UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI (April 21, 2023) — Elizabeth Howard, of Muscatine, Iowa, majoring in Mathematics, was among the more than seventy University of Mississippi students to receive a 2023 Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial Medal, the university's highest academic award.

The honorees were recognized for their achievements on Thursday, April 13, with a dinner at The Inn at Ole Miss and a ceremony at the Gertrude C Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 20, 2023) — The development, transformation, and role of major cities and regional centers in a globalized world is the topic of the latest book by a Monmouth College professor.

Monmouth anthropology professor Petra Kuppinger has authored Cities and Spaces: An Introduction to Urban Anthropology, a college-level textbook published by Waveland Press.

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (April 20, 2023) — As Illinois makes mental-health and substance-abuse care a top priority, leaders of community health centers, also known as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and their legislative champions made a direct, powerful case at the state Capitol for increased funding to treat thousands more facing health challenges in underserved communities.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (April 20, 2023) — The University of Dubuque’s 171st commencement will recognize and celebrate the academic accomplishments of undergraduate, graduate, and seminary students with two ceremonies on Saturday, April 29, 2023.

The University of Dubuque Spring Commencement will be held at 1PM in the Chlapaty Recreation and Wellness Center. Doors will open at 11:30AM. Forty-nine graduate students and 232 undergraduate students are eligible to participate in the ceremony.