Arts & Sciences
Wordsmiths at work: A behind-the-scenes look at the Marquette Literary Review
From the call for entries to the launch party, students drive every stage of the Marquette Literary Review – bringing peers, faculty and alumni together through the power of creative writing.
Shakespeare, Race and Colonialism poster fair, Dec. 5
Students from CORE 1929 MOI: Shakespeare, Race and Colonialism will present their research at a poster fair on Friday, Dec. 5, from 12:20 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Lemonis Center for Student Success multipurpose room. Learn how William Shakespeare’s work and related themes resonate with students today. Each group will have a poster, slides…
Top five reasons to study at the Les Aspin Center in Washington, D.C.
Since 1988, Marquette University’s Les Aspin Center has offered students a one-of-a-kind opportunity to live, learn and work in Washington, D.C.
Faculty and staff honored at annual Employee Anniversary Luncheon
Faculty and staff members from across the university were honored at the annual Employee Anniversary Luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 28.
What If…
Illustrations by Robert Neubecker Taylor Thompson was concerned how things would go in her first year as a first-grade teacher in a public elementary school in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. And, in fact, she found teaching during that 2024–2025 school year to be hard work. “Each day is not rainbows and singing and dancing,” she said. But…
Louisiana’s ‘Let Teachers Teach’ Plan Strikes a Chord
Illustrations by Robert Neubecker This is a sidebar to a longer essay, “What if . . . K–12 Education Reform Efforts Focused on Making Teaching Jobs More Doable?“ Louisiana as a leader in education improvement? The idea would have drawn guffaws for many years. The state had some of the weakest K–12 education records in…
Principals Can Play Big Roles in Teacher Success
This is a sidebar to a longer essay, “What if . . . K–12 Education Reform Efforts Focused on Making Teaching Jobs More Doable?“ Illustrations by Robert Neubecker While pay and benefits matter, the research is clear that many teachers who quit their jobs cite low job satisfaction. And many of them attribute this in…
Marquette Bookshelf: ‘Embodying the Tradition: Essays in Memory of Joseph Mueller, S.J. (1960-2023)’
The book is edited by Dr. Andrei A. Orlov, professor of theology.
The Power of Reading: Transforming Student Achievement Through Literacy, Dec. 2
Marquette University Law School and the College of Education will host a program on student achievement, with a focus on reading efforts, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 12:15 p.m. in Eckstein Hall. The discussion will be led by Alan Borsuk, senior fellow in law and public policy. The program will examine the current state of reading and…
Ethical hacking: Cybersecurity in action with Chirag Malkan
Cybersecurity professionals turn to ethical hacking to protect important systems.