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Wilton student will be a senior and a freshman—at the same time
Friday, March 1, 2013
Wilton High School junior Maxwell Roth will spend his senior year of high school living at the UI pursuing a career in biomedical engineering thanks to an early entrance honors program through the UI Belin-Blank Center's National Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering.
UI professor comments on 'Extreme Couponing' participants' behaviors
Friday, March 1, 2013
Donald Black, UI professor of psychiatry, says that the behaviors displayed by people on the reality TV show Extreme Couponing could be considered variants of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
UI student, Missouri Valley native featured on Big Ten Network
Friday, March 1, 2013
University of Iowa doctoral student and Missouri Valley native Erin O'Gara was featured on The Big Ten Network for a video she created, Putting Babies First, as the first Health Communications Fellow with the State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI.
Recent deaths
Friday, March 1, 2013
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.
Higher education for all
Thursday, February 28, 2013
University of Iowa officials say that keeping higher education affordable and accessible to all students is a high priority, even in challenging economic times.
First generation Latino leader
Thursday, February 28, 2013
UI student Alfredo Garcia of Sioux City says his Mexican immigrant parents have labored intensely in fields and factories to give him and his siblings the opportunity to pursue their dreams. Garcia, who is also president of First Generation Iowa, says he is grateful for scholarships that have made it feasible for him to attend the UI and graduate debt free.
Northbound Madison Street near CRWC to close March 6
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The northbound lanes of Madison Street, between Court and Burlington streets, will be closed March 6 through April 17 as part of a University of Iowa utility construction project.
Getting their names right
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Tippie College of Business hosted a workshop to help faculty and staff learn to properly pronounce the names of students from China, which are at a record high in the college.
Noonan: telecommuting is a way for employers to 'suck more time out of employees'
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Mary Noonan, a UI associate professor of sociology and co-author of the paper "The Hard Truth about Telecommuting," says that employees who work from home end up working five to seven hours more a week as part of a story on how Yahoo is requiring more face time of its employees.
Deadline for Cmiel human rights scholarships March 15
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
UI undergraduate, graduate, and professional students who have secured summer internships with human rights organizations in the United States or internationally should consider applying for the Kenneth J. Cmiel Funded Human Rights Internship Program.
UIMA First Friday: Patterns of Growth
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Celebrate art, “Patterns of Growth” and the approach of spring at the University of Iowa Museum of Art First Friday reception from 5 to 7 p.m. March 1 at hotelVetro. For $5, enjoy refreshments, light hors d’oeuvres, art by local fiber artist Mary Merkel-Hess, and live music.
Three Pentacrest Museum events re-scheduled
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Three University of Iowa Pentacrest Museum events have been rescheduled following postponements last week due to inclement weather.
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