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Video: Bancks' dreams of composition came early
Jacob Bancks, a composer and Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø assistant professor of music, talks about the roots of his interest in making music. His "Dream Variations" will premiered by the Quad City Symphony Orchestra this weekend.
What's the deal with those adult coloring classes?
Rowen Schussheim, chair of the art department at Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø, isn¡¯t surprised by the trend toward adult coloring events, which she says have ¡°exploded¡± over the past year or so. She uses the books as inspiration in her drawing classes. ¡°We all have a natural craving to be expressive and creative,¡± she said. ¡°Everyone likes to doodle, but we don¡¯t always have an excuse to do that.¡±
Learning Community returns from the mountains
Dr. Jason Mahn, an associate professor of religion, talks about the fortifying lifestyle and learning experiences students find at remote Holden Village.
Video: Men's basketball back in NCAA tournament
Coming off their CCIW tournament title, the Vikings return to the NCAA national tournament, where they finished second last year.
Professor brings dinosaur treasures home to campus
The Fryxell Geology Museum is one of the jewels of the Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø campus, and it has been carefully polished by Dr. William Hammer, the head of the museum and professor of geology. Visitors are greeted by a 22-foot Cryolophosaurus, a carnivorous dinosaur he discovered in Antarctica in 1991.
2015-16 men's basketball profiles
As the Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø men's basketball team heads into the postseason, here's a look at the 17 players who have contributed to a school-record 24 victories in the regular season.
'99 grad leads River Bend Wild Land Trust
Eric Anderson has become the first executive director of the River Bend Wildland Trust. It manages the 100-acre Milan Bottoms and is working to restore its wetlands, prairie and river bottom hardwood forest. Anderson has been a volunteer and board member for the trust and was an organizer of the 2013 BioBlitz. He earned a B.A. in geology from Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø in 1999 and a master's in geography in 2006 from Western Illinois University.
Observer wins 19 ICPA awards
The staff of the Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Observer broke its own record last weekend by winning 19 awards from the Illinois Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Press Association in Chicago.
Lefstein '55 recalls day in Scalia court
Rock Island attorney Stuart R. Lefstein still remembers the day in 1988 when he came face to face with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Residential life focuses on the student experience
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø¡¯s approach to residential life focuses on student needs, year by year.
Gravitational waves? Q-C experts weigh in
A team of scientists announced they officially found gravitational waves ¡ª but, why exactly is that a big deal? ¡°This is like finding a needle in a haystack, except probably on a bigger scale,¡± said Dr. Cecilia Vogel, professor of physics at Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø. ¡°Let¡¯s say there¡¯s a conversation going on three miles away and you can suddenly hear it with your ears. The event of the black holes colliding from so far away is really hard to detect, so it¡¯s really impressive."
Lecture video: Glaciation during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age
Dr. John L. Isbell '81, professor and research scientist with the department of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, speaks on "Glaciation During the Late Paleozoic Ice Age."
Cullen '13 honored with journalism award
Jack Cullen '13 was awarded the Jay P. Wagner Prize for Young Journalists by the Iowa Newspaper Association. Cullen has been a Davenport Quad-City Times reporter since December 2013. Before joining the Times, Cullen was an intern at the Wisconsin State Journal in his hometown of Madison. He graduated from Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø with a bachelor¡¯s degree in multimedia journalism and mass communication.
Lecture video: The history of ice glaciers
It has been nearly 18 billion years since we have seen carbon emissions like we have now, says Dr. John Isbell, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He talked about the history of ice glaciers for the Polar Lecture at Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø. "We will have to reduce our carbon emissions, and it is still going to go up for a while. If we can reduce emissions, we can slow it down."
Augie students help create first-ever Greenbush Neighborhood Plan
Students from Dr. Chris Strunk's urban and regional planning class have been working on the first-ever plan for Rock Island's Greenbush neighborhood. Last spring, students learned a lot about Greenbush by talking to residents and leading community meetings. They also worked with Christian Montbriand, a 2015 Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø grad, and Brandy Howe, an urban planner with the city.
