Marquette part of consortium receiving $20 million grant
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a $20 million grant to a consortium of eight Milwaukee institutions, including Marquette, to create a Milwaukee-wide research partnership committed to advancing biomedical research, patient care and education.
Get connected with Marquette entrepreneurs
Are you an entrepreneur? A business owner? Self-employed? Share your contact info with the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship at Marquette for mentorship opportunities, social networking events and updates on entrepreneurship around campus.
Marquette Athletics launches redesigned website
Last month, the Marquette Athletics Department released a redesigned look to its official website, GoMarquette.com, featuring a new video player, audio podcasts, exclusive auctions, interactive downloads and the most comprehensive coverage of every Golden Eagle athletic team.
College of Health Sciences starts new emergency medicine fellowship
The Physician Assistant Studies program has launched a postgraduate fellowship in emergency medicine. The intensive, one-year training program is the first of its kind in Wisconsin and is one of just a handful of such programs in the United States.
Marquette in the news
Dr. James South, chair of the Department of Philosophy, is co-editor of the new book Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing is as it Seems. The book has garnered mentions in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. South explains the nuances behind AMC’s hit show in this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article and in a Q&A with Marquette Magazine.
See what Marquette events are happening in your area. Check out the Event Calendar and register online.
Saturday, Aug. 21, at 1 p.m. CT
The Olive Tap and Farmside Country Store and Winery, Long Grove, Ill.
Saturday, Aug. 21, at 2 p.m. PT
Del Mar Racetrack, Del Mar, Calif.
Sunday, Aug. 29, at noon CT
Telfer Park and Harry C. Pohlman Field, Beloit, Wis.
Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 5 p.m. CT
Butte des Morts Country Club, Appleton, Wis.
Oct. 1-3, 2010
Marquette University campus
Visit the Parents website for a sampling of weekend activities.
Give Marquette: A new beginning
Just a few years ago, teenager Tommy Walls put his troubled home life behind him in Detroit and came to Milwaukee to live with extended family. The move transformed his life. Now he will be one of six Boys & Girls Clubs of America Youth of the Year winners to start at Marquette this fall.
Hear his powerful story.
College of Nursing heads to Peru
Nine nursing students recently returned from a four-week stay in Piura, Peru, with Dr. Darlene Weis, associate professor emeriti of nursing. The group worked in a local clinic and hospice, assisted in home visits and taught illness prevention to elementary school children, among other activities. Read one student’s blog about the experience.
Derek J. Pawlak, Grad ’94, became a principal of Geneva Capital Management, a Milwaukee-
Matthew T. Drew, Bus Ad ’03, and Megan (Taylor) Drew, Nurs ’03, Grad ’07, welcomed a daughter, Vivian Marie, on April 25. She joins big sister Lucille. 
