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Marquette connections: A kitchen collaboration
Twelve-year-old Carly Van Pelt may not be a Marquette student (yet!), but a university connection helped her build a business and compete on the Food Network. In 2023, Carly combined two passions, baking and animals, and created VP’s Treats to sell goodies for people and their pets. After seeing Carly put in so much work,…
Detecting the cancer that can lurk after surgeries
Shortly after joining the Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2017, Dr. Bing Yu discovered a breakthrough technology to help solve a thorny clinical problem he’d been working on for years. He also found expert Marquette and MCW colleagues to help him harness that technology. In Yu’s sights…
Decoding the body’s circadian clock — and its many connections to our physical and mental health
It’s a subliminal truth we all know — we can’t function very well with less sleep or unpredictable schedules. Repeated enough, such changes have bigger effects — disrupting our bodily rhythms and contributing to alarming health consequences. Marquette is fortunate to have two faculty experts in circadian rhythms, each with distinct but complementary perspectives. Dr.…
Using coded light pulses in tackling the challenge of restoring function after spinal cord injuries
Spinal cord injuries can be devastating, compromising people’s ability to walk, talk, breathe efficiently and complete daily tasks. Dr. Jordan Williams — assistant professor of biomedical engineering and one of several Marquette faculty members tackling the challenge of restoring lost function — is encouraged that scientists can now stimulate meaningful activity in muscles of individuals…
Understanding addiction’s differing grip on men and women — and how to ease it
On the road to addiction, repeated drug use has long been suspected of disrupting — and even physically changing — connections in the prefrontal cortex, the brain region involved in decision-making and impulse control. It’s also been generally assumed that male and female brains experience these changes similarly. With a $2.07 million R01 grant from…
Research that heals: More faculty projects reaching for human health breakthroughs
Safeguarding postpartum mental health By Rachel Gintner Orlando It might come as a surprise how few services have been available to help safeguard maternal mental health in Milwaukee. And unfortunately, the need is great: Close to 80 percent of new mothers develop signs of depression; one in seven progresses to postpartum depression. Depression is common…
Attracting students through a distinctly Ignatian pipeline
Why Marquette is a top destination for Jesuit high school graduates
Across the ideological divide: Marquette’s intersection faculty roundtable
As our public sphere becomes defined by deep divisions and warring approaches to shared challenges, Marquette has experience guiding students in a better way. For nearly a decade, the Civic Dialogues Project has brought students together for events such as Dialogue Dinners where they learn to engage in honest, respectful discussions on difficult issues. More…
Igniting change in cancer screening: Alumnus Dr. Efraín Torres’ entrepreneurial journey to servant leadership
Marquette biomedical engineering alumnus Dr. Efraín Torres leads a Y Combinator–backed startup advancing accessible MRI technology to expand cancer screening.
From the President’s Desk – April 2026
President Kimo Ah Yun shares a reflection on his time with the Quarter Century Club and Ignite, offers a thank you for Facilities Planning and Management, and more in his latest update.