<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/2026-shear-colbert-symposium-a-door-that-locks-housing-homelessness-and-stability-in-iowa.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>03/30/2026</pubDate><title>2026 Shear Colbert Symposium:  “A Door That Locks: Housing, Homelessness, and Stability in Iowa”</title><campus>Marshalltown Community College</campus><image><img src="/_migrated-binaries/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/Dr.-Elizabeth-Talbert-257x300.jpg" alt="Dr. Elizabeth Talbert"/></image><caption/><thumbnail/><description>MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown Community College will host the 2026 Shear Colbert Symposium on Wednesday, April 15, focusing on the critical issuesof housing and homelessness. Drake University sociology professor Dr. Elizabeth Talbert will present the keynote lecture, “A Door That Locks: Housing, Ho...</description><tags><tag>events</tag></tags></item>