Faculty

  • Naveen Bansal presents seminar on multiple hypothesis testing with application to detecting targeted genes regulated by microRNAs

    Dr. Naveen Bansal, professor of mathematics and statistical sciences, will present the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences colloquium on Friday, Jan. 31, at 1 p.m. in Cudahy Hall 401. Bansal’s seminar will consider Bayesian Decision Theoretic methodologies for multiple hypothesis testing when there is skewness in the alternative hypotheses. An application of this for…

  • Ebony Ball

    Join the annual Ebony Ball sponsored by the Office of Inclusion and Belonging and the Black Alumni Association on Friday, Feb. 21, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the AMU Monaghan Ballrooms. Dinner will be provided. Register online. The Ebony Ball is a formal event hosted during Black History Month that celebrates Black culture, beauty…

  • Rev. Francis Wade, S.J., Lecture

    Rev. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., Francis C. Wade, S.J., Chair at Marquette and professor of history at Boston College, will deliver the 2025 Rev. Francis Wade, S.J., Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 4 p.m. in the Raynor Library Beaumier Suites BC. A reception will follow.  Gallagher is interested in religion and right-wing movements, the Holocaust, American…

  • Philosophy seminar on the work of the guardians in Plato’s Republic with Claudia Yau

    Claudia Yau, assistant professor of philosophy at Northwestern University, will discuss Plato’s claim that forms serve as models for living and ruling at a seminar titled “The work of the guardians in Plato’s Republic,” on Friday, Jan. 31, at 3:30 p.m. in Marquette Hall 105. This event is hosted by the Department of Philosophy. Please…

  • ‘Taking AI Agents to Production’ discussion

    The Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute will host “Taking AI Agents to Production” as part of its regular virtual speaker series on Tuesday, Feb. 18, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Register online by Monday, Feb. 17.  This session’s speaker is Heiko Zuerker, enterprise architect principal at Northwestern Mutual, who will discuss how Northwestern Mutual has embraced generative…

  • Mission Week 2025: Act with Care

    Mission Week kicks off on Sunday, Feb. 2, and features a full schedule of events centered around the theme of “Act with Care.” Check out the list of events below and register for them here. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

  • Computer science seminar on heterogenous machine learning

    Lecheng Zheng will present, “Heterogenous Machine Learning: Characterization, Generation and Comprehension” on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 1 p.m. in Cudahy Hall 417. Currently a final-year Ph.D. candidate at the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Lecheng Zheng’s research interests include heterogeneous learning, self-supervised learning and graph mining.

  • Computer science seminar on cryptography and security

    Neil Perry will present, “Cryptography and Security in a World at Risk” on Friday, Jan. 31, at 1 p.m. in Cudahy Hall 414. In this talk, Perry will explore research at the intersection of cryptography, computer security and policy, with a focus on nuclear disarmament verification and the security of AI-assisted code development. Cryptography enables…

  • Computer science seminar on geospatial machine learning

    Dr. Kanchan Chowdury will present, “Location-Aware Data Management and Machine Learning for Spatiotemporal Vector and Raster Datasets” on Friday, Jan. 24, at 1 p.m. in Cudahy Hall 414. Chowdhury is a postdoctoral research scholar in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence at Arizona State University. His research interest lies in a variety of topics,…

  • Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies Annual Conference

    The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (WIPCS) 40th annual conference, hosted by the Marquette University Center for Peacemaking and Peace Studies, invites students, academics and activists to the Marquette campus for a one-day conference. This year’s conference theme is “A More Peaceful and Just Future is Possible: Charting Paths from Failed Institutions to…