News and College Life

Hannah Jackson decided to take advantage of the nice weather and move her yoga class outdoors next to the Wellness Center.

International students celebrated Diwali in the cafeteria during lunch.

Trevor Stephens, Marine Corp veteran and a sophomore in secondary education, walks along Highway 93 westbound from Treynor, Iowa. during the sixth annual "The Things They Carry Ruck March", which began at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa, Nov. 17, and finishes at UNL's Memorial Stadium on Friday, November 25. The march, which is organized by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Student Veterans and University of Iowa Veterans Association organizations, is centered on raising awareness of the epidemic of veteran suicide. Each volunteer walks 20 miles and carries 20 pounds in their ruck to symbolize the 20 veterans who commits suicide each day. The marchers also carried a symbolic game ball for the Husker-Hawkeye match-up. 

Two students walk past the best fall tree on campus. 

The African Caribbean Association holds a braiding workshop at the Black Cultural Center called "HAIR US OUT!" Led by peer students, the workshop covers not only how to braid but even the origins of certain hairstyles.

Instructed by the Italian Studies Department, Maya Greensphan leads a group of students in a yoga session spoken entirely in Italian.

A dancer performs at an indigenous land ceremony on campus. 

Members of the U of I System administration meet with Illinois legislators in the Jewish Caucus at the Chicago Botanical Gardens to advocate for higher education. The stop was part of a statewide tour and effort to increase state funding for higher education and highlight private/public collaborations between all the state universities with the communities they serve.