Tag Archives: Milwaukee School of Engineering

Lovebirds over Milwaukee Street

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Awww, so sweet❤️ Students in my Digital Society class had just finished their presentations, and I was putting the room back into good repair before leaving myself, performing all the usual courtesies like turning off the projector, pushing errant chairs … Continue reading →

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“The Bridge” at MSOE

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Just a photo from my week. Every Milwaukee School of Engineering graduate since the 1970s will immediately recognize this as the skywalk between the Walter Schroeder Library and the Science Building (officially the Allen-Bradley Hall of Science and Fred Loock … Continue reading →

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Urban river canyon, with cascades (😀)

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Not really, of course, but when I found this photo lurking in my camera roll (I snapped it one sunny afternoon last fall while taking the long way back to my office from the Science Building at MSOE in downtown … Continue reading →

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Authoritarianism and Engineering?

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

Well, I learned something new today while teaching my political science course. I was walking students through my recommended process for getting started doing research on political issues, and at this point we were comparing basic Google search results with … Continue reading →

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A rainy start to May

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

Which is OK with me! The alternative for those of us who live in Wisconsin is 1-3 inches of snow, which the poor unfortunates who live about an hour north and west of Milwaukee are experiencing today. Additionally, today’s rain … Continue reading →

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Snowy branches outside my office window

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

Just a momentary distraction while pausing during my workday to make a cup of coffee. The snowy contrasts, including the slushy street, were striking enough to prompt a photo. Now back to my slideshow on elections and the Electoral College, … Continue reading →

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Blue sky, Grohmann Museum, and Juneau Village Towers

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

Took this photo yesterday as I walked back up the hill to my office in the Grohmann Museum (the building with the statues) from the Red Arrow Starbucks. The Juneau Village Towers (the tall building and the shorter, shadowed one … Continue reading →

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Market Street, evening

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

Taken after work tonight on Market Street, the one-block street that runs along behind the Campus Center at Milwaukee School of Engineering. The bright early evening sun was low in the sky, casting shadows down into the canyon created by … Continue reading →

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Through a screen

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

I just finished teaching a class in the southeast corner, second floor of Diercks Hall on Milwaukee School of Engineering’s campus in downtown Milwaukee. I had the window screens lowered because it’s a sunny (although blustery) day, and I was … Continue reading →

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October, gray and yellow

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

Who would ever have thought I’d love this combination of colors? I took this photo of the municipal building and the BMO Tower in Milwaukee yesterday afternoon walking back to my office from Discourse, the new coffee shop in the … Continue reading →

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