Marquette Wire

Professor Andrew Williams attends engineering summit in Beijing

Jennifer Walter, Science & Technology Reporter • September 25, 2015

The summit, which was held Sept. 15 and 16, is an international conference for world engineering leaders.

Marquette rescinds Bill Cosby’s honorary degree

Julia Pagliarulo, Assistant News Editor • September 24, 2015

The announcement was made in an email to the Marquette community.

New researcher joins neuron communication project

Gary Leverton, Higher Education Reporter • September 24, 2015

The focus of the project is to determine what communication is happening between neuron cells in the brain. The key goal is finding a way to study how a protein rises and falls without killing the cell.

How to start your own club as a student

Clara Hatcher, Religion & Social Justice Reporter • September 24, 2015

“We would sit at the picnic tables in front of the AMU and play a few songs,” said Julie Medenwald, a senior in the College of Health Sciences. “That’s what sparked the idea for the club.”

New Adopt-a-Block program will pilot this semester

Natalie Wickman, Executive News Editor • September 24, 2015

The tasks involved with adopting a block include making sure trash is cleaned up and reporting safety hazards like broken street lights. Greek life will be adopting the blocks north of campus during the pilot.

Students feel ‘odd,’ ‘isolated’ in gymnasium classrooms

Gary Leverton, Higher Education Reporter • September 24, 2015

Students said the classes are uncomfortable and isolated, but others see why the university might need to make such accommodations.

BlueLight app receives mostly positive, some negative response

McKenna Oxenden, Crime Reporter • September 24, 2015

The BlueLight App released earlier this year, puts a BlueLight phone in the palm of every person’s hand. It has the ability to contact Marquette Police Department within an instant in any dangerous situation.

Midnight Run exploring ways to spend money, anticipating year’s events

Clara Hatcher, Religion & Social Justice Reporter • September 24, 2015

“This needs a lot more research and exploration to see how it could possibly be done,” said Gerry Fischer, Midnight Run's faculty adviser. “I myself could not be the one to be responsible for making this happen.”

Racial minorities react to discrimination, micro aggressions revealed in climate study results

Thomas Salinas, Metro Reporter • September 24, 2015

According to the survey, 19 percent of respondents personally experienced exclusionary, intimidating, offensive and/or hostile conduct. Of those respondents experiencing such conduct, 19 percent said it was because of their racial identity.

Brand representatives promote Yik Yak, Mountain Dew on campus

Dana Warren, General Assignment Reporter • September 24, 2015

Vaquero has been a Yik Yak representative for about a year. He said the interview process was done with an online program that prompted written and video responses.

MUSG moves forward with $170,000 in reserve fund, 10 new senators

Sophia Boyd, Student Government & Politics Reporter • September 24, 2015

Marquette Student Government announced that $170,000 is in its reserve fund and welcomed 10 new residence hall senators during its senate meeting this week.

Young female engineers gather, learn at Marquette’s Girls Who Code club

Jennifer Walter, Beat reporter • September 24, 2015

Girls Who Code is an after-school club instructed by Sally Lin, a graduate engineering student. GWC is a national organization that teaches middle and high school girls the fundamentals of web development and design.