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Reminder: check ‘other’ inbox and ‘spam’ folder to not miss important emails
Students, faculty and staff are reminded to periodically check your “other” inbox (for those using this type of sorting in Outlook) and email spam folders to ensure that important emails are not missed. The “Focused Inbox” feature on Outlook separates users’ inbox into two tabs — “Focused” and “Other.” Your most important email messages are…
Marquette, industry partners announce President’s Challenge for COVID-19 response
In partnership with American Family Insurance, Marquette has announced a special President’s Challenge to address needs in Milwaukee’s community that have been created or magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic. American Family joins the ongoing support of Johnson Controls Foundation in developing this grant program, which provides funding for interdisciplinary teams of faculty, staff and students…
University Academic Senate elects new senators and Executive Committee
University Academic Senate (UAS) recently held elections for senate positions and the Executive Committee. The following positions were voted on in various elections (elections run by each college/school, at-large elections run by the Committee on Committees and Elections and the Executive Committee elections). The below winners began their terms at the Monday, May 4, University…
Can Tax Policy Help Us Control Artificial Intelligence?
Reuven Avi-Yonah is the Irwin I. Cohn Professor of Law and director of the International Tax LLM Program at the University of Michigan. Avi-Yonah received a B.A. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in medieval history from Harvard University, where he thereafter earned his J.D. “There is no more widely cited or…
The Boundaries of Law and Politics
Wisconsin’s 2020 redistricting cycle was long, bitterly contested, and subject to dramatic reversals of fortune. Yet perhaps the most unusual feature of the whole process was how it ended in 2024: with a legislative redistricting plan passed by Republican legislators and signed by a Democratic governor. Redistricting of the state legislature by divided political branches…
From Conversation to Dream to Idea to Reality
Conversations. Dreams. Ideas. And more conversations. Who knows the exact moment when intellectual curiosity turns into something that will become a reality? But consider December 4, 2013, at Marquette University Law School: With final exams looming, the school hosts the semester’s last “On the Issues” event, a town hall forum where big ideas are discussed…
In Search of Humbler – and Wiser – Judgments
The dozen words in the title—Judges, Judging, and Judgment: Character, Wisdom, and Humility in a Polarized World—indicate the scope of the challenge that Professor Chad Oldfather has taken on in his new book, published by Cambridge University Press. Most basically, his hope is that the United States can increase the number of judges and (more…
Good Neighbors
While Marquette University has been part of Milwaukee since 1881, throughout this time, change, too, has been continuous on and around campus. The Law School’s move from Sensenbrenner Hall to the brand-new Eckstein Hall in 2010 may stand out. Yet more recently, within the past year alone, the Law School has seen some changes in…
Embodying the Vision of Jesuit Education
I want to begin by thanking Tim McMahon, as vice president, and his (our) various University Advancement colleagues for organizing this reception. We are all glad to salute John for his great work here at Marquette University. Some of that work surrounds us, of course. John was an integral part of the fundraising for Eckstein…
Roots of the Living Tree
Matching respect for the letter of the law with an understanding of changing times is central to constitutional interpretation in Canada