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Investors put their faith in finance
Monday, April 9, 2012
A new study by a University of Iowa researcher suggests that investors put more faith in venture capitalists and other private financial firms than they do in corporations when it comes to evaluating mergers and acquisitions.
Learn to lifeguard thanks to UI Recreation Services course
Monday, April 9, 2012
Earn your American Red Cross Universal Certificate before summer arrives with a course through UI Recreational Services.
Seeing green
Friday, April 6, 2012
The University of Iowa is celebrating Earth Month throughout April with numerous activities including a waste sort, tree plantings, sustainability-related presentations and movies, and a ride-your-bike-to-work/class campus day.
Iowa Brass Quintet performs April 11
Friday, April 6, 2012
The Iowa Brass Quintet of the University of Iowa School of Music will return from a Midwest tour to present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.
Road to riches paved with problems?
Friday, April 6, 2012
New rock-fracturing technology has brought oil boom times to North Dakota. However, a UI researcher says the roads leading to the state’s oil riches may be paved with a potential health hazard.
UI Carver College of Medicine formalizes agreement for Des Moines regional campus
Thursday, April 5, 2012
It’s now official. Des Moines is the formal site of a regional branch campus for the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. A recent agreement between the Des Moines Area Medical Education Consortium and the UI Carver College of Medicine cements the arrangement for the next 10 years.
Talking history and future of the middle class
Thursday, April 5, 2012
A UI expert will explore the unprecedented financial crises affecting America’s middle class in a free public lecture presented by the UI Alumni Association on April 24 in Des Moines.
Apfelbaum performs in Englert Theatre concert April 13
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Influential multi-instrumentalist and composer Peter Apfelbaum, founder of the Hieroglyphics Ensemble, will be a special guest soloist in a free concert by the University of Iowa's Johnson County Landmark big band at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, in the Englert Theater.
Latin Jazz Ensemble performs April 15
Thursday, April 5, 2012
The Latin Jazz Ensemble of the University of Iowa School of Music will be joined by guest artists Rich Medd, trombone, and John Lorenz, bata, in a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in the Riverside Recital Hall.
POTUS pick
Thursday, April 5, 2012
President Barack Obama has appointed Christopher Merrill, director of the University of Iowa International Writing Program, to the National Council on the Humanities.
Lasansky led UI printmaking to prominence
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Mauricio Lasansky, who led the UI printmaking area in the School of Art and Art History to international prominence, died April 2 at the age of 97. His work, including his famous "Nazi Drawings," is featured in the collections of virtually every major art museum in the United States and Europe.
The economic cost of breastfeeding
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
University of Iowa sociologist Mary Noonan's research found that long-term breastfeeding entails an economic cost to women, in the form of decreased earnings.
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