November 18
Film Screening: “Little White Lie”. 7 p.m. Union Cinema. Filmmaker Lacey Schwartz discovers a family secret and begins tracing her African heritage. A talkback with Schwartz follows the screening. Sponsored by the Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies. https://uwm.edu/jewish-studies/
November 19
The Lines Between Us: Inequality and Segregation in the American Metropolis. 7 p.m. Greene Hall. Lawrence Lanahan, the author of “The Lines Between Us: Two Families and a Quest to Cross Baltimore’s Racial Divide,” will discuss his recent book. Books will be available for purchase from Boswell Book Company. https://uwm.edu/urban-studies/
November 20
Women’s & Gender Studies’ Brown Bag Lunch: Reframing Non-Consensual Intersex Surgeries as Conversion Therapies. 12:30 p.m. Curtin 535B. Cary Costello, UWM. https://bit.ly/32aCzby
November 21
Geosciences Colloquium: The Glacial Yo Yo Inferring Glacial Regime and Ice Dynamics from Past Sedimentary Records. 4 p.m. Lapham N103. Ross Powell, Northern Illinois University.
November 22
Neuroscience Seminar: Cognitive- and addictionrelated outcomes in a rat model of mild traumatic brain injury. 2 p.m. Lapham N101. Christopher Olsen, Medical College of Wisconsin.
November 23
Planetarium Show: Celestial Celebrations. 2 p.m. Manfred Olson Planetarium. Tickets are $6 and are available online. Family-friendly. https://bit.ly/2NqRwRg
Suicide Incorporated – a darkly comic play. 7 p.m. Honors House 196. The Honors Drama Club presents a darkly comic play about opportunism redemption. Directed and performed by honors students. Free and open to the public. https://uwm.edu/honors/
Alumni Accomplishments Justin Cruz (’04, MS Mathematical Sciences) was profiled by the UW-Madison Alumni Association for his decades-long career rising through the ranks of American Family Insurance. Cruz is now the company’s chief diversity officer after a long climb up the corporate ladder in a world that is sometimes more challenging to people of color. https://bit.ly/2p3cNb7 Adam Bernander (’01, BA Political Science) joined the Herrling Clark Law Firm in Appleton, Wisconsin, in the family law practice. He will focus on divorce cases, maintenance and child support claims, property division disputes, and issues involving child custody and placement. Bernander earned his law degree from Marquette University Law School. https://bit.ly/2AFyTTD
Brandon Anderegg (’17, BA Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies) joined the reporting team of the Milwaukee Business Journal to cover the publication’s startup, banking and finance, and technology beats. He was previously a reporter with the Waukesha Freeman. https://bit.ly/30ZCVkw
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Bethany Nelson (’07, BS Physics) was profiled on UW-Madison’s news website for her unique role as the university’s export control program. She helps faculty and staff navigate U.S. export control laws and regulations. https://bit.ly/2Ntt2qH Ken Cammilleri (’13, Masters of Public Administration) is the new city administrator of Scandia, Minnesota. He was profiled in the city’s local paper earlier this month. Cammilleri has served in several public service positions in Wisconsin and most recently was the city administrator of Pine City, Minnesota. https://bit.ly/2N40gxF Imran Kurter (’09, BA History) joined Probst Law Offices in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a company that practices family law. Kurter has experience in family law, criminal law, and other areas. He previously worked with Kurter Law Offices. https://bit.ly/2C2YIOh Andrea Jackson (’09, BA Psychology) began a new position at Samarian Neuropsychology – Albany (Oregon). She also sees patients at Samaritan Family Medicine – Geary Street. Jackson completed her fellowship training at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. https://bit.ly/34o1Ksj College of Letters & Science • UW–Milwaukee • 17