Helfaer’s accessibility problem
Devi Shastri, Investigative Reporter
April 14, 2016
Helfaer Theater, the counseling center, and the 'Old Gym' provide a challenge for persons with physical disabilities.
University has room to improve on sexual health education
Devi Shastri, Investigative Reporter
December 3, 2015
Marquette ranked 118th out of 140 universities in sexual health. This is why...
Debt by Degree: Dealing with Debt
Patrick Thomas, Investigative Reporter
November 12, 2015
The second part of a 2-part series looking at student debt at Marquette, and how students are handling it.
Marquette ranks near middle for student debt among peer institutions
Patrick Thomas, Investigative Reporter
October 29, 2015
Data from the Department of Education puts MU in the middle of the pack when it comes to student debt.
The guidelines of innovation
Devi Shastri, Investigative Reporter
October 1, 2015
Biological sciences faculty member Robert Fitts has researched muscle fatigue at Marquette for 40 years. His first three decades as a researcher were funded by NASA, where he worked with rats and humans to understand the impact of space flight on muscle tissue. This year, he and the department of physical...
Looking West
Patrick Thomas, Investigative Reporter
October 1, 2015
Businesses on the west side have noticed more students venturing into the area since Marquette established a police force.
The Wire explains: School rankings
Alexander Montesantos, Investigative Reporter
September 24, 2015
Marquette is ranked 86th best by US News & World Report. But what does that mean, and how does it affect you?
MIAD and Marquette design for the future
September 10, 2015
Engineering students from Marquette create something using their engineering skills, and the MIAD students work creatively to make and design aspects of the project to present it to the general public. The specific curriculum is not yet set, but the program aims to get students to work collaboratively to solve big problems.
Honors beyond Straz Tower
December 3, 2014
Every year, 100 students take part in the Honors Program, taking classes and usually living together in the Straz Tower residence hall, but now the program is transitioning to be more friendly for students outside of humanities degrees. Amelia Zurcher, director of the Honors Program and associate English professo...
The Home is the Clinic
October 1, 2014
For Dominique Jones, a Milwaukee resident and a mother of a 3-year-old, getting health care is already difficult. But getting mental health care for her child, who she said had multiple behavior problems, was another cost to add onto her daily expenses. "I'm a single mom raising my son by...
MU addresses tech gender disparity
May 1, 2014
When Theresa Le walked into her freshman seminar for computer engineering majors, she realized she was one of just three women out of more than 50 students. Le, now a junior in the College of Engineering, knew before coming to Marquette that the computer-related disciplines were bound to be male-dominated,...
MU needs new fundraising efforts with new leadership
May 1, 2014
The arrival of University President-elect Michael Lovell brings the possibility to reverse a decade-long trend of increasingly costly philanthropy to the school. “(Lovell) will have the chance to help us understand what the expression of the strategic plan will look like, which will...
