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Do you like running, walking or biking? Do you also like helping out your community? Check out these 5Ks, bike marathons and more that allow you to combine exercise with giving back.

Run and Give Back by Amber Helsel

Need something to do this summer? Check out some of these local festivals and events.

Summer Festivals and Events by Dustin Cardon

"When you go to capital cities in other states, the downtown area is being used significantly to bring in revenue for the city as far as attractions and festivals and businesses and just in general. Ours is a ghost town. How do we change that? It's going to start with one event and one person at a time."

Truckin’ Downtown by Amber Helsel

"It is a great opportunity for nursing students to experience the work culture of a variety of facilities. Caring for our veterans and learning about issues that may be unique to this population is a definite benefit for the students."

Reporting in on Medicine and Jackson by James Bell

"Matthew Hairston, a senior at Murrah, says being in the lab has been a good learning experience for him.

'Being able to grow as the year goes by, stuff that didn't make sense at the beginning, now it's just like, 'Oh, yeah, it's clear and concise now.' It's nice being able to see that growth in learning.'"

UMMC Empowering Through Base Pair by Amber Helsel

"People don't really like to shop anymore, and that's kind of the benefit of Good Problems. We have all this stuff that you won't have to hunt for, all in one central location."

Bringing the ’80s and ’90s to Offbeat by ​James Bell

"Midtown Depot is a project that will ultimately develop into whatever the community decides it wants. This will be a place where you can bring your dog or your children, enjoy a sandwich and a beer, or come to a barbecue cookoff. It's a venue that that's going to grow and evolve over time."

Get Fit, Eat Grilled Cheese, More by Dustin Cardon

"(This exhibit) also disputes the perception that Christians and Jewish people don't have a connection to Islam, Okolo Rashid says, and communicates the idea of religious pluralism, or a coexistence among different ones.

"To better understand Islam and some of these ideas that really are routed, you know in the Islamic religion, but also in the Islamic culture and this whole environment, and it is very much this whole idea is can Muslimhood, can Islam and the west coexist? and all those kinds of things. It really addresses those issues."

Exploring Religion, Plurality, Coexistence at IMMC by Amber Helsel