28 Mar 2023

One of the Quad City Area’s Oldest and Largest Cultural Festivals Returns to St Ambrose University

By Jackie Celske

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 28, 2023) — The Quad Cities World Cultures Festival features performances by individuals and groups of various cultures from the Quad Cities area. In 2019, over 400 attendees had the opportunity to honor, celebrate, and present diverse and distinctive cultures around the world.

28 Mar 2023

Monmouth College's Sigma Phi Epsilon Chapter to Celebrate 75th Anniversary May 26-28

By Duane Bonifer

Pictured with Monmouth College's fourteen Buchanan Cups for Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter excellence are, from left, Cullen Marshall ('22), Eli Kelly ('24), Wendell Shauman ('67), and Tom Sargent ('8)5. Only one other school has earned more Buc Cups than Monmouth

28 Mar 2023

Grant Propels DNA Sequencing Research at Augustana College

By Nicole Lauer

Dr Kimberly Murphy works with Augustana students in a science lab

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 28, 2023) — A grant from the Roy J Carver Charitable Trust will allow Augustana College faculty and students to engage in next-generation DNA-sequencing research.

The $118,062 grant will be used to purchase an Illumina MiniSeq instrument, Nanodrop spectrophotometer, refrigerated shaking incubator, and necessary supplementary equipment and supplies.

27 Mar 2023

Central College's Russ Goodman Presents Research on Presidential Election Predictions

By Jeanette Budding

PELLA, IOWA (March 27, 2023) — Russell Goodman, professor of mathematics at Central College, presented research revealing the theoretical lowest percentage of the popular vote that a presidential candidate would need to win a presidential election.

27 Mar 2023

Archway Reading and Lecture Series to Host Reading with Chessy Normile and Steven Espada Dawson April 3

By Stacey Ortman

DUBUQUE, IOWA (March 27, 2023) — The Archway Reading and Lecture Series at the University of Dubuque will host a reading and discussion with Chessy Normile and Steven Espada Dawson at 4:30PM, Monday, April 3, 2023, in the Multicultural Student Center, Peter and Susan Smith Welcome Center on campus.

The event is free and open to the public. It will include a brief Q&A with Normile and Espada Dawson.

23 Mar 2023

Augustana Symphonic Band to Tour Japan

By Nicole Lauer

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 23, 2023) — The Augustana Symphonic Band, under the direction of Dr James Lambrecht, will perform concerts in Japan in March and April. Between performances, students will visit multiple cities throughout Japan and fully immerse themselves in the culture.

The fifty-person ensemble will perform pieces by Yasuhide Ito, Philip Sparke, Julie Giroux, David Maslanka, Frank Ticheli, and John Philip Sousa.

23 Mar 2023

Local Students Named to Milwaukee School of Engineering's Winter Quarter 2023 Dean's List

By JoEllen Burdue

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (March 23, 2023) — Milwaukee School of Engineering congratulates students named to the Winter Quarter 2023 Dean's List. Undergraduate students who have earned at least thirty credits and have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher (out of 4.0) are on the Dean's List. Students who have maintained a 3.70 or higher receive "high honors."

Simon Uecker of Muscatine (52761) . Uecker is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in BioMolecular Engineering.

23 Mar 2023

Local Students Among Georgia Tech's Fall 2022 Graduates

By Ayana Isles

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (March 23, 2023) — The Georgia Institute of Technology presented degrees to approximately 5,620 undergraduate and graduate students during the Institute's 263rd Commencement exercises December 16-17, 2022, at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

Among the graduates were:

Samatha Boda of Bettendorf (52722)

Vishwajit Subramanian of Bettendorf (52722)

22 Mar 2023

Bettendorf's Megan McGovern 2023 Discovery and Innovation Award-Winner

By Rick Klatt

IOWA CITY, IOWA (March 22, 2023) — Five undergraduate students and two graduate students were among the eighteen exceptional researchers, scholars, innovators, and administrators were named recipients of 2023 Discovery and Innovation awards by the University of Iowa's Office of the Vice President for Research.

21 Mar 2023

University of Iowa Medical Students Rejoice on Match Day 2023

By Rick Klatt

IOWA CITY, IOWA (March 21, 2023) — The University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine had 152 senior medical students participate in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) in 2023.

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