When the 10-day anniversary bus trip took off on May 6, to retrace the 1961 Freedom Ride from Washington, D.C. to Jackson, Mississippi, two local students were among the 40 college students chosen to accompany the original Freedom Riders, who risked their lives to bring attention to their cause. The 2011 Student Freedom Ride is [...]

A new study published in the current issue of Health Services Research finds that having more registered nurses working on a hospital unit and reducing the amount of R.N.s’ overtime hours are correlated with fewer patients being readmitted or visiting the emergency department within the first 30 days after hospital discharge, and also reduced costs. [...]

Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will join the Marquette University Law School faculty as visiting professor of law beginning the spring semester 2011, the university announced this week. Feingold completed his third term in the U.S. Senate January 3. “Senator Feingold joins Marquette Law School with a substantial academic, legal and legislative background,” said Joseph [...]

Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig has been named to the adjunct faculty at Marquette University Law School as distinguished lecturer in sports law and policy. “Bud Selig is, without question, one of the most skilled and accomplished professionals in the sports industry today,” said Joseph D. Kearney, dean of Marquette Law School. [...]

Candidates for Wisconsin Attorney General, J.B. Van Hollen and Scott Hassett, will be the guests for “On the Issues with Mike Gousha” at Marquette University Law School, Thursday, Oct. 7, at 12:15 p.m. The event will take place in Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan St. This will be the first joint campaign appearance for Van [...]

The state’s largest academic energy research organizations have merged to form a single statewide organization, headquartered in Milwaukee, with a mission of making Wisconsin a nationally recognized center of expertise to advance energy, power and control technologies. The Wisconsin Energy Research Consortium (WERC) was announced by the organization’s chairman, Alan Perlstein, along with the selection [...]

What do a girl from New Mexico, a boy from Kansas and a girl from Germany all have in common? These three teens from various Boys & Girls Clubs across the world have all received the opportunity of a lifetime – four-year, full tuition scholarships from Marquette University. Marquette, located in Milwaukee, Wis., partnered with [...]

Republican gubernatorial candidates Mark Neumann and Scott Walker will participate in a ground-breaking 60-minute, commercial-free, town hall meeting originating from Eckstein Hall, the new Marquette University Law School building. It will be broadcast statewide on Wed., Aug. 25, from 7 to 8 p.m., by an innovative media collaboration led by WISN 12, the ABC affiliate [...]

Beginning this week, a special Marquette University license plate will be available to Wisconsin drivers, the university and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced Monday. The license plate features the MU monogram on the left side of the plate and the words “Marquette University” at the bottom. Friends of the university will also have the [...]

Additional $2.5 million donated for new building The Discovery Learning Lab in Marquette University’s new College of Engineering building, called the Discovery Learning Complex, will be named in honor of retiring Dean Stan Jaskolski, the university announced this week. At a retirement reception for Jaskolski, Marquette President Robert A. Wild, S.J., said Robert and Patricia [...]