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Marquette launches blood drive competition with Butler University
Marquette University has entered into a competition with Butler University, pitting the two universities against each other in a blood drive competition. Marquette will host blood drives throughout the academic year in conjunction with Versiti. Terms of the competition and any potential wagers between the campuses will be announced at a later date. Marquette’s next…
Health Sciences professor tabbed as keynote speaker for international conference in Brazil
Speech Pathology and Audiology assistant professor will present her research on assessment, treatment of childhood apraxia of speech By Alex Nemec, marketing communication specialist in the Office of University Relations Dr. Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel, assistant professor of speech pathology and audiology, will serve as a keynote speaker at Apraxia Brazil, an international conference in October on…
2022 enrollment statistics show increased diversity, largest first-year class since 2018
Official fall 2022 enrollment, retention and graduation rate statistics, compiled by the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis, are now available on dataMarq and the OIRA website. This fall, Marquette welcomed an incoming class of 1,977 students, up almost 20% from last year’s class and the largest class since fall 2018. These first years…
IWL releases white paper on sex differences in pain perception
On Monday, Oct. 3, Marquette’s Institute for Women’s Leadership released its latest white paper, its first coming from the IWL Faculty Fellows program. Written and researched by Dr. Marie Hoeger Bement, “Sex Differences in Pain Perception—Why Do Women Experience More Pain Than Men?”, continues to advance research in the area of pain, particularly looking…
Health Sciences faculty receive $3.02 million grant to study exercise limitations in the pre-diabetic population
Dr. Sandra Hunter, professor of exercise science, and Dr. Christopher Sundberg, assistant professor of exercise science, both in the Department of Physical Therapy in the College of Health Sciences, have been awarded a $3.02 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institution on Aging to study the limitations of exercise in people…
Use your 2022 dental benefits before they expire
There are less than three months remaining to use your annual $2,500 dental benefit through Delta Dental Marquette. Faculty practice offers all dental specialties under one roof and is currently accepting new patients. Call 414-288-0787 to establish care or set up a new patient appointment before they fill up for the year. All preventative care…
Now accepting applications for the FELOS Leadership Development Program
The Office of Faculty Affairs is now accepting applications for the Marquette FELOS leadership development program (Cohort VI), which will take place during the 2023-24 academic year. Full-time faculty, either newly appointed to a leadership role or who aspire toward a more formal leadership role on campus, are encouraged to apply. More information…
Soup with Substance on care for creation, Oct. 5
Join Campus Ministry for a Soup with Substance on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at noon in AMU 227. In honor of Tuesday’s feast day of St. Francis, Dr. Matthew Neujahr, teaching assistant professor of theology in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss care of creation in the Bible. Please join for a…
707 Hub leader named to AITF’s Anchor Fellows Program
Kelsey Otero, director of innovation in the 707 Hub, has been named to the Anchor Fellows Program with the Anchor Institutions Task Force.
Klement Lecture to discuss Indigenous histories of the Gulf Coast, Oct. 6
Dr. Elizabeth Ellis, assistant professor of history at Princeton University, will deliver the annual Klement Lecture, “Remembering, Forgetting, and Mythologizing the Indigenous Histories of the Gulf Coast,” hosted by the Department of History, on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 4:30 p.m. in the Beaumier Suite of Raynor Memorial Libraries. Ellis’ lecture will be on the subject…