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2 faculty members named 2025 UI Distinguished Chairs

Thursday, March 13, 2025
Office of Strategic Communication
Saba Rasheed Ali, associate dean for research and professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education, and Paul A. Romitti, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health, have been named recipients of the 2025 University of Iowa Distinguished Chair.

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Side Show

Thursday, March 13, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Daisy and Violet Hilton, a pair of conjoined twins, have lived their lives in the spotlight, excelling from Freak Show oddities to Vaudeville stars. As the sisters struggle to navigate their new path beyond the Freak Show, Daisy and Violet face outside forces and new desires that threaten to tear them apart — figuratively and literally. Based on a true story, Side Show offers us the chance to connect through our differences, finding love and acceptance for everyone — including ourselves.
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Death Surrogates

Thursday, March 13, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Death Surrogates By Cianon Jones Location: Alan MacVey Theatre, Theatre Building Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025, 8 p.m. Friday, Mar. 14, 2025, 8 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 15, 2025, 8 p.m. As the end of the world looms, a tech company barrels to launch their newest invention which promises to serve some kind of answer. But this answer isn't meant for just anybody. Death Surrogates is a tale that explores the traumatic echo chamber that bodies of power use to prey upon the vulnerable.  Please be...

Accessible Document Series: PDF Session II

Friday, March 14, 2025 10:30am to 12:00pm
Virtual
PDF Accessibility Part II is hands-on. Participants will apply accessibility tools (Acrobat, PDF Accessibility Checker) to remediate documents for improved accessibility. We'll also explore order, content, and tag tools to better understand three core aspects of more accessible PDFs.
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Big event coming up? A UI expert explains the importance of sleep when it comes to physical performance

Office of Strategic Communication
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

Office of Strategic Communication
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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