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Marquette University Has Three Student Winners Of Prestigious Fulbright Awards
MILWAUKEE — Three Marquette University students were selected for 2017-18 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Awards and will spend several months working overseas through the prestigious program. The students selected were Dane DeVetter, who will graduate this spring with a master’s degree in International Affairs; Morgan Lieske, who is majoring in middle/secondary education and history; and…
Marquette’s College Of Health Sciences Receives $1.5 Million Gift
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University’s College of Health Sciences today announced that it has received a $1.5 million gift from the estate of Capt. John A. Orlandini. Orlandini, a 1960 graduate of Marquette, suffered a life-changing injury during his time in the Navy. He pledged an estate gift to the physical therapy program to help students…
Sheldon And Marianne Lubar Give $5.5 Million Gift To Fund Marquette Law School Public Policy Initiative
Law School establishes Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education
Dominican Sister Who Serves Haiti’s Poor Will Deliver Commencement Address
Sister Maria Marciano will also receive honorary degree
Marquette Scientists Discover New Insights Into The Early Stages Of Neurodegenerative Diseases
MILWAUKEE — New research by Marquette University biologists and mathematicians has found that newly formed prion amyloids are infectious, a discovery that provides insights into the early stages of neurodegenerative diseases. Prions are the name given to the protein pathogen first discovered in the 1980s that is responsible for mad cow disease. This disease came…
Marquette University To Honor Outstanding Graduates At Alumni National Awards Weekend, April 27-29
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University will honor 48 accomplished alumni and friends during Alumni National Awards Weekend, April 27-29, for their personal achievements and support of the university. Short profiles of the honorees, including Alumnus of the Year Dr. Henry K.H. Kwan, Arts ’71, are available on the Alumni National Awards website. The site allows individuals to send…
Company Founded By Two Marquette University Researchers Raises $26 Million In Funding
Promentis Pharmaceuticals, a Milwaukee company co-founded by Drs. John Mantsch and David Baker, researchers from the Marquette University College of Health Sciences, raised $26 million, including $17.2 million in its third funding round. OrbiMed, F-Prime Capital Partners (formerly Fidelity Biosciences) and Aisling Capital were the lead investors. This is exceptional syndicate of investors, particularly for…
Marquette Establishes Cyber Security Center
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University has established a Center for Cyber Security Awareness and Cyber Defense to serve as the university’s primary hub for cyber security education and research. It is the only such center in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. With growing national concern about cyber security, the center will provide education, services and research to…
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…