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Marquette faculty and staff grants from April 2022
Marquette University’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has announced the following grants awarded to university faculty and staff in April 2022. Marquette chemistry professor receives $527,000 NSF grant to study green catalytic methods (Dr. Chae Yi) Synthetic infiltration and nutrient treatment media for stormwater management $50,000 – The Lafferty Family Foundation Anthony Parolari (PI),…
Free Tickets Available for the Historic Concordia Home Tour, June 18
Historic Concordia Neighbors, Inc. will host a home tour on Saturday, June 18, at 10 a.m. The tour will start at the Potowatomi Campus Wgemas Building (944 N. 33rd St.) and feature buildings in Milwaukee’s Historic Concordia Neighborhood. The Concordia Neighborhood includes the area west of 27th Street to 35th Street and north of Wisconsin…
Summer Studies empowers students to get ahead, explore interests
Those interested in taking part in the second session of Summer Studies must register online by July 1.
Safety Task Force approves 12 proposals for implementation
The President’s Task Force on Community Safety on Tuesday, May 31, met for the final time before it moves into an implementation phase. Leaders from each safety workgroup presented their recommendations. Marquette University Police Department Chief Edith Hudson, chair of the task force, announced that the following proposals were approved by the university’s Executive Leadership…
Law School to host federal-state conversation on environmental issues, June 15
Preston Cole, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Debra Shore, regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will be featured guests for a discussion, “A Federal-State Conversation on Environmental Issues,” hosted by David Strifling, director of the Water Law and Policy Initiative at Marquette University, on Wednesday, June 15, at 12:15…
Alumnus and NBA legend Dwyane Wade makes major gift to continue to grow literacy for inner-city children
Marquette University alumnus and NBA legend Dwyane Wade has given a major gift to the university’s Ralph C. Hartman Literacy and Learning Center to extend his Live to Dream Summer Reading Program through 2025. His gift will continue to grow the highly successful summer reading program he initially funded through the Wade’s World Foundation in…
Marquette community mourns the loss of George Thompson
Legendary player was program’s all-time leading scorer for 40 years George Thompson, one of the most accomplished players in the history of Marquette men’s basketball, passed away on Wednesday morning due to complications from a long battle with diabetes. A three-year letterwinner (1967-69), George Thompson was the all-time scoring leader in Marquette basketball history with…
Juneteenth Weekend kick-off celebration on Central Mall, June 17
Come together with Marquette and Milwaukee community members for a Juneteenth Celebration on Friday, June 17, from noon to 4 p.m. on Central Mall. The free, public event is hosted by Dr. Kristin Haglund, the Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J. Endowed Chair and professor in the College of Nursing, and the Milwaukee nonprofit organization Safe…
Three faculty members earn prestigious Fulbright Scholar awards for international research
Three faculty members have received Fulbright Scholar awards to conduct research and teaching opportunities overseas. The recipients are Dr. Laura Matthew, associate professor of history, and Dr. Jessica Rich, associate professor of political science, both of the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, and Dr. James Pokrywczynski, associate professor of strategic communication in the Diederich…
Marquette, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee partner for ‘President’s and Chancellor’s Challenge: A Crosstown Collaboration to Address Poverty’
Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, with support from the Johnson Controls Foundation, have announced a new partnership, the “President’s and Chancellor’s Challenge: A Crosstown Collaboration to Address Poverty,” which will focus on poverty, its root causes and its subsequent effects on members of Milwaukee’s various communities. The President’s and Chancellor’s Challenge will provide…