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies)<\/strong> discussed how her media company, Carvd N Stone, is on its way to expanding nationally during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisn.com\/article\/uwm-grads-local-media-company-branching-out-nationally\/46753784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WISN 12 News<\/a> segment. Carvd N Stone focuses on positive news and also offers student scholarships and marketing services.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Laurels and Accolades <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Undergraduate student <strong>Hassan Richardson (Conservation &amp; Environmental Science)<\/strong> received a <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/wi\/madison\/news\/2024\/02\/16\/african-american-environmental-pioneer-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rising Star Award<\/a> from Nearby Nature Milwaukee as part of their African American Environmental Pioneer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuwm.com\/environment\/2024-02-20\/milwaukee-celebrates-5th-annual-african-american-environmental-pioneers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">awards program<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Erin Ruppel (Communication)<\/strong> received a $50,000 grant from Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute&#8217;s Pioneer Collaborative Curricula Program to co-develop with a faculty member at Marquette University a 2-course sequence on the art of &#8220;speaking data&#8221;. The courses are intended to help students master the nuances of data interpretation, navigate all stages of transforming raw data into actionable insights, and adeptly communicate these insights to diverse audiences and stakeholders.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brenda C\u00e1rdenas\u2019 (English)<\/strong> poem \u201cPara los tin-tun-teros&#8221; was scored by choral composer Dr. Daniel Afonso (California State University, Stanislaus). The collaborative score with poem was published in 2023 by Hal Leonard Music and will be performed at Carnegie Hall on March 12, 2024, by the National Concert Chorus with seven other new choral compositions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the Media and Around the Community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aki Roberts (Sociology) <\/strong>spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/guides\/insurance-services\/car-theft-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MarketWatch<\/a> about national trends in motor vehicle thefts. Roberts spoke about the factors that contribute to car theft: proximity to offenders, an attractive target, and lack of guardianship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuwm.com\/2024-02-05\/uwms-manfred-olson-planetarium-hosts-program-to-celebrate-the-lunar-new-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W51ÁÔÆæ Radio<\/a> highlighted the <strong>51ÁÔÆæ Planetarium\u2019s <\/strong>plans to celebrate the Lunar New Year, with interviews from Planetarium director <strong>Jean Creighton <\/strong>and student worker <strong>Jordan LaScala (Physics)<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/marquettewire.org\/4115705\/ae\/lunar-new-year-year-of-the-dragon-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marquette University\u2019s <em>Wire<\/em><\/a> also covered the Planetarium\u2019s Lunar New Year events.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/madame-web-bad-reviews-140051132.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yahoo News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/so-bad-its-good-madame-web-is-peak-trash-cinema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Mary Sue<\/a> tapped <strong>Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece&#8217;s (Film Studies) <\/strong>expertise in \u201ctrash movies\u201d and talked to her about the poorly-rated film \u201cMadame Web.\u201d She was also interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio for a story on movie theater organs and led the book discussion at the Wauksesha Public Library for \u201cMy Heart is a Chainsaw\u201d on Valentine\u2019s Day. The bestselling book by Stephen\u2019 Graham Jones features a main character with an encyclopedic knowledge of horror films whose town becomes the scene of a series of horror-film-like murders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milwaukee seems to have mixed feelings about the show \u201cHappy Days.\u201d <strong>Elana Levine <\/strong>and <strong>Michael Newman (both English) <\/strong>spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milwaukeemag.com\/happy-days-in-milwaukee-what-the-classic-70s-sitcom-had-to-say-about-cream-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Milwaukee Magazine<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>about what the show did \u2013 and didn\u2019t \u2013&nbsp; get right about the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of trying to lure tourists during the Republican National Convention this summer, <strong>Scott Drewianka (Economics) <\/strong>recommended that suburbs think long-term and use the convention to attract new business opportunities in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs58.com\/news\/south-milwaukee-pitches-rnc-visitors-on-past-presidential-ties-will-it-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS 58 News<\/a> report. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs58.com\/news\/what-to-do-with-wisconsins-3-billion-surplus-one-senator-wants-to-give-everyone-nearly-1-000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weighed in<\/a> on a lawmaker\u2019s proposal to use Wisconsin\u2019s budget surplus by sending every state resident a check.