Marquette in the News

Marquette awarded grant to study emergency room dental care

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:21:21 -0600

Christopher Okunseri, an associate professor of dental public health at Marquette University School of Dentistry, has received a $300,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how hospital emergency rooms provide non-traumatic dental treatments.

He will use the money to study populations seeking dental care in emergency departments. He will also explore which medications they are receiving for non-traumatic dental conditions such as cavities or bleeding gums, and whether there are related racial and ethnic disparities.

Read more about Okunseri's NIH grant in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 30, 2010.

Selig named adjunct law professor at Marquette

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:19:10 -0600

Marquette University Law School has announced their latest addition to its faculty: Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. Selig has been lecturing at the law school since 2009 but now has been named an adjunct professor.

Story appeared in the in the National Law Journal, November 24, 2010.

Grant backs childhood disability research

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:02:02 -0500

MU to get $4.75 million for orthopedic treatment

Marquette has received a $4.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to improve treatment and equipment for children with orthopedic disabilities, which helps solidify Marquette's role as a research university for pediatric orthopedics and is the kind of development that ultimately could lead to more private-industry local jobs.

Read more about the grant in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Business Journal and BizTimes Milwaukee, Oct. 27, 2010

A broadcast story aired on WDJT (CBS 58), Oct. 27, 2010

U.S. texters ruder than India texters, study finds

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:12:07 -0500

A recent Marquette University study compared the texting habits of cell phone users in the world's two largest democracies � the U.S. and India.

In monitoring text messages from 137 college students in both countries, Robert Shuter, the Marquette communication studies professor who led the study, said that India appeared to have better "textiquette."

Read more about Shuter's "textiquette" study in the Chicago Tribune, Oct. 12, 2010.

Marquette professor appointed to Chicago Fed panel

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:07:55 -0500

Marquette University economics professor Abdur Chowdhury has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Academic Advisory Council, the university said Monday.

Chowdhury, who is chairman of the Economics Department at Marquette's College of Business Administration, will join more than a dozen other professors in the Chicago Fed's district to provide advice on monetary policy to the central bank. The Fed's Academic Advisory Council meets each March and September.

Read more about Chowdhury's Fed appointment in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 12, 2010.

At new hall, Scalia stresses teaching

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:54:22 -0500

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia offered frank advice to the hundreds of faculty and students who turned out for the dedication of Ray and Kay Eckstein Hall, Marquette University Law School's new $85 million building. Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson also gave remarks, and Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York blessed the building.

Story appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 9, 2010
Photo gallery appeared on JSOnline.com, Sept. 9, 2010

Broadcast story aired on WITI-TV (FOX 6), WTMJ-TV (NBC 4), WISN-TV (ABC 12) and WDJT-TV (CBS 58) and WUWM-FM (89.7), Sept. 8, 2010

Marquette University's new building gives law school vital space

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:52:20 -0500

Fordham University law school interim dean Mike Martin knows about the new glass-and-brick law school building that's being dedicated Wednesday at Marquette University � and he's envious. Thanks in part to a gift from alumni Ray and Kay Eckstein, Marquette's $85 million building is making waves because of its ability to provide the tools of the more specialized field of modern law.

Story appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 6, 2010
Related story appeared in the National Law Journal, Sept. 7, 2010

Marquette University's next president, Pilarz, is spirited leader

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:48:05 -0500

Father Scott R. Pilarz will become Marquette University's 23rd president, bringing to campus his booming New Jersey-accented voice, energetic management style and apparent talent for appealing to the best in students, faculty and alumni.

Story appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 5, 2010

Marquette University names new president

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:15:25 -0500

Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., president of the University of Scranton, was named the 23rd president of Marquette University. He will assume his duties in summer 2011, succeeding Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., who announced in March that he would retire next year after 15 years as president.

Print story appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Business Journal of Milwaukee, BizTimes Milwaukee, Scranton Times-Tribune, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader and on numerous websites, Aug. 31, 2010

Broadcast story aired on WTMJ-TV (NBC 4), WISN-TV (ABC 12), WITI-TV (FOX 6), WDJT-TV (CBS 58), WUWM-FM (89.7), WTMJ-AM (620) and numerous other television and radio outlets, Aug. 31, 2010

Fitts publishes landmark study on muscle wasting in astronauts

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:50:54 -0500

The Journal of Physiology in September will publish a first of its kind study led by Robert Fitts, chair and professor of biological sciences. His research found that prolonged exposure to weightlessness could cause astronauts to lose more than 40 percent of their muscle strength even with regular exercise.

In what is the first cellular analysis of the effects of long duration space flight on human muscle, Fitts concluded the development of improved space exercise regimes are necessary for manned spaceflights to Mars.

Fitts has studied the muscular deterioration in astronauts for nearly 20 years.

Coverage of Fitts' study has appeared in more than 200 local, national and international media outlets, including:

Associated Press
BBC World Service radio
China Daily
The Independent (United Kingdom)
USA Today
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
WUWM's Lake Effect
MSN.com
Time.com
Space.com