Arts & Sciences
Marquette Elects Owen Sullivan Chair Of Board Of Trustees
New trustee elected; four named trustees emeriti
Marquette Professor Receives $555,636 NSF Grant For Solar Power Study
Research will consider using a porous metal organic framework as a catalyst for solar-to-fuel conversion
Marquette Biochemist Identifies Blueprint For Enzyme That Makes Ammonia
Discovery could lead to energy savings in fertilizer production
Marquette Receives $1 Million NSF Grant So Milwaukee Teachers Can Earn Certification To Teach Computer Science
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University has received a $1 million National Science Foundation grant that will lead to thousands of Milwaukee Public Schools students learning computer science. Marquette will administer the grant for nearly 200 MPS teachers to receive certification to teach computer science, enough to provide computer science instruction in each MPS school. “This is…
New Marquette Study Shows Benefits Of ‘Flipped Classroom’
MILWAUKEE — A classroom centered around students — and not the professor —may help first-year chemistry students who otherwise would achieve lower grades, according to studies from Marquette University researchers. Dr. Scott Reid, professor and chair of chemistry at Marquette, found that the number of students who received grades of D, F or who withdrew…
Marquette Computer Scientists Awarded $1 Million NSF Grant To Develop Model For Career Change Into Computing
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University computer scientists in the Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences have received a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to help low-income, academically talented students quickly learn the skills needed to change careers into computing. The award will build off an innovative I.T. Boot Camp Marquette computer scientists piloted…
Marquette Biologist Earns $900,000 Grant To Advance Studies On Climate-Driven Changes In Tropical Forests
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Stefan Schnitzer, Mellon Distinguished Professor of Biology in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, was recently awarded a four-year, $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for continued studies into determining the drivers of ongoing large-scale changes in tropical forests, which Schnitzer’s research shows is critical to predicting the long-term…
Marquette University Has Two Winners Of Prestigious Fulbright Awards
MILWAUKEE — Two Marquette University seniors were selected for 2016-17 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards and they will spend several months working overseas as English teaching assistants through the prestigious program celebrating its 70th year. Olanrewaju Awosika, a senior in the Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Spanish for the health professions, and…
EPR Spectroscopy Detects Disease For The First Time: Finds Abnormalities In Mitochondria
MILWAUKEE — Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy for the first time has been used to directly detect and characterize disease. EPR of muscle and liver biopsy tissue detected abnormalities in mitochondria, the compartments found in cells that create most of the energy needed by the body to sustain life, the chair of Marquette University’s Physics…
CNBC Television Star Lemonis, Marquette University Exceed $1 Million Challenge Fundraising Goal
MILWAUKEE — The Marquette University community responded enthusiastically to the giving challenge issued by alumnus and CNBC star Marcus Lemonis, combining to raise a total of $1,301,029 for student scholarships and other university initiatives. Lemonis, host of CNBC’s The Profit, teamed with Marquette to launch the $1 Million Challenge on Jan. 5, 2016. The challenge…