{"id":28508,"date":"2024-10-01T15:21:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/?page_id=28508"},"modified":"2024-10-01T15:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:26:45","slug":"in-focus-magazine-september-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-september-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus Magazine: September, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead-in\">Volume 14, Number 9<\/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-spotlight\/uwm-alumna-is-named-u-s-ambassador-to-kuwait\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Kuwait-map.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A map of the Middle East, also showing portions of Africa and Europe. A yellow circle surrounds Kuwait.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Kuwait-map.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Kuwait-map-300x200.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-spotlight\/uwm-alumna-is-named-u-s-ambassador-to-kuwait\/\">51ÁÔÆæ alumna is named U.S. ambassador to Kuwait<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-09-03T10:01:00-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 3, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Fifteen months after first being nominated to be the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, Karen Sasahara was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in October 2023. &nbsp;The journey to confirmation was long &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/uwm-junior-wins-major-international-scholarship\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Lauren-Sroka.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A headshot of a young white woman. Her hair is dark with bleached highlights. She wears wire-rimmed glasses and a dark jacket as she smiles at the camera.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Lauren-Sroka.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Lauren-Sroka-300x200.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-junior-wins-major-international-scholarship\/\">51ÁÔÆæ junior wins major international scholarship<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-09-03T09:07:00-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 3, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A suggestion from her Japanese sensei \u2013 her teacher, that is \u2013 has given Lauren Sroka an amazing opportunity to study for a year in Japan. Sroka, a junior majoring &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2024\/jewish-studies-welcomes-its-first-postdoc-and-its-music-to-their-ears\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Samantha-Cooper.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A headshot of a young woman with olive skin tone and dark, wavy hair. She wears a black sweater and smiles at the camera while standing in front of a hydrangea bush.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Samantha-Cooper.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Samantha-Cooper-300x200.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\/jewish-studies-welcomes-its-first-postdoc-and-its-music-to-their-ears\/\">Jewish Studies welcomes its first postdoc, and it\u2019s music to their ears<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-09-03T09:05:00-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 3, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">UW-Milwaukee\u2019s Center for Jewish Studies is breaking new ground this year: The program is welcoming its first-ever postdoctoral research fellow to campus. Samantha Cooper, who holds a PhD in Historical &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/uwm-students-prep-for-a-spooky-space-extravaganza-this-fall-at-the-planetarium\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Jack-Koshkin-Planetarium.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A young white man with glasses looks up at the ceiling of the Planetarium, which is tinged pink. He stands beside the Planetarium projector.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Jack-Koshkin-Planetarium.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Jack-Koshkin-Planetarium-300x200.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-students-prep-for-a-spooky-space-extravaganza-this-fall-at-the-planetarium\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Students Prep for a Spooky Space Extravaganza this Fall at the Planetarium<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-09-03T09:04:00-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 3, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">51ÁÔÆæ students are busy preparing for Creepy Cosmos, this fall\u2019s Halloween-themed program at the 51ÁÔÆæ Planetarium. The show highlights some of the spookiest space phenomena, including the solar system\u2019s most &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/service-learning-helps-communications-student-land-a-job-before-graduation\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Photo_Christiana-Ibiwoye750x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A young Black woman wearing a yellow stole and a mortarboard stands in front of a fountain and smiles at the camera.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Photo_Christiana-Ibiwoye750x500.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/Photo_Christiana-Ibiwoye750x500-300x200.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\/service-learning-helps-communications-student-land-a-job-before-graduation\/\">Service-learning helps communications student land a job before graduation<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-09-03T09:03:00-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 3, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">After volunteering for a children\u2019s organization in her home country of Nigeria, Christiana Ibiwoye knew she wanted to pursue a career working with children. Her experience in service-learning helped her &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/when-plants-are-predators-uwm-biologist-helps-identify-how-sundews-digest-their-prey\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/09\/Drosera.