• Marquette faculty significantly increased the number of federal research applications submitted, and externally funded research requests exceeded $26 million for the first time.
  
  
• Corporate research dollars increased, with the largest award supporting work on renewable energy.
  
• More than half of the research awards won by Marquette faculty in fiscal year 2007 included funds for student participation, reflecting Marquette’s commitment to the teacher-scholar model.
  
• The university provides internal support for 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.
  
• Marquette’s Department of Theology ranked among the nation’s top 10 for faculty scholarly productivity, according to Academic Analytics of Chester, Penn.
  
• 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 includes many of the author’s original manuscripts, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
  
• Marquette has more than 20 academic centers and institutes that foster research in the areas of end-of-life care, ethics, neuroscience, rehabilitation engineering, transnational justice, water quality, sports law and other areas.

BLAZING TRAILS

Armed with a new federal grant, Dr. Charles Wilkie heats up the field of fire retardancy.

ECO ENIGMA

Dr. Douglas Lobner researches environmental neurotoxins that could be the cause of devastating neurological diseases.

NAZI CHIC

Dr. Irene Guenther unravels the sinister relationship between fashion and fascism.

MECHANICAL WONDER

Dr. James Anderson’s curiosity about RNA molecules led to a landmark discovery about the building blocks of life.

LISTENING TO THE ANIMALS

Through the Dr. Dolittle Project, Dr. Michael Johnson reveals fascinating insights into animal vocalizations.

IDENTITY CRISIS

What does it mean to be an individual? Dr. John Davis examines the human side of economics.

RESEARCH IN BRIEF

• Trial by TV: pop culture meets law
• Craving answers about appetite
• Oh favorite soda, how do I love thee?
• Text messaging: deciphering an electronic Babel
• Getting to the root of the problem
• Kannscht du Deitsch schwetze
• Innovations in family planning
• Healing pain
• Revving up rehab through robotics
• The other side of the therapy couch
• Marquette bookshelf
• Research at Marquette

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Research resources
• Research compendium
• Grants awarded to faculty
• Faculty awards
• A message from the vice provost of research
• Experts directory
• Centers & institutes
• Special collections
• University honors

Quick Facts About Marquette