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Marquette Selects New Mural Design To Celebrate Diversity, Racial Equity On Campus
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University has announced the artist and design for a new mural to be installed on campus celebrating diversity and racial equity. Artist Mauricio Ramirez will bring his design, “Our Roots Say That We’re Sisters,” to the north-facing façade of the Varsity Theatre/Holthusen Hall building in October. “We have been extremely pleased with…
Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute Connects Students To 2020 Presidential Campaign Through Research
MILWAUKEE – The Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute is connecting students to the political landscape in a nontraditional way – through a funded research project that uses data science to shed light on what might be driving voter behavior during the 2020 presidential election campaign. The Elecurator project, which began in January 2020, uses a variety of data…
Marquette Graduate Student Named Investment Software Fellow
MILWAUKEE — Igor Gayday, a graduate student in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University, has been selected for an investment fellowship from the Molecular Sciences Software Institute. The Molecular Sciences Software Institute Investment Fellowship recognizes software development efforts that will benefit the field of computational molecular sciences and have a broad…
Marquette Names Industry Veteran Manoj Babu To Lead Nationally Ranked Center For Supply Chain Management
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Manoj Babu has been named director of Marquette University’s Center for Supply Chain Management. Currently an instructor of practice in Marquette’s College of Business Administration with an extensive background in industry and higher education, he will begin in his new role July 1. As director, Babu will be responsible for leading one of…
Marquette Faculty Experts Available For Mental Health Awareness Month Stories
MILWAUKEE — May is Mental Health Awareness Month and faculty experts at Marquette University are available for tips on personal mental health care, as well as care for others during safer-at-home and social distancing orders. Good mental health is necessary as people are asked to navigate stressful and isolating times related to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Decision-Making Algorithms Used By The U.S. Child Welfare System Do Not Focus On Improving The Lives Of Children, Finds Marquette Professor
MILWAUKEE — Algorithms used by states within the U.S. Child Welfare System (CWS) to make unbiased, evidence-based decisions about child placement and predicting risk of maltreatment miss the bigger picture, finds a research team from Marquette University and the University of Central Florida. A systematic review and analysis of 50 peer-reviewed publications on algorithms used…
Marquette English Professor Wins Award For Emergency Medical Communication Book
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Elizabeth Angeli, assistant professor of English in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University, has received the award for Best Book in Technical or Scientific Communication from the Conference on College Composition and Communication. The award honors Angeli’s book, Rhetorical Work in Emergency Medical Services: Communicating in the Unpredictable Workplace.…
Audit Of Freedom Of Information Requests Shows Both Compliance And Hostility, Marquette Professor Finds
MILWAUKEE — Dr. A.Jay Wagner, assistant professor of journalism and media studies in Marquette University’s Diederich College of Communication, found county offices and departments across the country are in well-intentioned compliance with state public records laws, but performance and results were hindered in some cases by inefficient policies and processes in an audit conducted of…
Marquette Experts Available For Stories About Adapting To Lifestyle Changes Amid Coronavirus
MILWAUKEE — With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world, life has been disrupted for many people. Several faculty and staff experts at Marquette University are available for insight into what to expect and how to adapt to changing situations. Please contact any of these experts directly, or contact Kevin Conway at kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu or Shelby Williamson at shelby.williamson@marquette.edu. This…
Marquette Doctoral Students Sweep Catholic Biblical Association Of America’s Emerging Scholars Fellowship
MILWAUKEE — Paul Cizek and Israel McGrew, doctoral theology students and graduate assistants in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, have each been awarded the Catholic Biblical Association of America’s 2020 Emerging Scholars Fellowship. The CBA’s Emerging Scholars Fellowship, established in 2017, is a competitive initiative recognizing graduate students who show great promise in making…