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Yellow plants with thin, pink hairs cluster in some succulent-like plant life. The pink hairs each have a drop of clear liquid on the ends.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/09\/Drosera.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/09\/Drosera-300x200.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\/when-plants-are-predators-uwm-biologist-helps-identify-how-sundews-digest-their-prey\/\">When plants are predators: 51ÁÔÆæ biologist helps identify how sundews collaborate to digest their prey<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-09-03T09:02:00-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 3, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The UW-Milwaukee Field Station is hardly the Little Shop of Horrors, but it\u2019s still the home of some fascinating carnivorous plants. Now, thanks in part to a 51ÁÔÆæ biologist, scientists &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2024\/meet-the-new-faculty-members-in-letters-amp-science\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/New-faculty.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Two headshots, side by side. On the left is a Black man with a shaved head and a black beard. His face is half in sun, half shadowed. On the right is an Indian woman with black hair and a draped shirt. She wears a necklace and a red bindi on her forehead.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/New-faculty.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2024\/08\/New-faculty-300x200.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\/meet-the-new-faculty-members-in-letters-amp-science\/\">Meet the new faculty members in Letters &amp; Science<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-09-03T09:01:00-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 3, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">As another school year begins at UW-Milwaukee, the College of Letters &amp; Science welcomes two new faculty members to our ranks! We&#039;re excited to introduce Derrick Harriell and Srishti Sardana, &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-md\"><strong>Please be aware that some publications require a subscription in order to view articles and most links below leave this site.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni Accomplishments\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Annika Van Rossum (\u201821, BA Journalism, Advertising, &amp; Media Studies and Digital Arts &amp; Culture) <\/strong>joined <a href=\"https:\/\/foxcitieschamber.com\/blog\/mccarty-hires-new-attorneys-jacquelyn-adamicki-katrina-hochholzer-and-anika-van-rossum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McCarty Law LLP<\/a> in its business and corporate law practice. She will assist local companies with various transactions and will also focus on working with health care clients to address business and regulatory needs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ching-In Chen (\u201815, PhD English)<\/strong> won a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets. The award is part of a program that, in the words of the Academy, honors &#8220;laureates\u2019 literary excellence while enabling them to undertake meaningful and innovative projects that enrich the lives of community members, including youth, through responsive and interactive poetry activities.&#8221; Dr. Chen is the 2024 poet laureate of Redmond, Washington,&nbsp; and teaches at the University of Washington-Bothell. Supported by the fellowship, Dr. Chen plans to &#8220;work with organizations that are part of the local food ecosystem to sponsor a community youth poetry gathering, with a focus on transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and gender-expansive poets. Dr. Chen will also solicit work from global poets through other UNESCO Cities of Literature and Gastronomy to share at these gatherings, and will print and distribute poetry postcards featuring these poems alongside the poems by local poets.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lael Keiser (\u201896, PhD Political Science) <\/strong>was chosen to receive the 2024 John Gaus Award. The award, presented each year by the <a href=\"https:\/\/politicalsciencenow.com\/lael-keiser-receives-the-2024-john-gaus-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Political Science Association<\/a>, recognizes scholars with a \u201clifetime of exemplary scholarship\u201d in both political science and public administration. Keiser is a professor and director of the Harry S Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. Her research focuses on the role of gender and race in representative bureaucracy. Keiser will deliver the Gaus Lecture in September a the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lisa Kotter (\u201892, BA Political Science; \u201894 Master of Public Administration) <\/strong>was named the new city administrator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmaland.com\/news\/kotter-tabbed-as-new-red-oak-city-administrator\/article_f8027fc6-5fc8-11ef-9bf3-83ac4c3a6aee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Red Oak, Iowa<\/a>. She brings 30 years of administrative experience to the job, having served in cities around Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. She was most recently the city administrator in Cascade, Iowa. Kotter begins her job on Sept. 18.