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Marquette Welcomes Class Of 2020
On Wednesday, Aug. 24, more than 2,000 freshmen from 41 states, 22 countries and two U.S. territories will call Milwaukee home when they move into residence halls on the Marquette University campus. A surge in student demand has led to one of the largest and most diverse populations of incoming freshman ever, with 23 percent…
New Marquette Study Shows Benefits Of ‘Flipped Classroom’
MILWAUKEE — A classroom centered around students — and not the professor —may help first-year chemistry students who otherwise would achieve lower grades, according to studies from Marquette University researchers. Dr. Scott Reid, professor and chair of chemistry at Marquette, found that the number of students who received grades of D, F or who withdrew…
Marquette Names Father Tom Krettek As Next Vice President For Mission And Ministry
University also promotes Lora Strigens to vice president for planning and strategy
Marquette Selects Design, Construction Management Firms For New Residence Hall Project
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University has selected a team to lead the design and construction of a new residence hall development that is scheduled to break ground later this year and open in time for the 2018-19 academic year. The team includes strong participation from firms with a presence in southeast Wisconsin coupled with national expertise…
Marquette’s College Of Health Sciences Receives $1 Million Gift From Dennis And Barbara Klein
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University’s College of Health Sciences today announced that it has received a $1 million gift from Dennis and Barbara Klein, both alumni of Marquette University. The gift will be used to establish the Dennis and Barbara Klein Health Sciences Innovation Fund. The fund will support scientists in the College of Health Sciences…
Marquette Computer Scientists Awarded $1 Million NSF Grant To Develop Model For Career Change Into Computing
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University computer scientists in the Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences have received a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to help low-income, academically talented students quickly learn the skills needed to change careers into computing. The award will build off an innovative I.T. Boot Camp Marquette computer scientists piloted…
Marquette Names Next Dean Of Nursing
Dr. Janet Wessel Krejci returns to university; will start Jan. 1, 2017
Marquette Biologist Earns $900,000 Grant To Advance Studies On Climate-Driven Changes In Tropical Forests
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Stefan Schnitzer, Mellon Distinguished Professor of Biology in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, was recently awarded a four-year, $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for continued studies into determining the drivers of ongoing large-scale changes in tropical forests, which Schnitzer’s research shows is critical to predicting the long-term…
Marquette Names New Dean Of Admissions
MILWAUKEE — Brian Troyer, director of undergraduate admissions at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, has been named Marquette University’s next dean of undergraduate admissions, Provost Daniel Myers announced today. Troyer will begin in his new role Aug. 1. “Mr. Troyer brings great energy to a role that will help drive Marquette’s ambitious and important…
Marquette, UC–San Francisco Study Shows Poor Reporting On Mental Health Interventions For LGBT Community
MILWAUKEE — A Marquette University professor and a co-investigator at the University of California–San Francisco have published a study that shows researchers are not reporting sexual orientation and transgender identities in psychotherapy outcome studies for anxiety and depression. The authors say this poses significant challenges for determining whether or not these treatments work for LGBT…