President Michael R. Lovell today announced key organizational changes to his executive leadership team, a strategic realignment that he says is vital to Marquette executing its strategic plan, Beyond Boundaries. President Lovell said these moves will best position senior leadership to achieve the university’s mission-critical, strategic imperatives, and enable Marquette to attain its vision to […]
2016 strategic innovation fund awardees announced
The Office of Research and Innovation today announced the 2016 strategic innovation fund recipients. This is the second group of fund awardees since the program launched last year. This year 26 unique projects led by Marquette faculty, staff and students across a variety of disciplines will receive approximately $2 million. Funded projects fall into one […]
President Lovell announces $96 million residence hall development
President Michael R. Lovell today announced that the Board of Trustees has approved construction of a new residence hall development on campus estimated at $96 million. The project, which is part of the university’s campus master planning process, will include two connected residence halls and will be located on the northwest part of campus, south […]
Beyond Boundaries: Updated strategic plan endorsed, new website launched
The Marquette University Board of Trustees last week unanimously endorsed an updated version of the university’s strategic plan, Beyond Boundaries. Changes to the plan include a new goal theme, A Culture of Inclusion, and the addition of specific objectives and key performance indicators around each of the six major goal themes. “Our trustees’ unanimous endorsement […]
Master planning progress report event will be March 10
The Marquette community is invited to the university’s second master planning event on Thursday, March 10, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the AMU ballrooms. Lora Strigens, associate vice president for finance and university architect, will present a progress report on the campus master planning process, including an overview of the three master plan […]
Marquette celebrates opening of Global Water Center space
Marquette officially moved into its space on the sixth floor of the Global Water Center on Thursday, Jan. 28, marking the university’s first permanent off-campus research space in its history. The campus community, GWC tenants and members of the Milwaukee business community, celebrated the occasion with an open house event at the Walker’s Point facility. […]
University moves up in Carnegie Classification
Marquette University improved in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education in its 2015 update, President Michael R. Lovell announced recently. The university is now classified as “R2: Doctoral Universities – Higher research activity,” Carnegie’s second highest doctoral classification. The higher ranking is a reflection of Marquette’s increase in research and development expenditures, the […]
New Office of Research and Innovation site serves as resource hub
The Office of Research and Innovation today launched a new website that centralizes resources for faculty, staff and students who are interested and involved in research, as well as the various innovation initiatives underway. The site features a directory of funding mechanisms, as well as a listing of partners and external resources. It also serves […]
President Lovell outlines key initiatives in second annual address
Campus crime on the decline, Father Wild named chancellor President Michael R. Lovell on Wednesday, Jan. 20, in his second Presidential Address, made a series of important announcements, including a $40 million signature partnership with Aurora Health Care on the planned Athletic Performance Research Center. Additionally, President Lovell gave updates on a number of university […]
Campus Ministry to host climate study forum on inter-religious life
Campus Ministry will host a forum Monday, Nov. 23, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in AMU 305 to discuss and develop an action plan on inter-religious life following the release of the Campus Climate Study results. In this interactive forum, faculty, staff and students are invited to provide input and discuss issues regarding inter-religious […]