Faculty

Kant and the greatest difficulty for the theory of forms
Join the Department of Philosophy and Donald J. Schuenke Chair Dr. Pol Vandevelde for a lecture, “Kant and the Greatest Difficulty for the Theory of Forms,” by Dr. Andrew Cutrofello, professor of philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. This presentation draws from chapter four of Cutrofello’s forthcoming book, “The One and The Others: Metaphysics, Poetry, and…

Kincaid Distinguished Lecture in Chemistry with Dr. Hannah S. Shafaat
Dr. Hannah S. Shafaat, professor of chemistry at UCLA, will present “Follow the spectra: mapping electronic structure to reactivity in metalloproteins,” for the Kincaid Distinguished Lecture in Chemistry on Friday, Nov. 7, at 4 p.m. in Todd Wehr Chemistry 121. See details for the Chemistry Department colloquia here.

Claire Dederer to deliver Boheim Distinguished Lecture
The Association of Marquette University Women and Marquette’s Center for the Advancement of the Humanities will host The Eleanor H. Boheim Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. in the AMU Monaghan Ballrooms. The reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. Best-selling and critically acclaimed author Claire Dederer will explore the question at the…

Honors, Civic Dialogues Dinner on democracy and political violence
The University Honors Program and the Civic Dialogues Program invite students, staff and faculty to dinner and a small-group dialogue on “Securing Democracy: Understanding and Addressing Political Violence” on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Sensenbrenner Hall Eisenberg Reading Room. Register online by Sunday, Nov. 16.

Lemonis Center Campus Partner Spotlight Series: Writing, Researching and Belonging at MU
Join the Lemonis Center for Student Success for its Campus Partner Spotlight Series event, “Writing, Researching and Belonging at MU,” on Monday, Nov. 10, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Lemonis Center multipurpose room. This timely conversation features the co-directors of the Ott Memorial Writing Center and Raynor Library’s student success librarian as they…

University Christmas tree lighting
The Marquette Jesuit Community, Campus Activities Board, Alpha Sigma Nu, Department of Belonging and Student Affairs and Office of Marketing and Communication will co-host the university Christmas tree lighting on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 4:45 p.m. in Westowne Square. The annual event will return to its longtime location on Westowne Square to celebrate the planting of a…

Catholicism, Motherhood, and Intergenerational Agency in Elaine Feeney’s As You Were
Dr. Kathleen Costello-Sullivan, the Inaugural Mary A. Carroll Endowed Professor in Arts and Sciences at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, will speak at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in AMU 163 on, “Catholicism, Motherhood, and Intergenerational Agency in Elaine Feeney’s ‘As You Were.’” Feeney’s 2020 novel “As You Were” presents a sustained critique of the ways in which…

Psychology colloquium with Kaley Davis
The Department of Psychology will host a seminar on Thursday, Nov. 6, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Cramer Hall 038. Kaley Davis, a clinical psychology graduate student at Marquette University, will present “Navigating the Peer Review Crisis: Strategies for Change.”

Blood drive in the Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility
The Arrupe Center for Community Service and Social Responsibility will host a blood drive with Versiti as part of the university’s Blood Battle competition with Butler University on Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility’s basketball court No. 4. Register online. Marquette and Butler are renewing…

Soup with Substance: Fathers of the Church to Biblical Science
The latest edition of Soup with Substance, “Fathers of the Church to Biblical Science,” will be held Wednesday, Nov. 5, from noon to 12:50 p.m. in the AMU Lunda Room. This edition of Soup with Substance will explore how the African Fathers of the Church approached the reading and meditation of the Bible. Speaker Simon…