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anibal (Alejandro) Boscoboinik (\u201820, PhD Chemistry and Biochemistry) <\/strong>has been named the \u201cInventor of the Year\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/scienmag.com\/battelle-names-anibal-boscoboinik-inventor-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Battelle Memorial Institute<\/a>, part of the group Brookhaven Science Associates, which manages or co-manages nine different national laboratories for the U.S. Department of Energy. Boscoboinik is a materials scientist at the U.S. DOE\u2019s Brookhaven National Laboratory. The award honors a scientist\u2019s contributions to science or engineering that hold promise to make a positive impact on society. Boscoboinik was recognized for his role in developing materials that can trap and separate noble gases like radon, xenon, kyrpton, and argon, which are notoriously inert or unreactive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sonia Spitz (\u201824, BA Journalism, Advertising, &amp; Media Studies) <\/strong>joined the staff of <a href=\"https:\/\/biztimes.com\/sonia-spitz-joins-biztimes-milwaukee-as-reporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>BizTimes Milwaukee<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>as a general assignment reporter. As a student, she was a finalist for several journalism awards and recently worked with CNN at the Republican and Democratic national conventions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the Media and Around the Community\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Quotes from <strong>Professor Kennan Ferguson\u2019s (Political Science) <\/strong>book <em>Cookbook Politics<\/em> were included in a <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/life\/2024\/06\/cooking-kids-parenting-advice-cookbooks-recipes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slate lifestyle article<\/a> about how the stresses of parenting and household chores can impact the joy of cooking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishchronicle.org\/2024\/08\/28\/how-teaching-the-holocaust-led-me-to-start-a-podcast-for-people-over-50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle<\/em><\/a> talked to <strong>Rachel Baum<\/strong> about her podcast, \u201cMaking Midlife Magic.\u201d Rachel is the deputy director of 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s Sam &amp; Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does a background in politics help or hinder a candidate? <strong>Kathy Dolan (Political Science) <\/strong>weighed in on <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/capital-region\/news\/2024\/08\/06\/tony-wied-wisconsin-eighth-congressional-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spectrum 1 News,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2024\/08\/22\/republicans-dnc-stephanie-grisham-trump-geoff-duncan-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">helped the station<\/a> analyze the impact of Democratic outreach across party lines. She was also quoted in an article in <a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/politics\/gender-divide-decide-presidential-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Week<\/a> that explored the gender gap in general political orientation, and in <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2024\/08\/21\/in-picking-walz-harris-upends-notion-of-womens-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roll Call<\/a> about how reproductive policies can also impact men. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/polls-show-harris-gaining-ground-in-wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin Public Radio<\/a> consulted Dolan to analyze the impact of Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 candidacy on the presidential race, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milwaukeemag.com\/ballot-drop-boxes-are-back-in-wisconsin-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Milwaukee Magazine<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>sought her explanation for whether ballot drop boxes increase election turnout.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Racial profiling and class are often intertwined and often play a role in who is charged in criminal traffic cases, <strong>Joseph Rodriguez (History) <\/strong>said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/2024\/08\/05\/district-attorney-race-republican-election-crime-waukesha-county-milwaukee-prosecutors-wisconsin\/74625958007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In advance of the annual Negro League tribute game hosted at Milwaukee\u2019s American Family Field, doctoral student <strong>Ken Bartelt (History)<\/strong> spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/remembering-the-negro-baseball-leagues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin Public Radio<\/a>. Black baseball in Milwaukee\u2019s history is the topic of Bartelt\u2019s master\u2019s thesis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Natalie Batlle (\u201808 BA Global Studies) <\/strong>was featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/forbes.es\/forbes-women\/493078\/natalie-batlle-presidenta-de-juno-house-hay-que-ser-una-deportista-en-los-negocios-entrenar-para-emprender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forbes en Espanol<\/a> where she talked about her Barcelona-based business, Juno House. The interview covered her journey as a female entrepreneur, motherhood, and wellness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Undergraduate <strong>Graham Thomas (Journalism, Advertising, &amp; Media Studies) <\/strong>joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuwm.com\/this-is-wuwm\/2024-08-14\/wuwm-welcomes-graham-thomas-as-a-student-digital-producer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W51ÁÔÆæ Radio<\/a> as a student digital producer. He introduced himself to his audience with a Q&amp;A.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/shepherdexpress.com\/her-story\/tasneem-jassar-poet-and-organizer-for-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shepherd Express<\/a> profiled <strong>Tasneem Jassar (\u201823, BA English)<\/strong>, a Palestinian poet and activist and an Emerging Poet Fellow at Woodland Pattern Book Center.