Rush University Medical Center looked to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic's 'Furry Friends' program, a pet visitation program, as a successful model for allowing seriously ill patients to have pets in their hospital rooms for comfort and support. Story from: Chicago Tribune
Scott Spak, assistant director of environmental policy at the UI Public Policy Center, discusses water quality problems in landfills, and David Osterberg, clinical associate professor in the College of Public Health, comments on recycling.
Story from: Iowa Watch
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and its students are trying to fill the state’s growing need for doctors in both rural and metropolitan areas.
Story from: The Daily Iowan
Margot Livesey, Jonathan Goldsmith Visiting Author at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House. Story
Iowa City poet and Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus James McKean will read from his new collection of poetry, "We Are the Bus," winner of the 2011 X.J. Kennedy Prize, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website. Story
Although Latinos represent a growing economic, political, and cultural force in the U.S., they’re often the subject of misconceptions and damaging stereotypes. UI faculty and staff help set the record straight—starting with a little-known part of Iowa history.
Story from: Iowa Alumni Magazine
American businesses are struggling with change, and that’s going to be an increasingly serious problem for the economy in coming years. Management and organizations professor Sara Rynes will discuss the threats of apathy when she delivers this year's UI Presidential Lecture Feb. 24. Story
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the UI Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of William LaRue Jones and featuring UI piano faculty Alan Huckleberry, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union. Story
