University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Can Film Incentives Turn Wisconsin Into A Movie Hub?

Gov. Evers meets with filmmakers to tout state's new film office, tax credits.

At UWM Lecture, Angela Davis Weighs in on Campus DEI Debate

Civil rights icon also discussed collective care, modern justice movements and prison abolition.

Pius XI Catholic High School Announces Next President

Tom Mlada to succeed President Jack Herbert

The 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival Announces Award Winners

New Bakery For East Side

Poppy Bakery to bring seasonal baked goods to former Sip & Purr location.

Removing Downtown Section of I-794 Would Generate Billions in Disposable Income, Hundreds of Millions in Taxes, Add 3,000+ Housing Units and Improve Long-Term Outlook of Region, New Report Shows

Distinguished Urban Planner Larry Witzling Estimates Huge Economic Value for Milwaukee by Removing I-794 through Downtown

WaterMarks Expands: New Markers Installed in Neighborhoods Throughout Milwaukee

Summerfest Tech Sees Big Results for Seventh Annual Conference with Record Number of Registrants, Expanded Programming, and More

New Chagall Exhibition Coming to Jewish Museum Milwaukee

Museum Days Returns to Milwaukee

Experience world-class cultural institutions at discounted prices Jan. 18-28 in the Greater Milwaukee area

Congresswoman Gwen Moore Announces NEH Grants to Fund Efforts to Uplift Important Milwaukee History

Introducing Panther Pale Ale

Pilot Project partnered with UWM to create it; will sell at Panther Arena, Pilot Project and area retailers.

Summerfest Tech Finds Success with its Sixth Annual Conference for Tech Leaders

Milwaukee’s premier summer tech event grew to three days in 2023 and registered thousands of attendees from 29 states and 16 countries.

Wisconsin NRB Meeting June 27–28

Summerfest Tech Announces Expanded Programming and Pitch Competition Finalists

Free Event to Convene National Tech Leaders

Near West Side Partners Announces Lindsey St. Arnold Bell as Executive Director

Recognized community leader to focus on collaboration and increasing momentum on convening efforts

Second season of Radio Milwaukee’s award-winning podcast “By Every Measure” centers on solutions being developed in Milwaukee

Data expert and journalist Reggie Jackson and Radio Milwaukee’s Tarik Moody return as co-hosts with HYFIN’s Kim Shine joining as an ongoing contributor

Milwaukee’s Maker of Sought-After Knives

Meet Nate Zimmerman, whose work can be found everywhere from fancy restaurants to D&D tables.

STEM Forward Announces Excellence in STEM Awards Winners to be recognized at the 19th Annual sySTEMnow Conference, Focusing on STEM For All; Partnering for Greater Inclusion

BelAir Cantina Shuffles Ownership

Longtime owners stepping back from BelAir Cantina, Finks tavern and Fuel Cafe.

Vice President Backs Abortion Fight

Kamala Harris visits Milwaukee, speaks to Democratic Attorneys General group, endorses Josh Kaul's lawsuit against abortion ban.

Growing the STEM Leaders of Tomorrow: STEM Forward Awards 6 STEM Scholarships to Deserving Students

Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project partners with Radio Milwaukee on “BeSeen”

Six episode podcast explores decades of Milwaukee LGBTQ history

CBS 58 Announces Milwaukee Television Veteran Jessie Garcia as News Director

BBB serving Wisconsin awards $25,000 in scholarships to Wisconsin high school seniors

Underfunded UWM Looks to Lead

A key to issues like minority education and freshwater research, but needs more funding.

New Mass Vaccination Sites Open

At Lambeau Field and UWM Student Union. Packers stadium can handle 6,000 shots per week.

UW System Should Correct UWM Inequity

UWM and UW-Parkside serve the most students of color and are grossly underfunded.

Officials “Cautiously Optimistic” About Stabilizing Case Numbers

Public health officials are worried that dropping case numbers are a data problem, and not actually a lessening burden of disease.

Rapid Increase of COVID-19 in Milwaukee

Transmission rate and positive testing rate shoot back up.

