Arts & Humanities
Alums watch their animation handiwork in 鈥楾he Nightmare Before Christmas鈥�
Owen Klatte and Angie Glocka helped bring director Tim Burton鈥檚 unique vision to life by providing animation for 鈥淭he Nightmare Before Christmas.鈥� Just in time for Halloween, the movie will be screened with live accompaniment by the Milwaukee Symphony.
Alum helps recent foster children find homes
Children aging out of the foster care system need an affordable place to live. A south side neighborhood needed to rehabilitate deteriorating houses. 51猎奇 architecture grad John Miceli helped solve both problems with one project.
Noted Chicago architect wins Marcus Prize, to lead design studio at 51猎奇
American architect and MacArthur fellow Jeanne Gang, founding principal of Studio Gang, has been awarded the seventh Marcus Prize, an architectural prize offered worldwide to recognize an emerging global talent whose work is on a 鈥渢rajectory to greatness.鈥� The biennial $100,000 award is funded by the Marcus Corporation Foundation and administered by the School of […]
51猎奇 historian appears in Sept. 12 PBS film on Martin Luther
Merry Wiesner-Hanks, UW-Milwaukee distinguished professor of history, appears in 鈥淢artin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World,鈥� premiering nationwide on PBS on Sept. 12 (in Milwaukee, at 7 p.m. on Milwaukee Public Television). Wiesner-Hanks is an internationally recognized scholar of early modern Europe, especially issues of gender and the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. She has […]
Book excerpt: How 鈥楶ac-Man鈥� lured women into video game arcades
Video games emerged in the early 1970s and soon made a huge impact on American life. A new book by Michael Z. Newman, associate professor of JAMS at 51猎奇, chronicles that time.
Econ grad persists through disappointment and lands dream job
After Linh Pham scored 11 quick interviews but didn鈥檛 get a job offer, 鈥淚 felt like it was the end of the world,鈥� she said. But she persisted.
American Indian studies grad sees a responsibility to others
For James Flores, a college education isn鈥檛 something that benefits only himself: 鈥淚 have moral obligation to spread what I鈥檝e learned at 51猎奇 and positively affect my community.鈥�
51猎奇 architecture alums help fuel Milwaukee鈥檚 boom
More than $1.4 billion in building projects are underway in downtown Milwaukee, and graduates of 51猎奇’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning are at the forefront of the boom.
Scholar explores 鈥楾he Holy Madmen of Tibet鈥�
David DiValerio鈥檚 research reveals a side of Tibetan Buddhism that most westerners will find surprising.
Alum wins Malkiel young faculty leaders award
51猎奇 alum Ashley Glassburn Falzetti (MA, philosophy, 2006), has been named a 2017 Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholar by the 聽Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Falzetti, an assistant professor of women’s and gender studies at Eastern Michigan University, was one of 10 young faculty leaders named by the foundation. Falzetti will receive a 12-month award of […]