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UI students receive degrees after fall 2019 semester

Monday, January 27, 2020
The University of Iowa awarded more than 1,600 degrees at the close of the 2019 fall semester.
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Student Disability Services office to move to University Capitol Centre

Thursday, January 23, 2020
The University of Iowa Student Disability Services (SDS) office, currently located in the basement of Burge Residence Hall, will move into a temporary location on the first floor of University Capitol Centre.
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Military and Veteran Student Services now part of Office of the Registrar

Thursday, January 23, 2020
The University of Iowa Military and Veteran Student Services (MVSS) office, located in University Capitol Centre as part of the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, is now part of the Office of the Registrar and will move to Calvin Hall by fall 2020.

Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will continue to advance the DEI Action Plan in coming year

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
To reach the goals outlined in the Excellence through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan, the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will continue to work on critical tasks and collaborate with campus partners.
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New initiative will increase support for first-generation students at Iowa

Tuesday, January 21, 2020
This summer, the University of Iowa Office of the Provost will add to its student support programming by launching the Hawkeye First-Generation Initiative.

Vice president for student life candidates to participate in open forums

Monday, January 13, 2020
The finalists for the University of Iowa’s vice president for student life will participate in open forums during the first two weeks of February. All forums will take place in the Iowa Theatre (room 166) of the Iowa Memorial Union.

IEM is the granddaddy of political prediction markets

Political prediction markets are valuable as an election forecasting tool, and the first such market was the Iowa Electronic Market, developed by faculty at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business.

Tippie professor helps women entrepreneurs in Kenya

Patrick Johanns, a faculty member in the TIppie College of Business, is leading a University of Iowa group on a trip to Kenya to help women who own their own fishing businesses strengthen their businesses and work more safely.

Study links common pesticides to cardiovascular death

A new study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds people who have had greater exposure to a chemical commonly found in consumer pesticides have a higher likelihood of dying from cardiovascular disease.

Study links pesticides to cardiovascular disease death

A new study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds that people who have had greater exposure to pyrethroids--chemicals found in commonly-used pesticides--have a higher likelihood of dying from cardiovascular disease.

UI expert offers winter safety tips for bicyclists

Steven Spears, a transportation policy expert in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and an avid cyclist, offers tips to help riders stay safe on the roads during winter months, when temperatures are cold and pavement often is covered with ice, snow, sand, and salt.

UI research is at the cutting edge of automated vehicle research

Dan McGehee, director of the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS), discusses the university's research that improves driving safety and explains the difference between autonomous and automated vehicles in this news podcast.