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Research in Action Welcome to the 2014 edition of Discover magazine! In May 2013, Marquette University’s Board of Trustees approved a strategic plan, Beyond Boundaries: Setting the Course for Marquette’s Future, developed with extensive input from the university community. “Research in Action” was identified as one of six strategic themes in the new plan, supporting the advancement of the work of our superb community of scholars. The faculty featured here clearly demonstrate why the concept of Research in Action is seen as an integral part of the university’s future. Faculty and students are striving in their research and scholarship to work together in new ways. For example, the Marquette Obesity Venture — or MOVe — is a grass-roots network of faculty from across campus who are using their expertise to tackle a significant societal problem and are beginning to link their efforts in research, education and community engagement. Faculty from across campus are collaborating to improve rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injuries. A team of faculty and undergraduate students
is engaged in a detailed examination of how evidence is used at sexual assault trials, including the emerging use of social media in the courts. Some of the cuttingedge work in wastewater analysis and treatment by our engineers and scientists is also featured in this issue. The critical integration of research and teaching on our campus is clearly evident in the work of faculty such as Dr. Rosemary Stuart from the Department of Biological Sciences. This edition of Discover features these and many other examples of the accomplishments of individual scholars, as well as research teams. With this edition of Discover, we are introducing a new feature that provides updates on some of our faculty profiled in previous editions. There is also a fresh new layout thanks to the outstanding editorial team. I invite you to visit marquette.edu/research to learn more about research and scholarship at Marquette University.
Dr. Jeanne M. Hossenlopp Vice Provost for Research
d i s c o v e r m a g a z i n e is published annually by Marquette University and is produced by the Office of Marketing and Communication. We appreciate your feedback. Please send all comments to omc@marquette.edu. Editorial and design team
Contributing writers
Sarah Painter Koziol, editor; Stephen Filmanowicz, advising editor; Becky Dubin Jenkins, copy editor; Sharon Grace, art director
Ann Christenson, Brian Dorrington, Becky Dubin Jenkins, Stephen Filmanowicz, Erik Gunn, Chris Jenkins, Jesse Lee, Bruce Murphy, Christopher Stolarski
Contributing photographers and illustrators Dan Johnson, John Nienhuis, Kat Schliecher, John Sibilski, Ben Smidt, iStock Images, Getty Images, Shutterstock