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An anonymous donor has committed $10 million toward a new research vessel for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences. This amount equals the largest gifts ever received by UWM. In recognition of the donation, the vessel will be named the Research Vessel Maggi Sue. “This gift will transform UWM’s efforts to protect the Great Lakes, our nation’s largest freshwater resource,” UWM Chancellor Mark Mone said. “More than 40 million people rely on the Great Lakes for clean drinking water, and this vessel will give us the technological platform necessary to advance our scientific understanding of these bodies...

Neither rain nor snow kept audiences from turning out in droves to support the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival, presented by Associated Bank. Milwaukee Film recently announced a record attendance for the 15-day Festival, with 87,618 members of the public taking part in films, forums, education screenings, and special events. The number marks a 12% increase in attendance over the 2018 Festival. Attendance figures also include 8,440 students who took part in education screenings at the Oriental Theatre. Film audiences voted at every screening to determine the winners of three awards, and documentaries about iconic female subjects took home two...

Nearly one year after Light the Hoan gave Milwaukeeans a sneak peek at what the Daniel Hoan Memorial Bridge could look like in lights, the group has announced a $1.2 million grant from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation on behalf of an anonymous donor. The donation is the single largest individual gift received by the group so far, pushing the effort past a key fundraising milestone needed to get work underway. Phases 1 and 2 are moving forward, and will include project development, engineering of the lighting, and bridge lighting design. Light the Hoan’s leaders continue to work toward the...

The United Community Center selected Laura Gutiérrez as its new Executive Director, taking over for Ricardo Diaz who confirmed his retirement in May 2020. Gutiérrez has been serving at UCC as the Associate Executive Director since January 2019. She returned to the center with a previous tenure in a variety of roles, including Assistant Principal and Director of Instruction at Bruce Guadalupe Community School, as well as classroom teacher and a youth worker as a teenager. Just prior to returning to UCC, Gutiérrez served the State of Wisconsin as the Secretary of the Department of Safety and Professional Services,...

The Milwaukee 2020 Host Committee announced its partnership on November 4 with Northwestern Mutual for three historic summits that will take place in Milwaukee in the months leading up to the 2020 Democratic National Convention. The series of summits will cover topics that are relevant to Milwaukee and peer cities across the country, beginning with Ensuring Economic Equity: An Industry Best Practices Summit, which is set to take place on November 22. As part of the partnership, all three events will be hosted at the Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons. “At the Host Committee, we are working to ensure...