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Klingler College of Arts and Sciences receives $1 million Humanities Without Walls Award
The Klingler College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a grant of just over $1 million from Humanities Without Walls. Humanities Without Walls (HWW), funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is a consortium based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Humanities Research Institute that fosters collaborative research and explores the contributions of…
Conor Kelly named next director of Marquette Core Curriculum
Dr. Conor Kelly, assistant professor of theology, has been named the university’s next director of the Marquette Core Curriculum (MCC), Provost Kimo Ah Yun announced today. Dr. Kelly will begin his new role on July 1, replacing Dr. James Marten. Dr. Kelly’s research centers on the ethics of ordinary life, demonstrating how theological resources can…
Marquette’s Dwyane Wade “Live To Dream” Summer Reading Program Curbs Summer Literacy Slide
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University’s College of Education has released results of its Dwyane Wade “Live to Dream” Summer Reading Program, showing significant progress in curbing the “summer slide” in reading achievement among inner-city Milwaukee school children. Wade visited elementary school students at Marquette when first launching his “Live to Dream” Summer Reading Program in 2014.…
Milwaukee Philanthropist Michael Cudahy Gives $1 Million To Marquette To Support First-Generation Engineering Students
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee entrepreneur, business executive and philanthropist Michael Cudahy has given $1 million to support five full scholarships, including room-and-board for students attending Marquette University’s Opus College of Engineering. Four students, all of whom are the first in their families to attend college and come from diverse backgrounds, started at Marquette this academic year.…
Marquette University And Medical College Of Wisconsin Announce Biomedical Engineering Department
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) have announced the creation of the Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin Biomedical Engineering Department which will bring together the engineering education and research expertise of Marquette and the medical research, technology and clinical expertise of MCW to provide an inclusive education…
Marquette Alumni Couple Issue $10 Million Challenge To Honor Longtime Past President
New residence hall facility will bear Father Wild’s name
Northwestern Mutual, Marquette University And University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Invest Nearly $40 Million To Create The Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute
The Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute will advance data science and technology learning to strengthen future talent in Milwaukee
CNBC TV Star Lemonis To Launch New Giving Challenge With Marquette
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University and alumnus Marcus Lemonis, star of CNBC’s The Profit and The Partner, are teaming up to launch a new $3 million dollar giving challenge. Beginning on Friday, Feb. 17, in conjunction with the National Marquette Day pep rally, the challenge will run for two months. Lemonis will donate up to $1.5 million of his own…
Marquette University To Honor Outstanding Graduates At Alumni National Awards Weekend, April 28-30
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University will honor 50 accomplished alumni and friends during Alumni National Awards Weekend, April 28-30, for their personal achievements and support of the university. Short profiles of the honorees, including Alumni of the Year Margaret and Richard Sibbernsen, are available on the Alumni National Awards website. The site allows individuals to send a…
Marquette Alumni Couple Give $3.5 Million Gift For Scholarship Aid
A Marquette alumni couple have given the university a $3.5 million gift for scholarship aid. The Donald J. and Frances I. Herdrich Endowed Scholarship for Engineering will fund full scholarships for first-generation students in the Opus College of Engineering. Twenty-three percent of Marquette’s most recent incoming class are first-generation college students. The engineering scholarships include…