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CNBC Television Star Lemonis, Marquette University Exceed $3 Million Challenge Fundraising Goal
MILWAUKEE — The Marquette University community more than doubled down in this year’s giving challenge issued by alumnus Marcus Lemonis, CNBC’s star of The Profit,combining to raise a total of $3,292,748. The challenge was met in less than two months by 2,769 donors who raised a total of $1,792,748. Lemonis added $1.5 million of his own…
Marquette University College Of Nursing To Launch Nurse Anesthesia Program
MILWAUKEE — The Marquette University College of Nursing has announced a new Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthesia Program designed to meet a growing demand for nurse anesthetists. The program will bring together the nursing education and research expertise of Marquette with the clinical and educational thought leadership of the Medical College of Wisconsin. Froedtert…
Marquette College Of Communication Announces 2017-18 Class Of Journalists For O’Brien Fellowship In Public Service Journalism
MILWAUKEE — The J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication announced today that five journalists will join the Perry and Alicia O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism in August. Gary Harki and Anita Hassan, investigative reporters, The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk and Houston Chronicle, respectively; Erin Richards, an education reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Andy Soth, senior producer and reporter, Wisconsin…
Marquette Launching Revised MBA Program To Better Meet Market Demands
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University’s Graduate School of Management will roll out a revised version of its part-time MBA program this fall, Keyes Dean of Business Administration Dr. Brian Till announced. The measure, which will integrate components of the current curriculum to cut the number of credit hours required to graduate, will help meet market demands, Till says.…
Marquette’s Engineering Dean Receives Honors From Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network And STEM Forward
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Kristina Ropella, Opus dean of Engineering, has received a pair of honors. Ropella has been awarded the 2016 Outstanding Dean Award from The Kern Family Foundation, and has been named 2016 Engineer of the Year by STEM Forward. The Foundation award was presented at the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) National Conference…
New Trustees Elected To Marquette Board
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University’s Board of Trustees elected three new members at its Feb. 22 meeting. The new trustees are Vincent Lyles, president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee; Christopher Swift, chairman and CEO of The Hartford; and Joseph Walicki, vice president and president of Johnson Controls Power Solutions. Marquette trustees…
CNBC TV Star Lemonis To Launch New Giving Challenge With Marquette
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University and alumnus Marcus Lemonis, star of CNBC’s The Profit and The Partner, are teaming up to launch a new $3 million dollar giving challenge. Beginning on Friday, Feb. 17, in conjunction with the National Marquette Day pep rally, the challenge will run for two months. Lemonis will donate up to $1.5 million of his own…
Marquette Researchers Find NFL Rule Decreases Concussions, Increases Lower-Body Injuries
MILWAUKEE — Two Marquette University economics professors in a study forthcoming in the Journal of Health Economics have found that the National Football League’s “Crown of the Helmet Rule” (CHR) reduces the probability of a concussion occurring among players by 32 percent. However, the study by associate professors of economics Dr. Andrew Hanson and Dr. Nicholas Jolly also shows…
Marquette Professor Receives $555,636 NSF Grant For Solar Power Study
Research will consider using a porous metal organic framework as a catalyst for solar-to-fuel conversion
Marquette Alumni Couple Issue $10 Million Challenge To Honor Longtime Past President
New residence hall facility will bear Father Wild’s name