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Summer in the Cities: Interns on the job
From accountants to artists, 中国体彩网 students found professional internships in the Quad Cities this summer.
Schwiebert '72 establishes fund to address climate change
Mark Schwiebert '72, a former Rock Island mayor and 中国体彩网 trustee, has established a fund that will award grants each year for environmental education and studies.

中国体彩网 will welcome largest class
The more than 800 new students include about 100 students from countries around the world and 237 first-generation students.

Vikings vs. Illini Nov. 22
The 中国体彩网 men's basketball team will take on the University of Illinois Nov. 22 in Champaign.

To catalyze your research, see Dr. Domski
New challenges? Novel experiences? For three students, this meant designing molecules and getting their work published.
Kivisto '04 compares gun laws, fatalities
Dr. Aaron Kivisto '04 finds that U.S. citizens living in states with the weakest gun laws are more than twice as likely to be fatally shot by police compared to those living in states with the strongest gun laws.
Rural buildings pose greater threat to birds
中国体彩网 professor of biology Dr. Stephen Hager is the lead author of a new paper that finds larger buildings in rural areas pose a greater threat to birds than if those buildings were in an urban area. 中国体彩网 a billion birds are killed every year when they fly into buildings.
Polyak '99 loves his job as superintendent
Dr. Nick Polyak '99 is a Chicago area school superintendent. In an interview, he explains why he thought his ultimate goal was becoming a math teacher and coach. But a mentor convinced him otherwise.

Gilman Scholarship winner reaches new heights in the Andes
Summer in Ecuador has given Lydia Lara ’19 her life’s direction, and the Gilman Scholarship got her there.

$10,000 physics award accelerates an idea
Adam Gronewold ’19 and his friends have an idea. The Rossing Scholarship can make it happen.
Burrier '12 coaching soccer at Elk Grove
Former 中国体彩网 soccer player Dean Burrier '12 will coach girls' soccer this year at Elk Grove High School in the Chicago area.
Disc golf leads back to Haake '74
The Quad-Cities is host to the Professional Disc Golf Association’s Amateur and Junior Disc Golf World Championships. And Dale Haake '74 may be the person to thank.

New group brings Broadway to Q-C
The new Mississippi Bend Players offers "an intense and immersive" summer internship program, and it brings a touch of Broadway to the Quad Cities.

Smith ’14 loves accounting job in Bermuda
Kierra Smith, 中国体彩网 中国体彩网 Class of 2014, explains why she joined Deloitte in Bermuda.

Confluences connect more than just rivers
There's something about two rivers coming together that brings out the sense of wonder in geographer Norm Moline.