Arts & Sciences
Marquette Counseling Professor Awarded $750,000 Grant To Expand Rehabilitation, Mental Health Education Program
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Lee Za Ong, assistant professor of counselor education and counseling psychology in the College of Education at Marquette University, has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for her project,“Increasing the Supply and Improving the Skills of Qualified Rehabilitation Counselors with Mental Illness Specialties in Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin.” The project…
Marquette Computer Science Professor Named To Inaugural ACM Technology Policy Council
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Michael Zimmer, associate professor of computer science in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has been named to the newly launched the Association for Computing Machinery Technology Policy Council. Recognizing the global impact of technology on all aspects of society and daily life, the ACM formed a Technology Policy Council…
Marquette University Leading New $2 Million Computer Science Effort In Public Schools
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Dennis Brylow, professor of computer science in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has received nearly $2 million in a National Science Foundation collaborative research grant to promote computer science education among teachers in public schools. Brylow and his team will explore deeper questions about how prior computer science exposure…
Marquette Computer Science Professor Receives $1.8 Million Grant For Precision Medicine Research
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Serdar Bozdag, assistant professor of computer science in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.8 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health for his research on precision medicine through the development of an integrative computational model. Bozdag’s research is aimed at developing methods for…
Marquette Chemistry Professor Earns Early Career Research Grant From Department Of Energy
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Jier Huang, assistant professor of chemistry in the Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University, has received a grant through the United States Department of Energy Early Career Research Program for her research into solar energy sources. Huang’s research aims to address the challenge of capturing carbon dioxide and…
Marquette University Hiring Nine Faculty Members To Add To Race, Ethnic And Indigenous Studies Program
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University will recruit additional faculty members to bolster its Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies program during the 2019-20 academic year with a cluster hire of nine new faculty. The Race and Ethnic Studies cluster hire is a collaboration among the Office of the Provost, the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, the…
Marquette Professor Named American Chemical Society Fellow
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Scott Reid, professor of chemistry at Marquette University, has been named an American Chemical Society Fellow and will be feted at the society’s fall national meeting in San Diego. The ACS Fellows Program recognizes members for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession and the society. The ACS Fellows Program…
Marquette Professors Receive $525,000 Grant To Research A New ‘Green’ Catalyst
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Richard Holz, Dean of Marquette University’s Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences and professor of chemistry, and Dr. Brian Bennett, professor and chair of physics, have received a $525,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue research into enzymes that are a new type of “green” catalyst. Holz and Bennett…
Marquette Professor Leads Development Of First Wisconsin Standards For Computer Science Instruction In K-12 Schools
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Dennis Brylow, associate professor of math, statistics and computer science, was co-chair of the committee that developed Wisconsin’s first standards to guide K-12 school districts in their computer science instruction. The standards, approved in late June by Tony Evers, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction, are expected to be approved by a majority…
Marquette Receives $1.2 Million NSF Grant To Attract And Retain Secondary Science, Technology, Engineering And Math Teachers
Marquette University’s College of Education and Opus College of Engineering faculty have received a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a 14-month master’s program that will attract and retain new science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers. The accelerated program, which will start in summer 2018 and is already accepting applications, targets people…