 | Christopher Marmé, an economics professor at Augustana, is among those trying to figure out why there is a large difference in unemployment rates in counties across the Misissippi River from each other. In March, Whiteside County’s (Illinois) rate was 9.7 percent, while the rate in neighboring Clinton County in Iowa was 5.8 percent. Marmé, who lives in Clinton, thinks his county's lower rate may have to do with the number of people who commute to work in the Quad Cities. |
 | Augustana students Abigail Schultz of Palatine, Ill., and Shana Silverman of Fairfield, Iowa, have been awarded Geifman Fellowships in Jewish Culture for 2013-14. The Gerry and Morris M. Geifman Endowment in Judaica awards the fellowships to enhance multicultural learning experiences for students at Augustana and the community. |
 | WQAD-TV profiled Corbin McGhee '13, who is majoring in music and neuroscience. He'll go on to join the Mississippi Delta Corps of Teach for America after graduation, and he's looking forward to using both of his majors to improve the way music is taught in schools, especially those with dwindling budgets for the arts. |
 | A senior at Augustana College, Scott Fick, is one of 10 college seniors statewide to be selected as 2013 Illinois Geographical Society Outstanding Senior Geographers. |
 | A new study suggests that overgrazing and other factors increase the severity of cheatgrass invasion in sagebrush steppe, one of North America’s most endangered ecosystems. Michael Reisner, now director of the Upper Mississippi Studies Center and an assistant professor at Augustana College, led this study as a doctoral student at Oregon State University. |
 | Five Questions is a series of profiles of people at Augustana College. Librarian Connie Ghinazzi explains how she switched careers, and talks about horses, being named Constance and the new Center for Student Life. |
