Plenty of excitement in the air as UI graduates, families, and friends celebrated achievements and new beginnings. Photos by Bill Adams and Tom Jorgensen.
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
Officials say the launch of the University of Iowa College of Education’s new brand honors the past and looks forward to the future.
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The UI Foundation unveiled the newest fundraising campaign on May 2, “For Iowa. Forever More: The Campaign for the University of Iowa,” with one of the campaign’s three main goals being to ensure a healthier and more sustainable world.
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An exhibition and oral history about the flood of 2008, "Rising Waters, Rapid Changes," is on display now through the month of May in the window of Hands Jewelers, co-sponsored by the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies as part of the first-ever UI graduate seminar in public histor Story from: UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies website
Cristina Ortiz, a UI doctoral student in anthropology who moved to Columbus Junction, Iowa, for her research, discusses the tensions that have transpired as a result of a large population of Chin Burmese moving to Columbus Junction and competing for jobs with Latinos.
Story from: The San Luis Obispo Tribune
The Office of the Provost at the University of Iowa is establishing an Office of Outreach and Engagement to promote collaboration between UI faculty, staff, and students and community partners across the state. Story
The University of Iowa Biological Interests Organization will hold a plant sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the Kautz Plaza located on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway.
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UI undergraduates have elected new student government leaders from the HOUSE Party (Helping Our University and Students Engage,) which aims engage both students and the university community at large. Story
2013.05.03 | By Jill Tobin and Sara O'Leary | 12:09 PM
Thursday, May 2, was a big day for philanthropy on the University of Iowa campus, as the UI and the UI Foundation celebrated the second annual Phil’s Day and announced an historic $1.7 billion fund-raising campaign. Photo Feature
Hundreds of University of Iowa faculty, staff, students, and friends gathered at hotelVetro to celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship across campus at the inaugural Hawkeye Innovation Summit.
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