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CLAS CommencementPlenty of excitement in the air as UI graduates, families, and friends celebrated achievements and new beginnings. Photos by Bill Adams and Tom Jorgensen.
Celebrating commencement
Published: 2013.05.20 | By Bill Adams and Tom Jorgensen | 11:49 AM
Published: 2013.05.20
By Bill Adams and Tom Jorgensen
11:49 AM
Some 5,000 new graduates receive University of Iowa degrees this spring, and many marked the achievement in May 16-18 commencement ceremonies. Photo Feature
 

Rec Services offers Zumba party, survival camping programs

Published: 
2013.03.07 | By University Communication and Marketing | 04:13 PM

Upcoming programs from UI Recreational Services will keep some participants dancing and sweating, others building shelter and finding their way through the wild. Story

UI's Suls discovers tornados survivors are more optimistic

ABC News: UI's Suls discovers tornados survivors are more optimistic
Published: 
2013.03.07
University of Iowa sophomore Jessica Fischels stands in the remains of her apartment in Iowa City, Iowa, April 14, 2006, after it was destroyed by tornado. (Matthew Holst/Iowa City Press Citizen/AP Photo)

UI psychologist Jerry Suls was part of a research team that looked at how people get on with their lives following harrowing experiences after he was unscathed when a tornado hit downtown Iowa City in 2006. Story from: ABC News

ABC News

Supporting undergraduate research

Published: 
2013.03.07 | By Kelli Andresen | 10:48 AM

Six University of Iowa students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been awarded the first-ever John and Elsie Mae Ferentz Undergraduate Fellowships for Research. These fellowships were made possible by a gift to the UI Foundation from Kirk and Mary Ferentz in honor of Kirk’s parents. Story

Kristin's story

Published: 
2013.03.06 | By University Communication and Marketing | 10:08 AM

Andrea Cooper will bring her daughter's story to the University of Iowa campus when she shares "Kristin's Story: A Story of Acquaintance Rape and Depression" at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union. Story

Authentic personal style at the UI

The Huffington Post: Authentic personal style at the UI
Published: 
2013.03.04
a close up image of a fashion watch and bracelet worn by Lisa, who is a senior at the University of Iowa studying journalism and graphic design. In her free time she enjoys doing yoga and reading fashion magazines. Lisa loves sporting a bright colored lipstick and styling her friends is one of her favorite pastimes. After graduating in May 2013, she hopes to move to Chicago to pursue a career in print publication or graphic design.

The Huffington Post fashion blog site takes a look at the authentic personal style that University of Iowa college students display while strolling across campus, dispelling the myth that fashion can't exist in the midst of cornfields. Story from: The Huffington Post

The Huffington Post

Achievements

Published: 
2013.03.05 | By University Communication and Marketing | 11:57 AM

University staff and faculty are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more. Story

UI's Mangum: humanities festival allows researchers to 'show and tell'

Des Moines Register: UI's Mangum: humanities festival allows researchers to 'show and tell'
Published: 
2013.02.28
Salisbury House & Gardens is hosting the first Iowa Humanities Festival partly as a way to highlight its own collection of art and artifacts, including these Native American beaded accessories. / Salisbury House & Gardens/Special to the Register

Teresa Mangum, director of the UI's Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, recruited scholars to "show and tell" their research at the inaugural Iowa Humanities Festival this Saturday at Salisbury House & Gardens in Des Moines. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.) Story from: Des Moines Register

Des Moines Register

Nite Ride adds West Benton Street to route

Published: 
2013.03.05 | By University Communication and Marketing | 11:00 AM

Nite Ride, the free shuttle service offered to women on and near the University of Iowa campus by the UI Department of Public Safety, has expanded its west-side route. Story

UI launches new online journal for MFA in Spanish Creative Writing program

Published: 
2013.03.05 | By University Communication and Marketing | 10:08 AM

"Iowa Literaria," the electronic journal of the MFA in Spanish Creative Writing program at the University of Iowa, is online as of Tuesday, Feb. 26. Story

Perlmutter: How to avoid bad advice from colleagues

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Perlmutter: How to avoid bad advice from colleagues
Published: 
2013.03.04
Illustration of a man trying to give the wrong directions to a female colleague, Marta Antelo for The Chronicle

David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, shares how to avoid bad advice from colleagues as part of his "Career Confidential" advice column for The Chronicle. Story from: The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education

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