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Notre Dame professor encourages Marquette to improve environment quality in low-income areas

Brittany Carloni, General Assignment Reporter • February 24, 2016
Shrader-Frechette, who teaches philosophy and biological sciences, discussed environmental racism - when poorer, minority communities have worse environmental quality than wealthier, non-minority places.
Photo by Maryam Tunio /maryam.tunio@mu.edu

Students to vote on implementing fee for new rec and wellness center

Rebecca Carballo, Student Government & Politics Reporter • February 24, 2016
The fee would be tacked on to the tuition price, and a recent MUSG feasibility study points to a need for a new facility.

Alpha Phi’s Annual Mr. Heart Throb Competition

Halle Gordon, Erin Neuhengen and Hannah Kirby • February 23, 2016

Marquette's Alpha Phi chapter recently hosted their annual Mr. Heart Throb competition to raise money for their philanthropy, The American Heart Association. Six competitors were evaluated across four...

The panels members and moderator. Photo by Brittany Carloni /brittany.carloni@mu.edu

Undocumented students panel discusses challenges, improvements Marquette can make

Brittany Carloni, General Assignment Reporter • February 20, 2016
The event, called “The Justice of Borders? At the Nexus of Politics, Philosophy and Practice. ‘Undocumented’ on Campus: The Experiences of College Students in Milwaukee,” included four panelists.
Marquette Law School’s Water and Policy Initiative aims to use collaboration inside and outside the university to both assess the legal aspects of water policy and to educate the public on legal policy surrounding the world’s water problem. Photo courtesy of Susan Longhenry

Marquette Law School and Haggerty Art Museum projects highlight Global Water Center themes

Alex Groth, Metro Reporter • February 18, 2016
“Responsible stewardship of the world’s resources, including water requires consideration of law and policy issues, governmental processes, ethical considerations, educational needs, and a fundamental need to understand how people interact with the world around them (including through the arts),” Jeanne Hossenlop, the Vice President for Research and Innovation said.
A Marquette professor will be researching memory with her newly awarded 800,000 dollar grant. Photo by Benjamin Erickson / benjamin.erickson@marquette.edu

Professor to study memory formation, retention with grant

Gary Leverton, Higher Education Reporter • February 18, 2016
The professor, Marieke Gilmartin, will use the next four years to study the mechanisms of memory creation and retention between brain regions.
Straz Hall will begin renovations once the new business building is complete Marquette Wire stock photo

Justice for Fraud Victims Project provides students with real-world accounting experience

Dana Warren, General Assignment Reporter • February 18, 2016
The initiative allows students to work with local law enforcement as well as mentors and faculty to apply skills they have learned in either fraud examination or auditing.
A new course in next years Core Curriculum will combine elements of theology and philosophy. Marquette Wire stock photo.

Student government to provide list of study spaces around campus

Rebecca Carballo, Student Government & Politics Reporter • February 18, 2016
The MUSG academic committee is compiling a list of the study spaces available on campus. Members plan to do walk-throughs of different buildings on campus, assessing how they can best be utilized for studying.
Graduation rates are the metric for the academic excellence strategic theme. Goal stewards chose the metrics for each strategic plan theme with assistance from the Strategic Plan Coordinating Team. Photo courtesy of Alexandra Riley

Online dashboard to illustrate university progress on major strategic plans

Brittany Carloni, General Assignment Reporter • February 18, 2016
The Strategic Plan Coordinating Team, along with the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis and the Office of Marketing and Communication, created the online dashboards to assess the university’s progress towards achieving the strategic theme goals.
Karli Webster, associate director of study abroad operations, helps coordinate the study abroad program and works to ensure student safety. Photo by Mike Carpenter/ michael.carpenter@marquette.edu

ClearCause Foundation aims to promote safer travels for students abroad

Lydia Slattery, Religion & Social Justice Reporter • February 18, 2016
ClearCause, a nonprofit organization that promotes student safety while studying abroad, was founded in 2010 by Sheryl Hill after her son died a preventable death while abroad in Japan.
Tampons, bras and birth control were displayed in the AMU as a promotion of this years Vagina Monologues. Photo courtesy of Anna Matenaer

‘Vagina Monologues’ will return for eighth year after advertising disagreements

Maredithe Meyer, Health Reporter • February 18, 2016
The show, a globally performed play originally written by Eve Ensler, features 12-15 single and multiple-performer acts about feminist issues including love, sex, rape, childbirth, gender identity, menstruation and women’s anatomy.
From left to right: Robert Heideman, William Bates, Michael Lovell Photo by Ben Erickson /benjamin.a.erickson@mu.edu

Water security, supply issues discussed in first task force meeting

Natalie Wickman, Executive News Editor • February 16, 2016
The task force is part of a national initiative led by Marquette, A.O. Smith Corporation and the Council on Competitiveness.
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