Impact

Portrait of Dustin Smart.

Designing while deployed

Monday, April 16, 2012
A UI student designed this year's Earth Day fundraiser T-shirt while deployed in Afghanistan with the Air National Guard.

Art as allegory

Thursday, April 12, 2012
In visiting painter Laurie Hogin's work, images of mutant plants and animals in overgrown landscapes examine themes like desire, pleasure, intoxication, and love.
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A case of art and law

Thursday, April 12, 2012
When your father is a lawyer, and your grandfather is a lawyer, and your great-grandfather is a lawyer, it seems natural that you’re going to be drawn to courtrooms. Several of Iowa's chambers of justice became the subject of Christopher Beckman's photography thesis project.

Tippie hosts Innovation Forum for local businesses to learn more about analytics

Thursday, April 12, 2012
The Tippie College of Business will host an innovation forum for local businesses that want to learn more about analytics on Friday, April 27 in Iowa City.

Police receive two reports of public exposure

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Iowa City Police recently received two reports about a man exposing himself.

Raising awareness through the arts

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey will read at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, as part of The Derek Project.

Following in Grant Wood's footsteps

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The first two Grant Wood Fellows share what they've been working on leading up to this year's Grant Wood Symposium.

Groovin' for good

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids will host the second annual Cedar Rapids Dance Marathon from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in the Hennessey Recreation Center at Mount Mercy University.

Miller-Meeks to lecture on health care policy April 11

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Mariannette Miller-Meeks, director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, will speak as this week’s Policy Matters’ guest lecturer on the topic of health care policy at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 in the University of Iowa Main Library's Shambaugh Auditorium.
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Marketing project aims high

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Students in a Tippie College of Business course are helping the Yellowstone Association get an edge over dozens of other tour operators at a time when the number of visitors to the national park is largely static.
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Artist colony extends Grant Wood's vision

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The Grant Wood Symposium is just one aspect of a grander vision—an artist colony that will be a lasting legacy of the creativity of Iowa's most famous artist and his commitment to supporting other artists.
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Experience the Powwow

Monday, April 9, 2012
American Indian music, competitive dance, art, and food took center stage Saturday-Sunday, April 7-8, at the 19th annual UI Powwow.