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Near West Side Highlight: Dia Henderson

Alumna Dia Henderson ‘22, housing resource coordinator at Near West Side Partners, is taking her talents beyond Marquette’s campus. During her time at Marquette, Dia was a graduate research assistant in the Center for Peacemaking, focusing on the PARC (Promoting Assets, Reducing Crime) collaboration, as well as a graduate assistant in the Center of Engagement […]

Marquette University research reaches new heights in 2022

By Melissa Barclay, senior communication specialist in the Office of University Relations at Marquette University   Named 41st among the Most Innovative Universities by U.S. News and World Report in its latest annual Best Colleges rankings, Marquette University is committed to fostering a thriving academic research and scholarship community. In fact, Research in Action has been […]

MKE 101: Why the Cream City has it all

By Melissa Barclay, senior communication specialist in the Office of University Relations at Marquette University   Marquette calls Milwaukee home — fortunately, Wisconsin’s largest city has a ton to offer. Recently named a top 25 worldwide destination and a place travelers should go in 2023 by National Geographic, this guide will help you explore this urban […]

We Are All Marquette: Walking Indigenous Milwaukee

By Ana Luci Gonzalez Nuñez, communications intern for the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion In honor of Native American Heritage Month, I took part in the Indigenous Milwaukee tour that came to life as a result of a collaboration between Marquette’s Indigeneity Lab and Historic Milwaukee, Inc. This project creates greater visibility for Indigenous […]

Marquette Bookshelf: ‘Evading the Patronage Trap: Interest Representation in Mexico’

By Dr. Brian Palmer-Rubin, assistant professor of political science Why have Latin American democracies proven unable to confront the structural inequalities that cripple their economies and stymie social mobility? Evading the Patronage Trap contends that we may lay the blame on these countries’ systems of interest representation, which exhibit “biased pluralism,” a system in which the […]

Council on Native American Affairs seeks to support Native relations at Marquette

By Katie Darragh, communication intern in the Office of University Relations at Marquette University A constantly evolving partnership, Marquette’s Council on Native American Affairs seeks to better understand how Native American students can fully thrive on campus. This community-based council comprising Native American Marquette alumni and members of other higher education institutions has, since 2017, […]

Surge Protector

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.