Starr Welk-Schwartz, Author at Marquette Today

A big opportunity to bridge a dental knowledge gap

February 21, 2023

A passion for dentistry led Dr. Mariana Reis from Brazil to Marquette. Now, it’s helped her obtain a highly competitive NIH postdoctoral award to study the effects of aging on an overlooked-but-essential type of dental connective tissue.

Pedaling device that customizes resistance for each leg offers breakthrough for stroke patients

February 21, 2023

Physical Therapy Professor Dr. Sheila Schindler-Ivens had the idea of creating a pedal trainer that delivers customized resistance to a stroke patient’s paretic leg. The device is now patented and on track for commercialization that could help physical therapists dramatically improve mobility for stroke patients.

How AI can improve imaging and reduce the need for repeat lumpectomies

February 21, 2023

A new technique from Biomedical Engineering Professor Dr. Bing Yu and colleagues combines deep ultraviolet scanning fluorescence microscopy with artificial intelligence to more precisely determine tumor size and shape to improve the accuracy of lumpectomies.

Called South

November 18, 2022

A Marquette professor and son of Memphis, Tennessee, leads a group from Marquette on a pilgrimage to sites from civil rights history that still have volumes to say today.

Surge Protector

November 17, 2022

Paige Peters’ born-at-Marquette technology treats storm and sewage water 20 times faster than normal, helping utilities prevent hazardous basement backups and overflows into surface waterways.

Special Delivery

November 17, 2022

After Russia invaded Ukraine, alumnus Zachary Dmyterko braved a war zone to deliver a van load of humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian people. Today, he’s still sending supplies.

Good as Gold

November 16, 2022

At 10 years and counting, the Marquette Law School Poll has set a new standard in Wisconsin polling and become a valued source of public opinion insights in battleground America and beyond. When a law school took the unlikely step of launching a public opinion poll, anything could have happened. But the Marquette Law School […]

Pause to reflect: A Q&A with Felicia Mabuza-Suttle

November 4, 2022

Healing Conversations Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, Jour ’77, Grad ’78 Broadcaster, author and entrepreneur Born and raised in South Africa during apartheid, Mabuza-Suttle came to the United States on a student exchange program. After she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Marquette, her broadcast career took her back home to create a trailblazing national talk show, The […]