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Milwaukee Public Schools will not hire new international teachers after the Trump administration made changes to the H-1B visa program.
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UWM Chancellor Thomas Gibson and WUWM's David Lee talk with Dean Elysse Newman about the deep ties between the Milwaukee community, the Peck School of the Arts and the School of Architecture & Urban Planning — the two schools that make up UWM's College of the Arts & Architecture.
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Last spring semester, pro-Palestinian encampments went up at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee. Over the summer, five student groups were suspended over an Instagram post that the university said used “intimidating language” aimed at the local Jewish community and students. This week, UW introduced a new protest policy that some are already calling "unconstitutional" as students returned to campus.
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Next year, Jeff Morin will celebrate ten years as the president of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design – known as MIAD.
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In our August "Group Chat," high school students talk about the pressures of growing up in Milwaukee, what they would change if they could and say that wisdom doesn't always come with age.
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There's an effort underway to get young people involved in environmental work. Those efforts have resulted in a variety of paid summer internships—some focused on green infrastructure, others land restoration or urban food production.
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A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum finds little evidence that the average child in Milwaukee today receives a higher quality education than when the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program was established in the 1990s.
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Woodworking is not traditionally a woman’s field — especially among women of color — but one Milwaukee native is defying the odds. Tonda Thompson is setting up shop, including her own sawmill, in the Harambee neighborhood.
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The Republican National Convention is less than a week away, and many bus riders are figuring out how they’ll get around the city with bus service changes and delays.
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MKE Roots is a new project designed to teach Milwaukee-area teachers local history, so that they may incorporate more local history into their curriculum.
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone announced Wednesday that he plans to step down next year and transition to a teaching role as the UW system continues to struggle financially.
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Northwestern Mutual recently awarded its second cohort of nine Milwaukee area high school graduates with scholarships to attend Historically Black Colleges & Universities, or HBCUs.