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Near West Side Partners to host happy hour and Brewers game, May 24

May 3, 2018

As a special “Thank you” to Near West Side employees, Near West Side Partners will host an exclusive happy hour and Brewers game on Thursday, May 24. Happy hour will begin at 5 p.m. at the Valley Inn. Drink specials and free appetizers will be available prior to the game. The Brewers game against the […]

Student-Made Marquette gives student entrepreneurs an e-tail platform

By Kevin Keenan, communication intern in the Office of University Relations In the same vein as other popular online marketplaces, Marquette students can now showcase their entrepreneurial spirit on Student-Made Marquette, a largely student-led arts collective made up of creators and innovators within the campus community. It officially launched on Feb. 1, 2023. Kelsey Otero, senior […]

Page, stage and beyond

When a production of “Les Misérables” came to Milwaukee in late 2022, Dr. Ben Pladek extended the reach of Romantic Studies by leading the community in conversations about the musical’s 19th century origins and contemporary relevance. Illustration by Robert Neubecker By Laura Bengs Like one of Victor Hugo’s characteristically ludicrous coincidences woven through his classic novel […]

World-class alliance

Membership in the Newberry Library’s Center for Renaissance Studies Consortium opens doors — and valuable funding and fellowship opportunities — for Marquette scholars. Illustration by Stephanie Dalton Cowan By Jennifer Walter To better understand the present, sometimes it helps to look to the past. “When I read about the social worlds depicted in 18th-century literature, […]