Arts alumna Melissa Ebbe can’t tell you how she fared on season 10 of the SyFy special-effects series “Face Off,” but see her in action when the show premieres Jan. 13.
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Campus & Community
Welcoming prospective students in two languages
By Kathy Quirk
UWM will hold its second annual Casa Abierta/Open House for Spanish-speaking students and their families Saturday, Jan. 16, 7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Arts & Humanities
Journalism students record Holocaust survivors’ stories
By Sarah Vickery
UWM journalism students interviewed Milwaukee-area Holocaust survivors, learning more about reporting and history in the process.
Campus & Community
Area students explore Architecture 100 – and perhaps a career
By Kathy Quirk
High school students take UWM’s Architecture 100 course – free and online – to help inspire their interest in the field.
UWM in the News
Researchers at UWM and the University of Minnesota Twin Cities are working with the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology to explore whether nanomaterials affect gene expression.
GreenBiz.com
College of Letters & Science partners with other organizations to help create Milwaukee Public Museum’s new Center for Wisconsin Biodiversity and Environment.
Milwaukee Business Journal
“Any improvement is progress,” says Phyllis King, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, and chair of Milwaukee Women inc., of women joining boards of public companies. “But we have a long way to go toward anything resembling gender parity.”
Milwaukee Business Journal
School of Freshwater Sciences researchers warn that muck at the bottom of Milwaukee’s harbor is a “hot spot” for growth of fecal bacteria.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Professor Mordecai Lee says he can’t recall any national debates in Milwaukee prior to an election as UWM prepares to be the site of the Feb. 11 PBS NewsHour broadcast of the Democratic national candidates.
Fox6
News in Brief
The lure of the tomato: Prof’s book makes non-fiction list
By UWM News
Symphony director wins top award for “Suor Angelica”
By Bo Bayerl
Vigil at burial mound as threat of legislation eases
By UWM News
UWM alum Nadella joins Obama at State of the Union