Mathematics

A partnership between UW-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee school system led to a “golden age” of teaching math in the district between 2004 and 2014. Those who were involved are now trying to revive the program for early educators in Milwaukee.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of a landmark ruling that reaffirmed the 1837 treaty rights of a northern Wisconsin tribe to hunt, fish and gather on ceded territory. In […]

At home, Vi Michels has a circuit board that can light up and make noise. Sometimes she’ll use software to program an elf that delivers packages across her computer screen. […]

Architect Marion Clendenen-Acosta fondly remembers visiting the Mitchell Park Domes with her family as a child. This month, she returned to the domes once again — but to receive Wisconsin’s […]

Milwaukee Public School students spent months designing and conducting science experiments. Their findings were on display last week at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee. More than 300 projects from […]

The University of Wisconsin-River Falls expects to begin construction next year on a $117 million academic building aimed at addressing growing demand for science and technology-related degrees. Now, the project […]

Jordan Ellenberg does not like to talk about being a child prodigy. Yes, he taught himself to read at age two, helped his teenage babysitter with her math homework when […]

Waukesha School District is the only district of those that are eligible in Wisconsin to deny federal funding for free and reduced-price lunches for all students. The school board voted […]

The members of “Odd Squad”, an investigation agency run by kids, spend their days looking into weird, strange and especially odd mysteries. Alyssa Hidalgo (“Agent Orla”), Jayce Alexander (“Agent Omar”) […]

After seven days of enduring a series of miserable symptoms — shortness of breath, numbness in her hands and feet, headaches and extreme, aching pain — Adrienne Lathan’s doctor told […]