The visually stunning “Beyond Van Gogh: An Immersive Experience” opens in Milwaukee
Created by French-Canadian Director Mathieu St-Arnaud and his team at Montreal’s world-renowned Normal Studio, the exhibit “Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” premiered in Milwaukee on July 9 at the Wisconsin Center and will run through September 19.
American Memory: New art exhibit explores how images shape our understanding of past events
A new three-part exhibition series at the Milwaukee Art Museum seeks to relate the Museum’s collection to historical events that have contemporary resonance, while reflecting on the institution’s own past and collecting history. Opening July 15, 2021, American Memory:...
Reaching the Last Mile: Milwaukee transit program connects city workers to distant suburban jobs
For almost two years, Lester Williams took the bus from Milwaukee’s Northside to suburban New Berlin, where he worked 12-hour days in quality control at Schoeneck Containers Inc. The trip took anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour, even though the factory was only...
Malicious Code: Some UW Institutions raced to protect systems potentially compromised by Russian Hackers
Email records show University of Wisconsin System cybersecurity staff raced to determine whether any of its 26 campuses or central office had been impacted by the global SolarWinds hacking incident discovered in December 2020. According to documents, some UW...
Data Breaches: Why personal information is so valuable to cybercriminals
By Ravi Sen, Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management, Texas A&M University Data breaches have become common, and billions of records are stolen worldwide every year. Most of the media coverage of data breaches tends to focus on how the breach...
Senator Ron Johnson dismisses climate change as nonsense amid record heat, fires, and flooding
Photo by Gage Skidmore and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Amid a deadly northwestern heatwave that scientists have described as “the most extreme” in recorded history, footage uncovered by CNN showed Wisconsin’s Republican Senator Ron Johnson flippantly...
Black-owned family business aims to be catalyst of generational wealth for Milwaukee’s Black community
A Black-owned family trucking company that got its big break during to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow by focusing on creating generational wealth for Milwaukee’s Black community. A&A Services and Transportation is a subcontractor working primarily for...
Social workers are being used by more Wisconsin law enforcement agencies for crisis responses
More police departments in Wisconsin are adding social workers or civilian positions that will respond to crisis calls with officers at a time when law enforcement has faced increased scrutiny over its use of force when responding to mental health calls across the...
Milwaukee Police utilize Salvation Army chaplains to help citizens deal with tragedy and trauma
By Edgar Mendez • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service When Melvin Reese hears his work phone ring he knows someone in crisis needs his help. “I say a prayer for me and whoever I come in contact with once I’m on scene,” said Reese, a member of the Salvation Army...
Risky Behavior: Increased traffic fatalities in Milwaukee linked to speeding and impaired driving
Bad habits can be hard to break, and data suggests risky driving that started during the coronavirus pandemic on less congested roads continues even as traffic has picked up, according to state and local officials. There have been 214 fatal crashes across the state so...
A fourth-generation firefighter: Aaron Lipski plans to make diversity a priority as Milwaukee’s new Fire Chief
By Edgar Mendez • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski almost never became a firefighter at all. His great-grandfather, grandfather and father all served as City of Milwaukee firefighters, but Lipski said he never felt pressured to...
Un-social Distancing: Why our brains need time to process reconnecting with other people after COVID
By Kareem Clark, Postdoctoral Associate in Neuroscience, Virginia Tech With COVID-19 vaccines working and restrictions lifting across the country, it is finally time for those now vaccinated who have been hunkered down at home to ditch the sweatpants and reemerge from...
