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Marquette University Offers Master’s In Nursing Option For Professionals Looking To Change Career Paths
Pleasant Prairie will be location for new nursing simulation lab
Marquette University Has Two Winners Of Prestigious Fulbright Awards
MILWAUKEE — Two Marquette University seniors were selected for 2016-17 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards and they will spend several months working overseas as English teaching assistants through the prestigious program celebrating its 70th year. Olanrewaju Awosika, a senior in the Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Spanish for the health professions, and…
Lovell Announces Major Residence Hall Development On Marquette University Campus
$96 million project to include two new residence halls
Marquette University To Honor Outstanding Graduates At Alumni National Awards Weekend, April 28-30
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University will honor 50 accomplished alumni and friends during Alumni National Awards Weekend, April 28-30, for their personal achievements and support of the university. Short profiles of the honorees, including Alumni of the Year Margaret and Richard Sibbernsen, are available on the Alumni National Awards website. The site allows individuals to send a…
Olson Named Interim Chair Of Marquette-MCW Biomedical Engineering Department
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Lars E. Olson has been appointed interim chair of the Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Department of Biomedical Engineering. Olson currently serves as associate professor and interim chair of Marquette’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and is the director of the human powered nebulizer project. His appointment is effective July…
Professor Receives $500,000 NSF Grant To Study The Recovery Of Phosphorus From Water
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Brooke Mayer, an assistant professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, has received a $500,000 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study how to remove and recover phosphorus from water. The CAREER grant is the foundation’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty. Mayer’s five-year study, “CAREER: Harnessing the…
EPR Spectroscopy Detects Disease For The First Time: Finds Abnormalities In Mitochondria
MILWAUKEE — Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy for the first time has been used to directly detect and characterize disease. EPR of muscle and liver biopsy tissue detected abnormalities in mitochondria, the compartments found in cells that create most of the energy needed by the body to sustain life, the chair of Marquette University’s Physics…
Marquette College Of Communication Announces 2016-17 Class Of Journalists For O’Brien Fellowship In Public Service Journalism
MILWAUKEE — The J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication announced today that Pulitzer Prize winners from regional newsrooms in the Midwest, and an investigative reporter from the Southwest, will join the Perry and Alicia O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism in August. The 2016-17 O’Brien Fellows are Jackie Crosby, a business reporter at the Star Tribunein…
Marquette University And Medical College Of Wisconsin Announce Biomedical Engineering Department
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) have announced the creation of the Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin Biomedical Engineering Department which will bring together the engineering education and research expertise of Marquette and the medical research, technology and clinical expertise of MCW to provide an inclusive education…
CNBC Television Star Lemonis, Marquette University Exceed $1 Million Challenge Fundraising Goal
MILWAUKEE — The Marquette University community responded enthusiastically to the giving challenge issued by alumnus and CNBC star Marcus Lemonis, combining to raise a total of $1,301,029 for student scholarships and other university initiatives. Lemonis, host of CNBC’s The Profit, teamed with Marquette to launch the $1 Million Challenge on Jan. 5, 2016. The challenge…