Klingler College of Arts and Sciences
Biological Sciences Colloquium with Megha Majoe
Dr. Megha Majoe, postdoctoral research fellow at Marquette University, will present, “Live long and prosper: How sociality shapes life-history traits in ants,” for the biological sciences seminar on Friday, Nov. 21, at 3 p.m. in Wehr Life Sciences 111. The Biological Sciences Department’s Friday Seminar Series is supported by the Scholl Endowment. Eminent scientists are invited to…
Chemistry Colloquium with Laura Ackerman-Biegasiewicz
Dr. Laura Ackerman-Biegasiewicz, assistant professor of chemistry at Emory University, will present the chemistry seminar on Friday, Nov. 21, at 4 p.m. in Todd Wehr Chemistry 121. See details for the Chemistry Department colloquia here.
Jane Austen 250th birthday celebration
The Department of English will host a celebration honoring the 250th birthday of beloved author Jane Austen (1775-1817) on Thursday, Nov. 20, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Marquette Hall 105. The event will feature an Austen trivia contest, word games, Regency-era card games, period costumes, a selfie photo station, Regency-themed food and more. …
Biochemistry Colloquium with Michelle Hastings
Dr. Michelle Hastings, Pfizer Upjohn Research Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Michigan Medical School, will present “Discovery and development of antisense oligonucleotide therapeutics” for the biological sciences and chemistry seminar on Friday, Nov. 14, at 3 p.m. in Todd Wehr Chemistry 121. The Biological Sciences Department’s Friday Seminar Series is supported by the Scholl Endowment.…
Mathematics and statistical sciences colloquium
Doctoral student Josephine Walk will present “Sixty Years of the Černý Conjecture: A Survey of Theoretical Improvements, Computational Efforts & Applications” for the mathematics and statistical sciences colloquium on Friday, Nov. 14, at 1 p.m. In the 1960s, mathematician Ján Černý suggested that the length of the shortest reset word for a synchronizing automaton with…
Careers in State and Local Government: a panel discussion with Marquette alumni
The Department of Political Science and the Les Aspin Center will host a panel discussion featuring alumni working in local government on Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in AMU 157. Panelists include Stefan Dostanic, deputy clerk of the Milwaukee County Clerk’s Office; Erick Shambarger, director of the Milwaukee Economic Collaboration Office;…
Kant and the greatest difficulty for the theory of forms
Join the Department of Philosophy and Donald J. Schuenke Chair Dr. Pol Vandevelde for a lecture, “Kant and the Greatest Difficulty for the Theory of Forms,” by Dr. Andrew Cutrofello, professor of philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. This presentation draws from chapter four of Cutrofello’s forthcoming book, “The One and The Others: Metaphysics, Poetry, and…
Kincaid Distinguished Lecture in Chemistry with Dr. Hannah S. Shafaat
Dr. Hannah S. Shafaat, professor of chemistry at UCLA, will present “Follow the spectra: mapping electronic structure to reactivity in metalloproteins,” for the Kincaid Distinguished Lecture in Chemistry on Friday, Nov. 7, at 4 p.m. in Todd Wehr Chemistry 121. See details for the Chemistry Department colloquia here.
Claire Dederer to deliver Boheim Distinguished Lecture
The Association of Marquette University Women and Marquette’s Center for the Advancement of the Humanities will host The Eleanor H. Boheim Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. in the AMU Monaghan Ballrooms. The reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. Best-selling and critically acclaimed author Claire Dederer will explore the question at the…
Honors, Civic Dialogues Dinner on democracy and political violence
The University Honors Program and the Civic Dialogues Program invite students, staff and faculty to dinner and a small-group dialogue on “Securing Democracy: Understanding and Addressing Political Violence” on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Sensenbrenner Hall Eisenberg Reading Room. Register online by Sunday, Nov. 16.