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Marquette Mental Health Counselor Featured On List Of Wisconsin’s Most Powerful Latinos
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Marla Delgado-Guerrero, mental health counselor and diversity coordinator at Marquette University’s Counseling Center, has been named one of the most powerful Latinos in the state. Delgado-Guerrero’s work has earned her a spot on the Si Se Puede 2019: Wisconsin’s 34 most powerful Latinos list. The list, created annually since 2015 by nonprofit online…
Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute Names Directors For Marquette University And University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE — The Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute has announced its university directors, Dr. Edward Blumenthal of Marquette University and Dr. Purush Papatla of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The directors play an integral role in providing strategic direction for the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute and are responsible for setting research priorities, enhancing the data…
Marquette Graduate School Dean Recognized For Significant Research Contributions In Psychology
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Douglas Woods, vice provost for graduate and professional studies and dean of the Marquette Graduate School, received an award for “Significant Contributions to the Practice of Behavior Analysis” from the Wisconsin Association for Behavior Analysis. The honor recognizes his work supporting behavior analysis program development and using behavioral treatments for children with…
Marquette Professors Win Award For Best Accounting Paper
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University professors Dr. Qianhua “Q” Ling and Dr. Joseph Wall have been honored by the American Accounting Association. Ling, associate professor of accounting, and Wall, assistant professor of accounting, received an AAA Best Paper award for their study, “Lowering Standards: Unintended Consequences of 990-N and Value Congruence on Cost Shifting.” The pair…
Marquette Dean Of Libraries Elected American Library Association Endowment Trustee
MILWAUKEE — Janice Welburn, dean of Raynor Memorial Libraries at Marquette University, has been elected as trustee for the American Library Association endowment fund. As an ALA endowment trustee, she will play a key role in ensuring a healthy financial outlook for the association. With the ALA, Welburn will have a hand in holding, investing, reinvesting and…
Marquette National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society Chapter Earns National Award
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University’s Gamma Gamma chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, has been named an “Honor Chapter” for its outstanding activities for the 26th time in 2018-19. The Marquette chapter is one of just two in the nation to receive the honor as many times in the 100-year history…
Media Advisory: Back-To-School Story Ideas From Marquette University
MILWAUKEE — To help with your back-to-school coverage, Marquette University offers the following story ideas as classes for the 2019-20 academic year begin today: For more information on these stories or any other back-to-school ideas, please contact Kevin Conway at kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu or Shelby Williamson at shelby.williamson@marquette.edu.
Burke Foundation Commits $7 Million To Marquette University To Extend Two Service-Driven Scholarship Programs
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University has received a $7 million commitment from the Burke Foundation to continue two longstanding, highly regarded scholarship programs founded by Richard A. Burke: the Trinity Fellows program for graduate students and the Burke Scholars program for undergraduates. Both programs incorporate service to others, which is a key component of Jesuit higher…
Marquette University Advantage Program Announced In Partnership With Catholic Memorial High School
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University and Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha have announced a partnership which establishes a clear path for students from Catholic Memorial to attend Marquette. The Marquette University and Catholic Memorial High School Advantage Program allows Catholic Memorial graduates to enroll at Waukesha County Technical College or UWM–Waukesha before transferring to Marquette…
Marquette Computer Science Professor Receives $1.8 Million Grant For Precision Medicine Research
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Serdar Bozdag, assistant professor of computer science in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.8 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health for his research on precision medicine through the development of an integrative computational model. Bozdag’s research is aimed at developing methods for…