Portrait of a Spitting Shorewood Attorney

Stephanie Rapkin can handle all kinds of trusts, and claims an affiliation with UWM and Marquette.

City Holds Emergency Council Meeting To Approve Voting Sites, Why?

Move expands early voting access from three to 16 sites.

Walnut Way Using New Dashboard to Boost Homeownership

Developed by Northwestern Mutual, UWM and Marquette, new tool allows better insight into changing Lindsay Heights neighborhood

Common Council Races

Six of 15 Common Council seats feature three or more candidates.

New Initiative Challenges Metro Milwaukee Creative Industry To Diversify by Hiring At Least 1,600 Minority Employees By 2030

Initiative Launches With Free Dec. 4 Event, Participation in Mayor’s Summer Youth Internship Program

Shorewood Sued Over Inmate’s Suicide

Suit alleges unlawful detention, wrongful death of mentally ill man.

ACLU Hires Maxine Webb as Development Director

In Maxine's role as Development Director, she leads the revenue generation strategy for the statewide Annual & Major Gifts programs and represents the ACLU in the community.

Milwaukee County Mental Health Board welcomes former administrator of Behavioral Health Division and licensed clinical psychologist to its board

Kathleen Eilers, RN MSN and Dr. Sheri Johnson to guide expansion of community-based resources

Governor Walker Appoints Attorney Laura Crivello to Milwaukee County Judge

Laura Crivello has served as an Assistant District Attorney in Milwaukee County for over twenty years.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents DOUBT, A PARABLE by John Patrick Shanley

April 12-29, 2018 at the Broadway Theatre Center’s Cabot Theatre

Renaissance Theaterworks Welcomes Dana Dossett as New Development Manager

Dedicated to promoting the work of women onstage and off for the past 25 years, Milwaukee’s “theater by women, for everyone” hires a new team member

Third class of WERCBench Labs announced

Start-ups will receive funding and access to world-class mentors

Tony Baez Announces Endorsement From IBEW Local 494

Dr. Baez believes in the promotion of apprenticeships, knowledge of the trades

Tony Baez Announces Endorsement from Wisconsin Working Families Party

Dr. Baez has exceptional qualifications, expertise in educational issues

Tony Baez Announces Endorsement from AFSCME Council 32

AFSCME sees Dr. Baez as best choice for MPS, working people in Milwaukee

Tony Baez Announces Endorsement from Milwaukee Area Labor Council

Tony’s experience, knowledge is what’s needed for MPS success

Tony Baez Announces Endorsement From AFT Local 212

AFT continues to be strong voice for public education in Milwaukee

Ben Handelman’s Nautical Outpost

Fox 6 anchor watches for ships for his Big Boats blog from a classic lakeside apartment.

Zipcar adds three new locations near UWM

A total of 44 vehicles are available throughout Milwaukee.

UW-Milwaukee receives grant to help PhD students prepare for careers outside academia

UWM was one of 28 schools nationwide to receive a Next Generation PhD grant.

Walker’s Point Boomtown

The south side neighborhood is seeing big changes, anchored by a brownfield-to-mixed-use development.

You Are Losing Your University

No confidence vote warns public: the UWM you knew will be lost.

The Mansion Where Nuns Lived

With connections to France, novelist Henry James and abolitionist Edward Holton.

PBS NewsHour to host Democratic primary debate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

NewsHour co-anchors and managing editors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will moderate the PBS NewsHour Democratic Primary Debate.

Town Hall Meeting Invitation from Alderman Nik Kovac

Alderman Nik Kovac invites you to attend a 3rd District town hall meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 2nd at the East Library (2320 N Cramer Street).

Despite Budget Cuts, UWM Keeps Innovating

More partnerships, more patents, more research, more endowment funds.

Bublr Extends Its Operating Season to Year Round

For First Time, Bublr Will Stay Open In Winter Season

UWM Research Foundation announces new Catalyst Grants

The Catalyst Grant Program invests in promising early-stage research at UWM.