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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is offering admissions and tuition assistance to Puerto Rican students affected by Hurricane Maria. The offer of help is consistent with UWM’s commitment to being a caring, compassionate campus community and to providing an affordable education for students facing financial challenges. “We all face unforeseen and difficult circumstances in life. UWM is a campus that cares very much for its students, and we strive to help those who are impacted by challenging situations,” Chancellor Mark Mone said. Puerto Rican and other out-of-state students affected by recent natural disasters can apply for a tuition reduction through...

Marquette Law School published the results of its Milwaukee Area Project Poll for October 9 to 17, covering residents in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, and Racine counties. A new Marquette Law School Poll of residents in Milwaukee and surrounding counties finds that 54 percent of adults believe a new Foxconn factory in Racine County will substantially improve the economy of the Milwaukee area, while 37 percent think it will not. At the same time, 48 percent think the $3 billion in state incentives to Foxconn to be more than the plant is worth, while 38 percent believe the factory...

Legacy Lofts is a $13.9 million project to convert the three-story historic Blommer Ice Cream Factory at 1500 W. North Avenue, and an adjacent open site, into a total of 64 units of mixed-income apartment units. Built in 1928, the now-defunct factory has been largely vacant for more than 20 years. The construction work will have minority contractor hiring programs intended to create opportunities for Milwaukee firms. “Minorities have historically been under-represented in the construction field. Our commitment is to partner with contractors who train diverse workforce participants that leads to a pathway to long-term sustainable employment. These efforts...

Works by masters of modern art including Manet, Degas, Van Gogh, Matisse, and Picasso come to the Milwaukee Art Museum November 4 through January 28. The Milwaukee Art Museum will tell the story of modern art’s development through 150 works by influential artists working in Paris during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures in the exhibition will lead Museum visitors chronologically through this dynamic transformation in the history of art. Degas to Picasso: Creating Modernism in France will be on view from November 4, 2017 to January 28, 2018. Paris became the epicenter of...

The financial gift and educational direction helps positions the university at the educational forefront of next-generation technologies in computational science education. Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) announced a new academic facility to be constructed in the center of campus. The $34 million Dwight and Dian Diercks Computational Science Hall has been funded by a donation from MSOE Regent and alumnus Dr. Dwight Diercks and his wife, Dian. The gift marks a bold leap forward for the university. With the addition of the Dwight and Dian Diercks Computational Science Hall, the university will be positioned at the educational forefront in...

ABOUT THE DWIGHT AND DIAN DIERCKS COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE HALL MSOE is building the Dwight and Dian Diercks Computational Science Hall in the center of its campus near the northwest corner of N. Milwaukee Street and E. State Street in downtown Milwaukee. The building is made possible by a $34 million donation from MSOE Regent and alumnus Dr. Dwight Diercks ’90 and his wife, Dian. The Diercks’ donation is the largest single gift from an alumnus in MSOE’s 114-year history. Dwight Diercks holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering and an Honorary Doctor of Engineering degree...