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Participants sought for occupational therapy research study
College and graduate students ages 18 through 25 are invited to participate in a research study conducted by the Department of Occupational Therapy to understand how non-invasive stimulation of the brain impacts how well you move your hand. Participating in the study involves a two-to-three-hour testing session at the Pediatric Movement and Neuroscience Lab in…
Memorial for students Danny Nix and Kamrin Ray, May 2-12
The College of Business Administration invites the campus community to visit the O’Brien Hall first-floor donor hallway as we remember business students Danny Nix and Kamrin Ray. A memorial for both students will be set up from Tuesday, May 2, through the end of final exams on Friday, May 12. A brief opening service, open to…
Chasing Childhood film screening, May 1
The Teacher Education Program will host a screening of the award-winning documentary “Chasing Childhood” on Monday, May 1, at 6 p.m. in Cramer Hall 087. No registration is required to attend. Chasing Childhood is a feature-length documentary that explores how free play and independence have all but disappeared from kids’ lives, supplanted by relentless…
Pause to reflect: Karen Lincoln Michel
In this time when so many news organizations are shrinking or shuttering, the one led by Karen Lincoln Michel is bucking the trend.
The dean down the hall
What happened when faculty couple Dean Heidi Bostic and Dr. Stephen Pluháček traded their Milwaukee home for a campus apartment, piloting the idea of faculty living on campus to support students in their daily lives?
Stand-up guy
Colin Dowdle had an idea for a product he was sure could be a hit. Hard work — and some incredible valuable alumni advisers — made his unique standing desk, Lillipad, happen.
Always on call
Knowing her purpose since kindergarten has helped physician and epidemiologist Jasmine Zapata pursue her passion to make people’s lives healthier and more equitable. You could say it’s her superpower.
High performer
It’s a new era for the College of Business Administration. The Dr. E. J. and Margaret O’Brien Hall is here as the inviting, state-of-the-art home for Marquette Business and innovation leadership programs — and more transformative projects are on the way.
Occupational therapy professor awarded department’s first NIH grant
Dr. Samuel Nemanich receives R03 to study motor skills in children Dr. Samuel Nemanich, assistant professor of occupational therapy, has received a $300,000 R03 grant award from the National Institutes of Health to study motor skills in children — specifically, to determine whether there are differences in learned skills between children born pre-term and those born…
Marquette engineers place first in wastewater treatment solutions design competition
Earlier this month, a team of five Marquette engineering students applied their skills to meet the needs of a real community, placing first in a competition to propose wastewater treatment solutions for Bijagua, Costa Rica. Hosted by Central States Water Environment Association (CSWEA), the fourth Annual Midwest Student Design Competition brought together 11 design teams…