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In the News

Dr. Jane Peterson's Archaeology Lab and Bronzeville research featured on MU TV segment

Dr. Louise Cainkar receives AMUW Nora Finnigan Werra Faculty Achievement Award

Dr. Michelle Rodrigues named recipient of the Way Klingler Early Career Award

Dr. Alex Crampton's transformative approach to conflict on campus featured in Marq Magazine

Dr. David Nowacek and Dr. Tim Tharp's  feasibility study of a campus-wide geothermal system at Marquette featured in the Journal Sentinel

Dr. Dawne Moon writes about support for anti-drag legislation among Evangelical Christians

Dr. Darren Wheelock featured in interview on WUWM about the growth of the Education Preparedness Program (EPP)

Dr. Darren Wheelock and team are awarded 2 grants to expand the Education Preparedness Program (EPP), an initiative that will help those impacted by incarceration succeed in higher education

Dr. Heather Hlavka's book Bodies in Evidence awarded Senior Book Award by American Ethnological Society

Dr. Aleksandra Snowden featured in Marquette Today for her role as data co-Chair of the Near West Side Promoting Assets Reducing Crime (PARC) Initiative

Prof. Wendy Volz Daniels awarded the Fr. Pedro Arrupe SJ Faculty Colleague Award

COSC student Riley Keating ('23) describes research project completed with Dr. Aleks Snowden during summer data science REU

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