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4 faculty members recognized with UI’s highest teaching honor

Thursday, February 20, 2025
Four University of Iowa faculty members are recipients of the 2025 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence, recognizing their exceptional and ongoing contributions to student learning and success.

Events

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Iowa women's basketball vs. UCLA

Sunday, February 23, 2025 1:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa women's basketball team hosts UCLA.
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Ten-Minute Play Festival

Sunday, February 23, 2025 2:00pm
Theatre Building
Join us for the premiere of undergraduate playwrights' new works!
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Book Matters: Brady G’sell and Meena Khandelwal in conversation with Elana Buch

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Prairie Lights Books
Join us for a reading and discussion, co-sponsored by Prairie Lights, to celebrate recent works from Brady G’sell and Meena Khandelwal, faculty in the University of Iowa Department of Anthropology and the Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Program. After the reading, Elana Buch, associate professor of anthropology, will join G’sell and Khandelwal for a conversation and Q&A with the audience. Light refreshments will follow.

News you can use

Big event coming up? A UI expert explains the importance of sleep when it comes to physical performance

Aaron Scheider, assistant professor of health and human physiology in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, explains how sleep can optimize your physical performance and the best way to prioritize quality sleep over quantity.

9 tips for safe snow shoveling

When winter weather arrives, it’s important to take the appropriate steps to prevent injuries and understand when to seek medical attention.

UI students receive degrees after fall 2024 semester

The University of Iowa has welcomed a new cohort of alumni at the close of the fall 2024 semester, with many Hawkeyes receiving their degrees.

UI students named to president’s list for fall 2024 semester

Nearly 1,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2024 fall semester.
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UI expert explains: What you need to know about bird flu

Mike Pentella, professor of epidemiology in the University of Iowa College of Public Health and director of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI, explains that bird flu is a disease caused by certain influenza viruses that usually spread among birds, not humans, and that public health surveillance is critical to prevent its spread. 

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