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rock &amp; Gem<\/em> magazine featured the founder of the Department of Geosciences, Dr. Katherine Greacon Nelson, along with current geosciences graduate student Allison Kusick in their article \u201cAmazing Women with Rock-Solid Careers.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Derek Counts (Art History) <\/strong>presented the latest results from excavations in southeastern Cyprus at an archaeology presentation at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernpublicradio.org\/community-calendar\/event\/cyprus-that-old-time-religion-over-1-000-years-of-art-sculpture-and-religious-life-in-the-rural-sanctuary-14-02-2024-11-36-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Burpee Museum of Natural History<\/a> in Rockford, Illinois, in February.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers think that a submerged stone wall may be Europe\u2019s oldest known man-made mega structure. <strong>Ashley Lemke (Anthropology) <\/strong>speculated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/stone-age-wall-discovered-beneath-the-baltic-sea-helped-early-hunters-trap-reindeer-180983783\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smithsonian Magazine<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/02\/22\/1232694592\/blinkerwall-stone-age-megastructure-hunting-underwater-baltic-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NPR<\/a> that the wall may have been used to drive prey animals toward hunters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel drew on information from the <strong>Encyclopedia of Milwaukee<\/strong>, created and run by 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s <strong>Department of History<\/strong>, in articles describing Milwaukee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/milwaukee\/2024\/02\/08\/a-guide-to-milwaukees-south-side-layton-park-neighborhood\/72033487007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Layton Park<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/milwaukee\/2024\/02\/27\/a-guide-to-milwaukees-midtown-neighborhood\/72552034007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Midtown<\/a> neighborhoods.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wisconsin has had its warmest winter on record. <strong>Mark Schwartz (Geography) <\/strong>told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/wisconsin-on-track-to-have-warmest-winter-ever-recorded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin Public Radio<\/a> that the state won\u2019t know the full impact of this anomalous season until March or April, when scientists can say whether there has been an early growing season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kitonga Alexander (\u201814, BA; \u201823, PhD African and African Diaspora Studies) <\/strong>explained his project to preserve the history of Milwaukee\u2019s Bronzeville neighborhood in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/2024\/02\/15\/how-a-milwaukee-project-aims-to-preserve-bronzevilles-history\/70209464007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a> article.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate student <strong>Sean Enfield (English) <\/strong>was a guest on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/acrossthemargin.com\/across-the-margin-the-podcast-holy-american-burnout-with-sean-enfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Across The Margin: The Podcast<\/a>,\u201d a broadcast offshoot of the literary magazine <em>Across the Margin<\/em>. Enfield discussed race, education, and burnout.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmilwaukee.com\/2024\/02\/15\/a-fish-story-why-do-we-care-about-the-sturgeon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Urban Milwaukee<\/a> followed the research legwork of graduate student <strong>Nicholas Miller (Anthropology) <\/strong>as he worked to uncover the important reasons for restoring sturgeon in Wisconsin waterways.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several prominent Republican lawmakers, including Wisconsin representative Mike Gallagher, have decided to leave Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/wi\/milwaukee\/news\/2024\/02\/21\/republican-committee-chair-retirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spectrum 1 News<\/a> spoke to <strong>Kathleen Dolan (Political Science) <\/strong>about what their departures might mean for the party and Congress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Margo Anderson (emerita History) <\/strong>spoke about the U.S. Census\u2019 use of race in an article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/02\/25\/us\/census-race-ethnicity-middle-east-north-africa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While several universities, including those in the Universities of Wisconsin, have tuition assistance programs for Native American students, they often lack the support systems necessary to help retain those students, <strong>Mark Freeland (Anthropology) <\/strong>noted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinexaminer.com\/2024\/02\/26\/uw-tribal-tuition-promise-divides-native-communities-over-use-of-enrollment-for-eligibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin Examiner<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/calvinchimes.org\/2024\/02\/26\/the-messy-middle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Calvin Chimes<\/a>, the student newspaper of Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, referenced <strong>Sarah Vanderhaagen\u2019s (Communication) <\/strong>research in an article about the school\u2019s history of navigating dissent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People in Print<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Benjamin Edelstein (\u201815, BA Political Science) <\/strong>and <strong>Sara Benesh (Political Science). <\/strong>2024. 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