Higher education is facing threats from the Trump administration in the form of cuts to research funding, changes to the status of international students and more executive orders which have affected various universities across the nation.
Jess Verdejo sent out an email on April 28 letting Marquette University's 414 Fellows that their program had been paused effective immediately due to a federal funding decision.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper celebrated three decades of local cleanup efforts on April 26 with its 30th annual Spring Cleanup. The cleanup took place at over 100 locations in the greater Milwaukee area, where volunteers gave their time to tend to the local waterways.
University President Kimo Ah Yun was inaugurated April 29 at the Al McGuire Center after being named Marquette's 25th president in November of 2024.
The theme of the inauguration was “Open your heart....
Marquette University Student Government is continuing their efforts to invest their nearly $900,000 budget surplus into various improvement initiatives around the Marquette campus through the “Omnibus Projects."
President Donald Trump recently clarified some of his administration's tariff objectives through a list indicating ways in which countries are “non-tariff cheating." The administration argues that these forms of "cheating" allow other countries to gain unfair advantages in international trade.
Sophia Tiedge, Assistant News Editor
• April 29, 2025
Kimo Ah Yun is being inaugurated as Marquette's 25th university president April 29. He'll move into the presidency with promises for the kind of university he wants to create — similarly to dozens of university leaders before him.
Mia Thurow, Executive News Editor
• April 26, 2025
Marquette University President Kimo Ah Yun will officially be sworn into his role the morning of April 29. He previously served as acting president before being named the university's 25th president on November 20.
Mia Thurow, Executive News Editor
• April 25, 2025
Hundreds of protesters took to the sidewalks of downtown Oconomowoc the morning of April 19, wearing political attire, carrying colorful homemade signs and hoisting large flags for passersby to see.
