DUBUQUE, IOWA (March 25, 2026) — Kat Owensby (’22), a poet who believes in the power of love to name, transform, and alchemize what has been silenced, will be the Take Back the Night keynote speaker at 7PM, Thursday, April 9, in Room 264, Peter and Susan Smith Welcome Center, University of Dubuque.

Mary Ann Eiserman (left) and Cherry Simmons discussed the creation of their new children's book during a March 18 program at their alma mater, Monmouth College

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 25, 2026) — Even a short book can take a long time.

That's one of the lessons that the Galusha sisters — alumni Mary Ann Eiserman ('72) and Cherry Simmons ('80) — shared with a group of Monmouth College students Wednesday evening during a talk on campus.

MUSCATINE, IOWA (March 25, 2026) — The Muscatine Art Center invites the public to experience Muscatine and the Civil War, a powerful exhibition that brings the national conflict into sharp local focus while exploring how one river town was forever changed by war. Through letters, photographs, and deeply personal artifacts, visitors encounter the courage and sacrifice of Muscatine citizens who answered the call to serve.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 24, 2026) — The Quad Cities River Bandits and Figge Art Museum are partnering to celebrate the intersection of baseball, history, and art with the donation of Hank Aaron, a painting by American contemporary artist Preston Sampson.

FAYETTE, IOWA (March 24, 2026) — Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the Dean's List for the Fall 2025 semester. To be honored, the undergraduate must have earned a minimum 3.50 GPA and be enrolled as a full-time student.

Among those named to the Dean's List was Casey Burnham, a Social Science major from Davenport, Iowa.

About Upper Iowa University

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 24, 2026) — The Iowa-Illinois Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is hosting the 17th Annual Midwest Government Contracting Symposium on Tuesday, June 2, and Wednesday, June 3, at Vibrant Arena in Moline, Illinois.

BURLINGTON, IOWA (March 24, 2026) — The genre-defying string quartet Invoke will take the stage alongside acclaimed pianist and composer Clarice Assad (below) for a captivating evening of music at the Capitol Theater in Burlington, beginning at 7PM, Thursday, March 26. Doors open at 6:30PM.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (March 24, 2026) — The Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2026 achieved a 99% match-rate in the 2026 National Resident Matching Program, announced Friday, March 20.

AMES, IOWA (March 24, 2026) — School of Education professor Katherine Richardson Bruna has partnered with the Nahant Marsh Education Center in Davenport, Iowa, to create a science comic for young learners — starring Captain, a real turtle who calls the preserve home.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 24, 2026) — St Ambrose University will welcome one of the Catholic Church’s most influential contemporary voices, Cardinal Timothy Peter Joseph OP, as keynote speaker for its upcoming international conference, “From A(mbrose) to (Gen.) Z: Resourcing the Tradition in Response to Contemporary Concerns in the Church,”

Pages