Arts & Sciences
Food for thought
Marquette recently purchased two hydroponic farms from Fork Farms, an agricultural technology company based in Green Bay.
Reaching higher for education
Heading into his junior year, Golda Meir High School student Henderson Smith skipped the usual summer activities in favor of the classroom. “I heard about the class Social Justice in Education and decided to sign up through Milwaukee Public Schools’ Department of Black and Latino Male Achievement (BLMA),” Henderson says. “I had been wanting to…
Commitment to supporting student mental health and wellness powers campus leader Maiya Sabree
Building on her experiences leading Black Mindz, an award-winning peer support organization, as an undergraduate, Sabree is now in a master’s program in student affairs, where she’s working to promote a culture of inclusion and belonging on campus.
‘Sewing’ seeds in a new home
Every weekend during the school year, refugee women and children from Afghanistan meet at Hamilton High School on Milwaukee’s south side. For several hours, the women gather to sew, eat lunch and share their experiences in what Dr. Louise Cainkar, professor of social and cultural sciences in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, calls…
Marquette adds multidisciplinary public health minor
This minor extends students’ understanding of the social determinants of health and prepares them to act to improve the health of all populations.
Dr. Dan Scholz launches new Catholic Schools and Parishes Initiative at Marquette
Dr. Dan Scholz returns to Marquette as the director of a new initiative focusing on Catholic schools and parishes. This revenue-generating initiative is focused on providing ongoing education to lay leaders in local parishes as well as Catholic school teachers and leaders.
Submit a proposal for 2024 Marquette Telehealth Accelerator Seed Grant
The Marquette University Telehealth Accelerator invites Marquette faculty and staff to submit proposals for up to $20,000 in seed money for innovative projects that explore, make an impact on and advance telehealth. Proposals are due Tuesday, Oct. 1. Email proposals to Kathryn Rapala, clinical assistant professor in the College of Nursing, by 11:59 p.m. on…
Artificial intelligence and us — Marquette’s Intersection faculty roundtable
Three Arts and Sciences faculty voices on our present and future with AI.
Superworms to the rescue
It sounds like something from a science fiction movie, but sophomore Brennan Deshotel is learning the genius of superworms and their ability to breakdown pollutants in the environment.
Marquette researchers discover new probiotic to weaken multidrug-resistant staph infections, such as MRSA
Researchers in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences have discovered a novel probiotic which can weaken the resistance of antimicrobial resistant bacterial infections.