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Families, Educators, Leaders—and Money
“All hands on deck”—that’s what it will take to succeed in making a lot more children capable readers. This was the message from Maya Payne Smart to an audience in the Lubar Center of Marquette Law School’s Eckstein Hall. “Parents, families, communities, we have to do our part,” along with educators themselves. The Law School’s…
Law School Programs Highlight “Outstate” Career Opportunities
Ryan Graff, L’06, has a thriving legal practice, including interesting and big cases, opportunities for professional growth, and interaction with very capable lawyers. And there are appealing opportunities beyond work. This is how he finds life in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on the shore of Lake Michigan, 80 miles north of Milwaukee. “I don’t think you lose…
Dr. Paul Nolette named director of Les Aspin Center for Government
Dr. Paul Nolette, associate professor and chair of political science at Marquette, has been named the next director of the university’s Les Aspin Center for Government. Nolette, who joined the Political Science Department in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences in 2011, will begin in his new role on June 1. A nationally sought-after…
Marquette ranked in top 6% of universities worldwide by Center for World University Rankings
Marquette is ranked in the top 5.7% of more than 20,000 universities worldwide in the Center for World University Rankings’ 2023 edition of the outcome-based Global 2000 list. The Center for World University Rankings publishes the largest academic rankings of global universities. Objective indicators are used for all four key pillars underlying the methodology of…
Take part in annual Poker Walk and Run, May 24
The annual Poker Walk and Run will take place on Wednesday, May 24, at noon in Central Mall. Prizes will be awarded to the top poker hands and all registered participants will be eligible for giveaways. Registration will take place at the event beginning at noon. The walk/run is staged around the Marquette Mile (the…
Haggerty Museum of Art spring exhibitions close May 21
The Haggerty Museum of Art invites the campus community to visit its spring exhibitions before they close on Sunday, May 21. Exhibitions include: “Tomás Saraceno: Entangled Air” “Moving Pictures: Kinesiology 1” “Basic Needs and Justice: The Pursuit of Human Flourishing” “Material Storytelling: Highlights from the Native American Collection” The Haggerty Museum of Art is open…
Staff Excellence Awards to recognize colleagues exemplifying mission, June 5
Join fellow colleagues at the presentation of the 2023 Excellence in University Service and Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Awards Luncheon on Monday, June 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the AMU Monaghan Ballrooms. The event will honor the following seven members of the Marquette community who exemplify the university’s mission of…
Numbers, Facts, and Insights
Low key and high impact. That is a good beginning description of John D. Johnson, research fellow for Marquette Law School’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education. The soft-spoken, almost-always casually dressed 33-year-old Johnson came out of nowhere—well, rural Illinois—to join the Law School’s public policy initiative in 2016. He has become…
Well-known Cases, but What About the People Themselves?
Landmark legal decisions are often known by one name, that of a leading party. Miranda. Brown. Dobbs. But the people themselves often receive little attention, says Derek Mosley, director of Marquette Law School’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education. So during the past two years, Mosley has branched out in the Lubar…
Occupational Therapy achieves first-ever accreditation
The occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) program in the College of Health Sciences has achieved accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education on its first attempt after a site visit from a team of accreditors last month. The program received the maximum accreditation term of seven years thanks to supportive faculty, staff and administrators…