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Quest for healing discoveries
Scientists. Groundbreakers. Teacher-scholars. As they work on the frontiers of human health and performance, Marquette professors inhabit all of these roles at once. In doing so, they achieve amazing results. Think of serious conditions that can affect any of our families: cancer, addiction, depression, stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, obesity, diabetes and heart disease.…
Hoop dreams, realized: The Plouffe twins, turned trio, dominate new sport
Alumna Katherine Plouffe and her twin sister turned Team Canada into a powerhouse in a new Olympic sport.
Why students and seniors love intergenerational living at St. Camillus
An intergenerational partnership brings students to live and brighten life at a senior community with strong Marquette ties.
Marquette’s history and stories renewed: an online learning series designed for alumni
In a new online learning series, experts guide participants through the university’s history, buildings, trailblazers and more.
Finding God here: A Jesuit educator bears witness to students’ journeys in faith
A Jesuit educator guides students as they search for authenticity, journey in faith and encounter God all around them.
A Hollywood homecoming: Prolific film and TV director Michael Schultz inspires filmmaking award
Veteran director Michael Schultz, Sp ’64, is one of Hollywood’s most prolific directors. Fifty years after his last trip home, the Milwaukee native returned for a tribute weekend in his honor.
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…