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Safety Task Force approves 12 proposals for implementation

The President’s Task Force on Community Safety on Tuesday, May 31, met for the final time before it moves into an implementation phase. Leaders from each safety workgroup presented their recommendations. Marquette University Police Department Chief Edith Hudson, chair of the task force, announced that the following proposals were approved by the university’s Executive Leadership […]

Law School to host federal-state conversation on environmental issues, June 15

Preston Cole, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Debra Shore, regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will be featured guests for a discussion, “A Federal-State Conversation on Environmental Issues,” hosted by David Strifling, director of the Water Law and Policy Initiative at Marquette University, on Wednesday, June 15, at 12:15 […]

Alumnus and NBA legend Dwyane Wade makes major gift to continue to grow literacy for inner-city children

Marquette University alumnus and NBA legend Dwyane Wade has given a major gift to the university’s Ralph C. Hartman Literacy and Learning Center to extend his Live to Dream Summer Reading Program through 2025. His gift will continue to grow the highly successful summer reading program he initially funded through the Wade’s World Foundation in […]

Marquette community mourns the loss of George Thompson

Legendary player was program’s all-time leading scorer for 40 years George Thompson, one of the most accomplished players in the history of Marquette men’s basketball, passed away on Wednesday morning due to complications from a long battle with diabetes. A three-year letterwinner (1967-69), George Thompson was the all-time scoring leader in Marquette basketball history with […]

Juneteenth Weekend kick-off celebration on Central Mall, June 17

Come together with Marquette and Milwaukee community members for a Juneteenth Celebration on Friday, June 17, from noon to 4 p.m. on Central Mall. The free, public event is hosted by Dr. Kristin Haglund, the Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J. Endowed Chair and professor in the College of Nursing, and the Milwaukee nonprofit organization Safe […]

Three faculty members earn prestigious Fulbright Scholar awards for international research

Three faculty members have received Fulbright Scholar awards to conduct research and teaching opportunities overseas. The recipients are Dr. Laura Matthew, associate professor of history, and Dr. Jessica Rich, associate professor of political science, both of the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, and Dr. James Pokrywczynski, associate professor of strategic communication in the Diederich […]

Marquette, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee partner for ‘President’s and Chancellor’s Challenge: A Crosstown Collaboration to Address Poverty’

Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, with support from the Johnson Controls Foundation, have announced a new partnership, the “President’s and Chancellor’s Challenge: A Crosstown Collaboration to Address Poverty,” which will focus on poverty, its root causes and its subsequent effects on members of Milwaukee’s various communities. The President’s and Chancellor’s Challenge will provide […]

Elections for Staff Senate, June 5-17

Elections for Staff Senate representatives will take place online from June 5 through June 17. Any employee whose primary designation is staff is eligible to vote.   The University Staff Senate is a group of elected individuals who represent Marquette University staff so that their views and interests may be considered, alongside those of faculty and students, […]

Marquette receives over $1 million from Omron Corp. for the Omron Advanced Automation Lab

Omron Corp. has gifted over $1 million to Marquette to establish the Omron Advanced Automation Lab in the Opus College of Engineering, which will further strengthen the connection between engineering and business by combining innovative industrial automation and robotics technology with supply chain platforms. The gift will establish the lab and support the mechanical engineering […]