Marquette in the Newshttp://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recentnewsreleases.php en-us <![CDATA[Bullying extending way beyond school walls, panelists say]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1257958424&archive= Traditional playground bullying has moved online and onto cell phones, where teenagers gang up to taunt others and exchange personal material, and school officials say they are struggling to keep up.

"There's so much covert bullying that happens these days," Waukesha West High School Principal Melissa Thompson said as part of a panel presentation at a daylong conference on bullying Tuesday. "It changed so fast with the technology proliferation."

Tales from the bullies, the bullied, and the law-enforcement and school officials who deal with the repercussions were shared at Marquette University's sixth annual restorative justice conference.

Dealing with school bullying now can help resolve students' issues before the students become suicidal or homicidal, said Janine Geske, former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and director of the Restorative Justice Initiative at Marquette's law school. "I think schools can do a lot," she said. "For some kids, it's the only safe place they go during the day."

Full story appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 11, 2009

]]> 1257958424 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:53:44 -0600 <![CDATA[Marquette professors discuss speculation over Milwaukee’s next archbishop ]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1256753802&archive= Speculation over Milwaukee’s next archbishop increased with the Vatican announcing a series of appointments in other dioceses and after the blog Whispers in the Loggia suggested four possible candidates: Bishops Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, Blase Cupich of Rapid City, Jerome Listecki of LaCrosse, and Milwaukee's administrator, Auxiliary Bishop William Callahan, OFM Conv.

Local media turned to two Marquette professors, Dr. Bill Thorn and Father Steven Avella, to learn about the candidates and the Vatican’s selection process.

Full story appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel October 26, 2009.
Interview with Dr. Thorn appeared on WISN-TV October 25, 2009.
Interview with Fr. Avella appeared on WISN-TV October 26, 2009.

Listen to Dr. Thorn discuss the Web as a source of religious information. 

 

]]> 1256753802 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:16:42 -0500 <![CDATA[Fulbright scholar headed to El Salvador]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1254427861&archive= Marquette graduate Chris Hallberg, Arts '09, will spend ten months in El Salvador conducting research supported by a Fulbright grant from the U.S. Department of State.

Hallberg plans on identifyng a dozen young people in their teens to early 20s in the town of Torola and give them cameras so they can document their environment. Combined with interviews, he hopes to develop a complex picture of the youths from the town. He wants to use the information to create recommendations for development organizations working in the region as well as preserve the photographs and videotape recordings as a snapshot of the country's youth.

Article appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 27, 2009.  

Interview aired on WUWM 89.7 FM, Oct. 6, 2009.

Interview aired on WISN-12, Oct. 18, 2009.

Article appeared in the Milwaukee Catholic Herald, Nov. 12, 2009.

]]> 1254427861 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:11:01 -0500 <![CDATA[Business: Big Major on Campus]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1253888554&archive= College of Business Administration (Marquette Undergraduate Business Profile), meets with parents of freshman students to welcome them to the school and gauge their expectations for the years ahead. This year, she stood in front of a group of 400 of them and posed a question she thought would receive a lukewarm response in today's challenging economic climate.

"I asked, 'How many of you are optimistic about the job prospects for your students four years from now,' and I'd say easily three-quarters of them raised their hand," she says.

That was just the first bit of good news Salchenberger received. Enrollment in the freshman class is up 7% over last year and the school just welcomed its largest ever freshman, sophomore, and junior classes to campus, she says.

Full story appeared in BusinessWeek, Sept. 25, 2009.
]]> 1253888554 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:22:34 -0500 <![CDATA[Marquette moving ahead on new College of Engineering facility ]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1253888309&archive= College of Engineering facility.

The school plans to break ground on a five-story, 100,000-square-foot building - the first of two buildings - in spring and begin occupying it in August 2011. The building will be on the campus at the southwest corner of W. Wisconsin Ave. and N. 16th St.

"This new facility is being explicitly designed for collaboration at multiple levels," Stan Jaskolski, Opus Dean of Engineering, said. "It is truly a gift to the Milwaukee region, taking advantage of our urban location and providing space for innovation and idea sharing."

Full story appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 25, 2009.
]]> 1253888309 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:18:29 -0500 <![CDATA[The Arab & Muslim American Experience After 9/11]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1252964572&archive= Louise Cainkar, assistant professor of sociology and social justice at Marquette University, discusses her new book, Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience After 9/11. Cainkar explains she came came up with the title after most of the people she interviewed for her book expressed feeling unsafe living in the United States after 9/11 - and not because of a threat of terrorism.

 

Interview aired on WUWM-FM (89.7), “Lake Effect,” Sept. 11, 2009.

]]> 1252964572 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:42:52 -0500 <![CDATA[Marquette’s senior physician discusses the importance of vaccinations]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1251929132&archive= Dr. Carolyn Smith, senior physician for Student Health Service, shared what Marquette and other colleges are doing to prepare for the flu season and what students and individuals can do to protect themselves from getting sick.

Dr. Smith appeared on the Morning Blend, September 1.  

]]> 1251929132 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:05:32 -0500 <![CDATA[Well done, Stan]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1251841038&archive=
Full editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 28, 2009. ]]> 1251841038 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:37:18 -0500 <![CDATA[MU law school appoints Spector to lead MPS policy initiative]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1251237186&archive=
Full story appeared in the Business Journal of Milwaukee, Aug. 25, 2009 ]]> 1251237186 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:53:06 -0500 <![CDATA[Dwyane Wade to conduct clinic in support of Marquette partnership]]> http://www.marquette.edu/omc/newscenter/recent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1250719619&archive=
Full story appeared in the Business Journal of Milwaukee, Aug. 19, 2009 ]]> 1250719619 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:06:59 -0500