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate student <strong>Dulmini Jayawardana<\/strong> was featured in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/2024\/08\/20\/lindsay-heights-residents-know-its-reputation-they-work-to-change-it\/74795162007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a> article about her geography research work in the Lindsay Heights neighborhood. We also wrote about her project in the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2024\/geography-students-photovoices-project-shares-images-of-lindsay-heights-at-city-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">May issue of InFocus<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an article covering Milwaukee\u2019s Greentree neighborhood, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/life\/2024\/08\/21\/one-of-the-best-greentree-staff-talk-about-commitment-to-community-milwaukee\/74639355007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>highlighted<em> <\/em><strong>Gay Donahue (\u201881, MA Art History) <\/strong>for her dedication to supporting adult learners develop reading skills, computer skills, and GED study skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mauricio Kilwein Guevara (emeritus English) <\/strong>led a pre-show seminar before the <a href=\"https:\/\/doorcountypulse.com\/pre-show-seminar-features-poet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peninsula Player\u2019s Theatre<\/a> production of <em>Mary\u2019s Wedding <\/em>in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, in August.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>51ÁÔÆæ is helping the environment with solar green roofs on its buildings. 51ÁÔÆæ Sustainability Manager <strong>Lindsay Frost (\u201810, BS Conservation &amp; Environmental Science; \u201816, MS Nonprofit Management)<\/strong> explained the particulars to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisn.com\/article\/green-roofs-uw-milwaukee-campus\/61878823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WISN 12 News<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigerian publication <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/scholar-advocates-chemistry-innovation-hubs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Punch<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>highlighted efforts by PhD student <strong>Tochi Nkwocha (Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry) <\/strong>to establish chemistry-focused innovation hubs in Nigeria.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/milwaukee\/2024\/08\/26\/1845-milwaukee-bridge-war-left-mark-of-crooked-bridges-united-city\/73429520007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>article exploring the \u201cBridge Wars\u201d of the city\u2019s past drew on research and writing from <strong>Lex Renda (History)<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael J. Miko\u015b (Ancient and Modern Languages, Literatures &amp; Cultures) <\/strong>was elected a member of Polska Akademia Umiej\u0119tno\u015bci (The Polish Academy of the Arts and Sciences) in Cracow, Poland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People in Print\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elana Levine (English).<\/strong> 2024. Silly Women\u2019s Stories? The Foundational Role of the Daytime Radio Serial. In <em>The Oxford Handbook of Radio and Podcasting<\/em>, (eds. Michele Hilmes and Andrew Bottomley): Oxford University Press: 118-135.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>William Penn (Philosophy)<\/strong>. 2024. Pure Process Realism: The Unification of Realism and Empiricism. <a href=\"https:\/\/philpapers.org\/rec\/PENPPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Manuscrito<\/em><\/a>, 47(1): 2023-2051.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Miriam Boehm (Philosophy)<\/strong>. 2024. Conceivability as the <em>Standard<\/em> of Metaphysical Possibility. In <em>Hume and Contemporary Epistemology, Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy <\/em>(S. Stapleford and V. Wagner, eds.). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Hume-and-Contemporary-Epistemology\/Stapleford-Wagner\/p\/book\/9781032495026?srsltid=AfmBOooXdyYqZ6F0lpBBqnQM1CD-vpfnZA7yVl0hw9ghORDUCDNJCs_G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Routledge<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Derek Handley (English)<\/strong>. 2024. <em>Struggle for the City: Rhetorics of Citizenship and Resistance during the Black Freedom Movement. <\/em>University Park, PA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psupress.org\/books\/titles\/978-0-271-09775-6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Penn State University Press<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.R. Johnson and <strong>Timothy O\u2019Brien (Sociology)<\/strong>. 2024. Morality policy at the frontier of science: Legislators\u2019 views on germline engineering. <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/spp\/advance-article-abstract\/doi\/10.1093\/scipol\/scae048\/7737901?redirectedFrom=fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Science and Public Policy<\/em><\/a>, scae048.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece (English)<\/strong>. 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.umn.edu\/9781517916268\/movies-under-the-influence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Movies Under the Influence<\/em><\/a>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Passings\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Letters &amp; Science Dean <strong>Richard Meadows<\/strong> passed away on Aug. 18. Richard started his career at UW-Milwaukee in 1971 as a faculty member in the Department of Economics where he served as department chair from 1982-86. His administrative career continued as Associate Dean in the social sciences and culminated as Dean of the College of Letters &amp; Science from 2001-10. Upon his retirement in 2010, Richard continued teaching economics courses for a few years. His areas of research and teaching interests included money and banking; public finance, urban economics; and economic theory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His close colleague, Bob Beck, notes, &#8220;Richard was a true gentleman &#8212; distinguished, thoughtful, civil, and professional. With humility and wry wit, he contributed his time, talent, and spirit most generously to the university community. 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