Arts & Sciences
Tragil Wade-Johnson Summer Reading Program works to combat ‘summer slide’
It’s a hard truth teachers across the country face annually. When students file into classrooms for the first day of school each fall, many return with achievement levels lower than what they reached at the end of the previous year. The phenomenon is known as the summer slide, common among students from low-income families. Mary…
Marquette faculty and staff research grants from December 2022/January 2023
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has announced the following research grants awarded to university faculty and staff in December 2022/January 2023. A Model for Humanizing Engineering Education: Broadening Engineering Teaching with Theory-based Educational Resources (BETTER) $300,000 – National Science Foundation Capturing the impact of realistic multicomponent fuels in high-pressure spray combustion simulations $318,990…
Marquette faculty and staff research grants from October/November 2022
Marquette University’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has announced the following research grants awarded to university faculty and staff in October/November 2022. A Digital Storytelling Intervention to Promote the Health of African American Family Caregivers $50,000 – The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Sociocultural and Regulatory Implications of Direct and Indirect Potable Water Reuse…
Biomedical sciences student reflects on Global Brigades experience
Global Brigades has been a signature program for students in the College of Health Sciences since its inception at Marquette in 2003; in January, yet another cohort made their way to Panama to assist local communities. The Global Brigades organization aims to promote sustainable development in rural Central America through a wholistic model organized around…
We Are All Marquette: A Q&A with Dr. Nakia Gordon, associate professor of psychology
Dr. Nakia Gordon, associate professor of psychology, discusses the early influences on her professional career, her research and more.
We Are All Marquette: A Q&A with Dr. Amber Wichowsky, professor of political science and the director of Marquette’s Civic Dialogues program and Democracy Lab
The Marquette Civic Dialogues program works to foster deliberation about the pressing issues facing our world today, prepare students to be citizens with purpose, and advance scholarship on the benefits of civic dialogue. Through programming and research, students are encouraged to Be The Difference by engaging differences in political thought and lived experience. Eva Antoni,…
Fireside chat on equity and excellence in education, Feb. 23
Hear from education leaders about closing the opportunity and achievement gap for students and guiding them to success in their educational career and beyond during a fireside chat on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 4 p.m. in Sensenbrenner Hall Eisenberg Reading Room 304. Register online by Monday, Feb. 20. The event is hosted by the Marquette…
From ankle joint pain to digital archives: Six participating faculty research projects funded through Office of the Provost
The Office of the Provost annually allocates $10,000 to be distributed to full-time participating faculty for research activities,
Three named to BizTimes Milwaukee’s Notable Leaders in Higher Education list
BizTimes Milwaukee recently recognized 23 individuals as part of its inaugural Notable Leaders in Higher Education list, including two members of the Marquette University Leadership Council and one university staff member. Receiving recognition were Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp, vice president for research and innovation; Joseph D. Kearney, dean of the Marquette University Law School and professor…
Marquette University mourns the loss of Tina Boyle Whyte
Marquette University mourns the loss of Tina Boyle Whyte, assistant professor of practice of computer science in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, who passed away on Thursday, Jan. 19. Tina joined the Marquette faculty in 2019 after previously serving in the United States Air Force Reserves for 30 years. Throughout her military career,…