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Traffic deaths increased during the pandemic. The toll fell more heavily on Black residents, report shows.

Corinne Peek-Asa, a professor in the University of Iowa’s Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, discusses how as COVID-19 spread more readily through communities of color, an increase in traffic deaths was probably a result of the compounding of existing inequities.

Rural Communities Fall Further Behind In COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Keith Mueller, director of the University of Iowa's Rural Policy Research Institute in the College of Public Health, discusses concerns over rural communities outside America's cities falling behind in the race to vaccinate against COVID-19.
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Iowa Department of Education, UI to launch new pre-K-12 school mental health center

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Iowa Department of Education and the University of Iowa today announced a partnership aimed at expanding support for mental health, including training, resources and outreach to educators and schools across the state.
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Researchers find human infant brains, bodies unexpectedly active during second, major sleep stage

Wednesday, June 16, 2021
A University of Iowa team has found that babies twitch during a sleep stage called quiet sleep, not just during REM sleep. The results may show there’s more communication between snoozing infants’ brains and motor systems than previously known.
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UI students named to president’s list for spring 2021 semester

Wednesday, June 9, 2021
More than 1,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2020 fall semester.
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UI students named to dean’s list for spring 2021 semester

Wednesday, June 9, 2021
More than 7,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2021 spring semester.
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UI students receive degrees after spring 2021 semester

Wednesday, June 9, 2021
The University of Iowa awarded more than 6,100 degrees at the close of the spring 2021 semester.
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University moves closer to development of former University Club site

Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Pending Board of Regents, State of Iowa, approval, the university will enter a development agreement with Des Moines-based company Build to Suit, Inc./Focus Development and Newbury Living to develop residential, non-student apartments overlooking Finkbine Golf Course.

Planning begins for new Student Well-Being Center

Tuesday, May 25, 2021
In a partnership between the University of Iowa Division of Student Life, Campus Planning, and undergraduate and graduate student governments, the University of Iowa is moving forward with a proposal to create a new Student Well-Being Center.
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Celebrating spring 2021 graduates

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
While the University of Iowa’s spring 2021 graduates didn’t get to experience a traditional in-person commencement ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students and their families and friends found ways to celebrate their accomplishments this past weekend.
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An end-of-semester message from President Harreld and Provost Kregel

Thursday, May 6, 2021
President Harreld and Provost Kregel congratulate Iowa's newest grads on their accomplishment and the whole campus community with its handling of the pandemic.
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Dates and times of spring 2021 virtual commencement ceremonies announced

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
This spring, about 5,300 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees in livestreamed, virtual commencement ceremonies, beginning with the College of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy ceremony on May 13 and concluding with the College of Dentistry’s ceremony on June 4.