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Interdisciplinary faculty team receives 2022 Way Klingler Teaching Enhancement Award 

Faculty and associate deans from the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education and staff from the Educational Opportunity Program received the 2022 Way Klingler Teaching Enhancement Award.   Winners include:   Cheryl Brenner, mathematics content specialist, Educational Opportunity Program  Dr. Joshua Burns, associate dean of academic affairs, Klingler College of Arts and […]

2022 faculty promotions announced

Thirty faculty members have been promoted to professor or associate professor with tenure, effective the fall 2022 semester. Additionally, seven full-time participating faculty members were promoted to professor of legal writing, clinical professor, clinical associate professor or associate professor of practice.  Between July 2021 and June 2022, 22 faculty members and academic administrators have been […]

Engineering professor receives $550,000 NSF CAREER grant

Dr. Somesh Roy, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in Marquette University’s Opus College of Engineering, is the recipient of a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to create a framework that will model soot emission from combustion engines, leading to cleaner combustion systems. The project, “A scalable multiscale modeling framework to explore soot formation […]

Marquette Wire executive director earns WBA Leadership Award

Aimee Galaszewski, the executive director of the Marquette Wire, will be recognized with the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Student Leadership Award at the WBA Student Seminar on March 5.  The WBA Student Leadership Award is given to a broadcasting or broadcast journalism student of junior standing or above at a Wisconsin college or university who has […]

Dr. Alan Burkard named WSCA Mary Gehrke-McAllister Leadership Award recipient

Dr. Alan Burkard, professor and chair of counselor education and counseling psychology, was awarded the 2022 Wisconsin School Counselor Association’s Mary Gehrke-McAllister Leadership Award.  The award recognizes those persons who have provided outstanding leadership to the school counseling profession in Wisconsin. He was recognized in November 2021 at the Wisconsin School Counselor Association’s Annual Conference, which takes […]

Marquette Opus Dean of Engineering named to board of Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee

Dr. Kristina Ropella, Opus Dean of the Opus College of Engineering at Marquette University, has joined the Board of Directors for the Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee.  HPGM was formed in 2001 with the vision of showcasing Hispanic talent in the Milwaukee area and providing professionals with the support they need to reach increasing levels of success […]

Marquette engineering professor named Engineer of the Year by STEM Forward

Dr. Ayman EL-Refaie, Werner Endowed Chair in Secure/Sustainable Energy and professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Opus College of Engineering at Marquette University, was named the 2021 Engineer of the Year by STEM Forward, metro Milwaukee’s leading STEM education and outreach provider.  The Engineer of the Year has been awarded since 1953 to […]

Marquette associate vice president joins board of James W. Foley Legacy Foundation

Rana Altenburg, associate vice president of public affairs at Marquette University, has joined the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation Board of Directors, the organization announced Jan. 7. The Foley Foundation was created in 2014 to honor the legacy of James Foley, a graduate of Marquette and a freelance journalist who was captured and beheaded by […]

Marquette doctoral candidate earns third place in The Science Coalition video challenge

Adam Knier, a doctoral candidate in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biological Sciences, earned third place in the graduate student division of The Science Coalition’s annual “Fund It Forward” video competition. The “Fund It Forward” competition encourages undergraduate and graduate researchers to spread the word about why science matters. Knier’s […]