Impact

Ariane Parkes-Perret walks through the Iowa City pedestrian mall in costume Saturday as part of a preview for the Iowa City Carnaval Parade that will take place June 9. Alesha L. Crews / Iowa City Press-Citizen

Arthur inspires Carnaval parade experience for Iowa Arts Festival

Monday, June 3, 2013
Loyce Arthur, UI theater arts associate professor, is working with the community to create costumes and props for a Carnaval Parade Sunday, June 9, that begins at 9:45 a.m. downtown as part of the Iowa Arts Festival. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

UI's Reed to discuss advanced computing at DC forum

Monday, June 3, 2013
Daniel Reed, vice president for research and economic development at the University of Iowa, will discuss advanced computing at a congressional briefing organized by the American Chemical Society on June 4 in Washington.
Workers, seen here late last week filling HESCO flood barriers with sand near the Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories, got a well-deserved break Sunday after installing some seven miles of barrier around campus. Work will resume Monday morning. Photo by

UI flood measures 80 percent in place, work to resume Monday

Sunday, June 2, 2013
A relatively dry weekend gave contractors and University of Iowa facilities crews a well deserved break Sunday after scurrying last week to put into place seven miles of HESCO barriers and other flood-protection measures around the campus.

University of Iowa flood FAQs

Friday, May 31, 2013
Frequently asked questions regarding the 2013 flood.

Flood-related cancellations

Friday, May 31, 2013
Information about flood-related University of Iowa event cancellations or changes.

School of Music cancels summer camps

Friday, May 31, 2013
Because of the flood situation and closure of the University of Iowa arts campus this week, the UI School of Music has canceled its summer music camps, scheduled to take place June 9-28.

Community flood resources

Friday, May 31, 2013
Community information and resources, including volunteers opportunities, road and building closures, weather and flood forecast tools and updates by Johnson County, Iowa City, Coralville and other cities and governmental agencies.
University of Iowa staff and students help fill sandbags that are being used around campus to protect against the Iowa River's rising waters. Photo by Tim Schoon

UI operating normally while flood protection efforts continue

Friday, May 31, 2013
The University of Iowa completed flood protection efforts around Mayflower Residence Hall Friday morning and is on track to close Theater Building and the Museum of Art building, which houses a portion of the School of Music, by the end of the day.
An image of a flood map used by the Iowa Flood Center

Iowa Flood Center's maps provide one-stop shopping for public

Friday, May 31, 2013
Witold Krajewski, director of the Iowa Flood Center, says the University of Iowa center is in the middle of a five-year project to develop flood inundation maps for the entire state, providing one-stop shopping for the public.
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David Plowden's Iowa

Friday, May 31, 2013
David Plowden’s Iowa, a book featuring four decades of the acclaimed photographer’s images of Iowa, is also an exhibit. Both the exhibit and the photographer will be at the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus Friday, June 7, for a reception and artist’s talk.
Photograph of seven men holding various musical instruments

Music to commemorate some challenging times

Friday, May 31, 2013
It just makes sense that the Preservation Hall Jazz Band (PHJB) would be booked to provide the music for “Living With Floods,” a statewide project to commemorate historic floods in 2008 and 2011.
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Contagion of collaboration

Friday, May 31, 2013
Chuck Swanson and the staff at Hancher had a germ of an idea. The performing arts organization wanted to work with the UI College of Engineering. Little did they know that they would spread a contagion across the entire state and even down the Mississippi River to New Orleans.