Kevin Conway
Associate vice president for public affairs honored as Community Champion by Near West Side Partners
Rana Altenburg, associate vice president for public affairs, was honored as the first Near West Side Partners’ Community Champion at the neighborhood organization’s 10-year anniversary celebration Wednesday, May 21. The award was presented by President Kimo Ah Yun. NWSP’s Community Champion Award recognizes a person or organization that has consistently advocated for the well-being of…
Good Neighbors
While Marquette University has been part of Milwaukee since 1881, throughout this time, change, too, has been continuous on and around campus. The Law School’s move from Sensenbrenner Hall to the brand-new Eckstein Hall in 2010 may stand out. Yet more recently, within the past year alone, the Law School has seen some changes in…
Can Tax Policy Help Us Control Artificial Intelligence?
Reuven Avi-Yonah is the Irwin I. Cohn Professor of Law and director of the International Tax LLM Program at the University of Michigan. Avi-Yonah received a B.A. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in medieval history from Harvard University, where he thereafter earned his J.D. “There is no more widely cited or…
Roots of the Living Tree
Matching respect for the letter of the law with an understanding of changing times is central to constitutional interpretation in Canada
From Conversation to Dream to Idea to Reality
Above: Marquette Law School’s Mike Gousha (left) interviews MIT Professor Craig Steven Wilder at Marquette Law School in December 2013. Conversations. Dreams. Ideas. And more conversations. Who knows the exact moment when intellectual curiosity turns into something that will become a reality? But consider December 4, 2013, at Marquette University Law School: With final exams…
The Boundaries of Law and Politics
Wisconsin’s 2020 redistricting cycle was long, bitterly contested, and subject to dramatic reversals of fortune. Yet perhaps the most unusual feature of the whole process was how it ended in 2024: with a legislative redistricting plan passed by Republican legislators and signed by a Democratic governor. Redistricting of the state legislature by divided political branches…
In Search of Humbler—and Wiser—Judgments
The dozen words in the title—Judges, Judging, and Judgment: Character, Wisdom, and Humility in a Polarized World—indicate the scope of the challenge that Professor Chad Oldfather has taken on in his new book, published by Cambridge University Press. Most basically, his hope is that the United States can increase the number of judges and (more…
Embodying the Vision of Jesuit Education
I want to begin by thanking Tim McMahon, as vice president, and his (our) various University Advancement colleagues for organizing this reception. We are all glad to salute John for his great work here at Marquette University. Some of that work surrounds us, of course. John was an integral part of the fundraising for Eckstein…
Excitement growing for Wellness + Helfaer Recreation as occupants prepare for opening
Campus leaders who will bring their student health and wellness services together under one roof are eagerly anticipating the building’s opening in just a few days.
Team Player
Greg Heller, L’96, has become a key leader for the Atlanta Braves, moving big ventures forward and solving problems while keeping a low-key, calm demeanor.