Marquette University's renowned faculty-scholars work to advance their fields and improve the world around us. Faculty edit a number of scholarly journals and frequently collaborate with academic partners around the world. Marquette is also home to more than 20 academic centers and institutes.
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The 2010 issue of DISCOVER:
Marquette University Research and Scholarship is out. Read about this year's featured researchers.- Research Highlights
- Centers
- Institutes
- Marquette faculty applied for significantly more federal grant dollars during fiscal year 2009, and externally funded research requests exceeded $35 million for the first time. Marquette faculty won several research awards as part of the federal stimulus package.
- Federal, state, foundation and corporation research awards all increased in fiscal year 2009, and corporate research dollars increased more than 50 percent from the previous fiscal year.
- Marquette faculty have strong partnerships with the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin system and others.
- The university supports research through several programs: three-year Way Klingler fellowships, fourth-year sabbaticals for junior faculty and the Lawrence G. Haggerty Faculty Award for Research Excellence.
- Marquette faculty edit a number of scholarly journals, from the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy to the International Journal of Systematic Theology.
- The Department of Special Collections and University Archives houses more than 17,000 cubic feet of archival material and 11,000 volumes, including approximately 7,000 titles within the rare book collection. The J.R.R. Tolkien Collection features many of the author’s original manuscripts, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
ACADEMIC CENTERS
- Center for Dispute Resolution
- Center for Global and Economic Studies
- Hartman Literacy and Learning Center
- Center for Materials Science and Technology
- Center for Peacemaking
- Center for Real Estate
- Center for Teaching and Learning
- Center for Transnational Justice
- Center for Water Quality
- Integrative Neuroscience Research Center
- Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship
- Les Aspin Center for Government
- Thermofluid Science and Energy Research Center
- Transportation Research Center
- Center for Intelligent Systems Controls and Signal Processing
- Center for Mass Media Research
- Center for Supply Chain Management
- Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Engineering Center
- Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center
Research News
- Marquette is part of a consortium receiving a $20 million NIH grant.
- Dr. James South examines the philosophy of Mad Men in his new book.
- Dr. Sandra Hunter discusses her research on gender and muscle fatigue on WUWM's Lake Effect.
Research on cocaine addiction
Dr. John Mantsch, associate professor of biomedical sciences, specializes in pharmacology and studies the connection between stress and cocaine addiction.
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