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Christian-Muslim relations in America symposium to be held March 27-29

An interdisciplinary symposium on Christian-Muslim relations in America today will be held from Monday, March 27, to Wednesday, March 29, on Marquette’s campus. The event features presentations by faculty members and visiting speakers addressing issues of inter-religious engagement in dialogue, Catholic-Muslim relations and Vatican II, Lutheran-Muslim engagement, extremism and terrorist violence in America, and the […]

Faculty promotions announced

Marquette University has promoted 15 faculty members to professor or associate professor with tenure, effective for the fall 2017 semester. Additionally, seven full-time participating faculty members were promoted to clinical professor, clinical associate professor or associate librarian, and 22 faculty members were conferred with emerita/emeritus status. Promoted to professor are: Dr. Michael Monahan, Department of […]

Center for Peacemaking to host interdisciplinary symposium, April 7

“Exploring the Power of Nonviolence: A Symposium on Just Peace,” will be held Friday, April 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in AMU 163. This one-day interdisciplinary symposium will allow students, faculty, and the wider community a chance to take part in an ongoing international dialogue about the Catholic Church’s approach to peacemaking and […]

Faculty, staff, and students have access to Qualtrics

Marquette University has a campus-wide license for Qualtrics. All faculty, staff, and students have access to this tool, which allows for the creation and distribution of online surveys, forms, and event registrations as well as analysis of and reporting on information collected. Qualtrics can also be used to create educational tools and trainings and offers […]

New library collection and exhibit on journalist Edwin Shanke

A new archival collection in the Raynor Memorial Libraries’ Department of Special Collections and University Archives illuminates the extraordinary life of Edwin A. Shanke, Marquette alumnus and Associated Press journalist. Most of the collection focuses on the period 1937-1942, when Shanke worked in Berlin behind German lines for AP and later endured five months of […]

Suicide prevention training, March 28

The Counseling Center will hold a Question Persuade Refer suicide prevention training session on Tuesday, March 28, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in AMU 252. QPR training is a nationally recognized program designed to save lives by teaching individuals to identify and refer someone who may be suicidal. During this training session, participants learn about risks and […]

Dr. Mary Anne Siderits Speaker Series to host inaugural event, March 31

Dr. Diane Ehrensaft, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of California-San Francisco, and Dr. Christia Spears Brown, professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky, will present “Raising Gender-Nonconforming Children in a Gender Stereotyped World: Science and Parenting,” Friday, March 31, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in AMU 227. These two nationally recognized […]

Marquette Lonergan Project forms International Institute for Method in Theology

The Marquette Lonergan Project colloquium will officially announce the formation of the International Institute for Method in Theology, a shared effort between the Marquette Lonergan Project, the Lonergan Research Institute at Regis College in the University of Toronto, and the Gregorian University, Rome. The International Institute for Method in Theology is a research institute devoted […]

Marquette student awarded Wisconsin Campus Compact’s 2017 Jack Keating Student Civic Leadership Award

Wisconsin Campus Compact has awarded their 2017 Jack Keating Student Civic Leadership Award to Alison Dikanovic, senior in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, who assisted in the creation of Youth Rise MKE, an online magazine that tells the stories of teens making a difference in Milwaukee. WiCC is a coalition of college and […]