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A young man poses for his photo outdoors on a sunny day.Anthony Ferguson started a community organization, Young, Black, and Educated. Photo by Bill Adams.
Young, Black, and Educated
Published: 2013.05.15 | By Betsy Bates | 7:00 AM
Published: 2013.05.15
By Betsy Bates
7:00 AM
Junior Anthony Ferguson initially came to the University of Iowa in the fall of 2011 to play for the Hawkeye football team. However, after one season, he felt a calling to something greater. He left the team and created a community organization, Young, Black, and Educated. Story
 

UI REACH graduation marks fifth year

The Daily Iowan: UI REACH graduation marks fifth year
Published: 
2013.05.13
A graduate of the REACH Program accepts his diploma from Nick Colangelo, interim dean of the UI College of Education

The REACH program—Realizing Educational and Career Hopes—celebrated its fifth anniversary May 10 with a graduation ceremony. The program is in the UI College of Education and serves 18- to 25-year-old students who have intellectual, cognitive, or learning disabilities. Story from: The Daily Iowan

The Daily Iowan

Stories of Iowans' Civil War experiences

Published: 
2013.05.13 | By Rebecca Pope | 07:00 AM

The Civil War experiences of six eastern Iowans, including two with links to the University of Iowa and its Old Capitol building, are the focus of a free public lecture set for Thursday, May 16, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hanson Family Humanities Gallery of the UI’s Old Capitol Museum. Story

Get to Know…Vince Nelson

Published: 
2013.05.13 | By Sara Epstein Moninger | 07:00 AM
Portrait of VInce Nelson

The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty and staff a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today we visit with UI Alumni Association CEO Vince Nelson. Story

Donation Drive to be held during residence hall move-out May 15, 16

Published: 
2013.05.10 | By George McCrory | 02:47 PM

Students living in the University of Iowa residence halls can help reduce the amount of landfill waste at move-out by participating in a Year-end Donation Drive on Wednesday, May 15 and Thursday, May 16. Story

Achievements

Published: 
2013.05.10 | By University Communication and Marketing | 11:20 AM

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

Let the children play

Published: 
2013.05.10 | By Richard C. Lewis | 11:14 AM
parent and child playing a card game

The University of Iowa has partnered with the Iowa Children's Museum on "Playing is Learning," an initiative to reintroduce children, and their parents, to the concept of play. The kickoff event is May 14 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the children's museum in Coralville. Story

UI example of campus providing climate for sustainability initiatives

Omaha World-Herald: UI example of campus providing climate for sustainability initiatives
Published: 
2013.05.06
Creighton University student Brianna Baca pours liquid nitrogen as she and her teammates — Chris Rogge, left, and Erin Cheese, at center in blue — lead a demonstration in their materials science class.

The UI's undergraduate certificate in sustainability is recognized in an article on how more universities offer a good climate for both sustainability efforts and academic programs to meet growing student interest. Story from: Omaha World-Herald

Omaha World-Herald

UI adopts hearing-loop technology on campus

The Daily Iowan: UI adopts hearing-loop technology on campus
Published: 
2013.05.09
Image of hearing-loop technology being adopted at UI

The University of Iowa has plans in the works to install hearing-loop technology in several buildings around campus, and while more expensive than older technology, official say the quality is worth it. Story from: The Daily Iowan

The Daily Iowan

A blind man's daily journey

Published: 
2013.05.09 | By Richard C. Lewis and Tim Schoon | 11:23 AM
Jerry Jackson walking across the street on a raining day

The University of Iowa has produced a multimedia package chronicling a day in the life of Jerry Jackson, a 66-year-old Burlington man whose family suffers from a rare, inherited eye disease called ADNIV. Specialists at the UI's ophthalmology department have been studying the disease for more than two decades and now believe they've found the first genetic cause for it. Story

Sioux City social work pioneer

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2013.05.09 | By Jenna Hammerich | 11:10 AM

UI alumna Meg Bessman-Quintero is the only bilingual, master's-level mental health therapist practicing in the Sioux City area who counsels primarly Spanish-speaking immigrants and their families, filling a critical mental health niche in western Iowa. Story

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