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Two 51³Ô¹ÏÍø flight teams pushed through six of the nine legs of the 2026 Air Race Classic before a stretch of stubborn, unpredictable weather brought their race to an early end. The Air Race Classic is the longest-running all-women pilots’ cross-country race in the United States, and this year’s running marked its 49th annual competition.  The 2026 course spanned roughly 2,400 nautical miles, starting at St. Louis Regional Airport in East Alton, Illinois, and finishing at Mount Vernon Airport, also in Illinois. The route included stops in Kentucky, South Carolina, Georg...

University program coordinators face a constant challenge: finding high-quality, real-world environments where students can practice clinical skills while learning to collaborate across professional disciplines.During the Spring 2026 semester, administrators at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Speech and Hearing Clinic in the College of Public Health and Health Sciences (PHHS) successfully solved this puzzle. By expanding its long-standing partnership with the University’s Child Development Center (CDC), coordinators at the Speech Language Pathology (SLP) program designed and executed an immersive, on-campus trai...