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Football, soccer games to be broadcast live this weekend

Grand Valley's football and soccer teams will take on conference opponents this weekend.

Sep 28, 2017


Ott Lecture to explore how new drugs are discovered

How are new drugs discovered? This question will be answered by chemist and educator Brian Shoichet during the Arnold C. Ott Lectureship in Chemistry at Grand Valley. During his October 5 presentation, Shoichet, professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, will discuss the social, economic and technological events over the past 70 years that have enabled the development of new drug discovery. He will also touch on the regulatory and technological challenges of modern drug research and

Sep 27, 2017


GVU Foundation elects new members

The Grand Valley University Foundation elected new directors and advisory cabinet members at its annual meeting September 26.

Sep 27, 2017


Wellness Summit, Walk with President planned in October

The first Wellness Summit on campus will be held on Wednesday, October 4, from 2-8 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, second floor.

Sep 27, 2017


Alumni gather for reunion row on Grand River

Alumni who were members of the Grand Valley rowing team in 1997 gathered September 23 for a 20-year reunion row.

Sep 26, 2017


Dates for flu shot clinics set

Grand Valley will again offer flu shot clinics for students, faculty and staff members, dependents, retirees and community members.

Sep 26, 2017


Professor leads team of journalists and students to investigate global lottery industry

Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, assistant professor of multimedia journalism at Grand Valley, has been collaborating with more than 40 students, journalists from 10 different countries since November 2016 to investigate repeat lottery winners and money trails. The team discovered that there are eight gaming companies who control the global lottery industry. This project is the first global lottery industry investigation of its kind.

Sep 25, 2017


Students, staff members coordinate hurricane relief efforts

Supplies were collected through various campus efforts to make and ship more than 365 hygiene kits and many more supplies to Texas, Florida and the Caribbean to support victims of the hurricanes.

Sep 25, 2017


Students harvest hundreds of pounds of honey from bees on campus

In early September, members of the student organization GVSU Beekeepers harvested, extracted and bottled more than 360 pounds of honey.

Sep 25, 2017


CEO of Ford Motor Company to speak at GVSU

Jim Hackett, president and CEO of Ford Motor Company, is the featured speaker for the Peter F. Secchia Breakfast Lecture October 2.

Sep 25, 2017