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Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø will include ¡°Solidarity: Use Your Voice,¡± a community celebration and musical tribute at 6 p.m. at Centennial Hall.
A trip and the growth of human freedom
Dr. Umme Al-wazedi will take her students to India next year on a quest to join education with experience.
Pair of seniors named latest Academic All-Americans
Michael Daniels and Hannah Lohmeier are our newest Academic All-Americans. Daniels is a football lineman. Lohmeier, women's soccer captain, is a repeat selection.
Parkhurst '07 launches Social Fitness Club
John Parkhurst '07 is a psychologist and a former Vikings wrestler. Using knowledge from both experiences, he introduced a different kind of exercise class: Social Fitness Club.
$2.5M Carver gift will expand science building
A $2.5 million gift from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust will be used to expand Hanson Hall of Science. Construction is likely to begin in 2018.
Museum internship 'most rewarding thing'
Visitors to the German American Heritage Center in Davenport can see the curatorial work of Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø senior Rashaun DeBord.
Intro to Design and Cy the Coffee Guy
Introduction to Graphic Design is like a graphic designer's right of passage, says Vickie Phipps, assistant professor of art and graphic design.
Camp Kesem aims to host a record 150 children,
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø's Camp Kesem chapter hopes to attract a record 150 children to its summer camp next July.
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø art students show work at the Figge
Six Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø students are featured this year in the ninth annual Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Invitational at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. Their work can be viewed through Jan. 7.
Saladin becomes Illinois student laureate
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø's Chris Saladin was honored with the Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award this month, making him a student laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.
Smith '02 to succeed Hammer in Arctic hunt for dinosaurs
For a while, Nate Smith '02 wasn't sure where college would lead him. He came to Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø as a chemistry major, thinking he would go back to teach and coach at his old high school in Crystal Lake outside Chicago. Then he took an honors course with paleontologist Dr. William Hammer.
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø receives $1.5M from John Deere Foundation for data analytics
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø will receive a $1.5 million grant from the John Deere Foundation to establish the Robert A. Hanson Endowed Chair in Data Analytics. He was a 1948 graduate of Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø who had a 40-year career with Deere and served as CEO from 1982-1990.
Frieze Lecture: 1841 marks the dawn of Antarctic exploration
Dr. William Hammer, Fritiof Fryxell Chair in Geology, notes that 1841 marks the dawn of Antarctic exploration. British naval Captain James Ross, commanding HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, discovered what they named the Victoria Barrier, and would later be renamed the Ross Ice Shelf. Hammer is the discoverer of the first dinosaur remains unearthed in Antarctica.
'Crimes of the Heart' Jan. 27-29, Feb. 3-5
The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is the story of three sisters who are forced to deal with assorted relatives and past relationships.
