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  • University orchestra winter performance Feb. 20

    The Marquette University Orchestra will perform their winter concert on Sunday, Feb 20, at 2 p.m. in the Varsity Theatre. Music includes Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 as well as Mendelssohn’s Sinfonia for Strings in D Major. The event is free and no tickets are required.

  • MUPD moving to hybrid squad cars

    Marquette University Police Department has begun its transition to hybrid vehicles, deploying its first two hybrid squad cars at the start of the spring semester. The move is the first step in transitioning the department’s entire fleet to hybrid vehicles.   “This is a great step forward for our department in terms of sustainability,” said MUPD…

  • 2022 Nieman Symposium: ‘Is Democracy in Danger? Voting Rights and the Roles of the Press’ Feb. 22

    This year’s Nieman Symposium will take place via Teams on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 4 p.m. The 2022 event will aim to examine the challenges that the American press currently faces covering elections and the state of voting rights.   Reporters, scholars and community organizers will ponder about the strengths and shortcomings of professional journalism…

  • Alumni couple commits to major gift to establish endowed directorship in College of Business Administration’s Center for Real Estate

    Perry and Sheila Vieth, founding members of the university’s President’s Advisory Council, have committed a $1.75 million gift to establish an endowed directorship in the College of Business Administration’s Center for Real Estate. In addition, the Vieths have dedicated a portion of their gift to strengthen excellence funds within the Center for Real Estate and…

  • Marquette University celebrates Black scholars

    By Anna Wallace, communication intern in the Office of Marketing and Communication at Marquette University Marquette University is proud to have more diverse faculty members than ever before. From 2016 to 2020, the percentage of faculty of color at Marquette grew from 13.4% to 16.9%, part of an initiative to increase representation and enhance the…

  • Marquette announces Center for Data, Ethics, and Society

    Marquette University has announced the establishment of the Center for Data, Ethics, and Society within the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences to address the ethical, social and political dimensions of an increasingly data-driven society. Grounded in the university’s Catholic, Jesuit mission of social justice, the center will focus on confronting data ethics issues such…

  • ‘On the Issues: Sherrie Tussler’ is Feb. 21

    The Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education will host “On the Issues: Sherrie Tussler” virtually on Monday, Feb. 21, at 12:15 p.m. The event will feature a discussion between Alan Borsuk, Marquette Law School’s senior fellow in law and public policy, and Sherrie Tussler of the Hunger Task Force. Tussler has been…

  • Institute for Women’s Leadership permanently established

    Marquette University has finalized the permanent establishment of the Institute for Women’s Leadership, which was initially launched in 2019 with a $5 million endowment commitment from the Thomas J. Rolfs Family. The IWL is designed to be a research institute that includes programming for campus and the broader community. “This is an exciting milestone for…

  • Who is your gamechanger at Marquette?

    Who is your gamechanger at Marquette? We want to hear the stories of who inspired you and helped you to succeed or rise to a new level. Share who made a difference in your Marquette experience on social media using #MUgamechanger. #MUgamechanger launch from Marquette University Advancement on Vimeo.

  • Complete the 2022 Employee Engagement Survey

    Dear colleagues: In the busy day-to-day of our lives, it can be challenging to take time to step back and reflect. One of the ways we do this from a university perspective is through regular assessment of the impact of our shared experiences and how we engage with our work and each other. After the…