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UI experts comment on suggestion to lower blood alcohol limit

Published
2013.05.14
Officer Shawn Burke administers a traffic safety check point organized by Cedar Rapids Police in Southwest Cedar Rapids which started at 11:00p.m. on March 29, 2013. (Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette)

Several National Advanced Driving Simulator experts at the UI share insights on the decision by the National Transportation and Safety Board to push states to reduce the legal blood alcohol limit from 0.08 to 0.05. Story from: The Gazette

The Gazette

Iowa City fire crews to hold practice drill on Water Tower

The Iowa City Fire Department will be practicing high-angle rescue drills on the water tower near University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Kinnick Stadium from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 14. Story

Be a part of the healing journey

One in three women and one in six men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes. To help them on their healing journey, the University of Iowa’s Rape Victim Advocacy Program seeks volunteers for its 32-hour Volunteer Training Program, which begins June 10. The deadline to apply is May 31st. Story

Officials determine suspicious envelope at Mayflower is safe

University of Iowa police and local public safety officials say a suspicious letter reported at Mayflower Residence Hall Monday is safe. Story

UI to extend Nite Ride service hours during finals week

University of Iowa Department of Public Safety will extend Nite Ride service hours during finals week. Nite Ride will operate on a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. schedule, starting at 10 p.m. Sunday, May 12 and ending at 6 a.m. Friday, May 17. Story

Stabbing suspect arrested

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a weekend stabbing that hospitalized two men early Sunday morning and prompted the University of Iowa to issue a Hawk Alert. Story

Police seek suspect in stabbing

University of Iowa and Iowa City Police continue to search for a suspect involved in the stabbing of two men during an altercation downtown near Washington and Dubuque streets early Sunday morning. Story

UI Clothesline Project creates awareness of sexual assault

Published
2013.04.25
The clothesline project displays T-shirts that represent sexual assault victims and survivors on the Pentacrest

Hundreds of T-shirts, each with a different message, lined clotheslines on the UI Pentacrest lawn Thursday as part of the Rape Victim Advocacy Program's Clothesline Project, part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Story from: Iowa City Patch

Iowa City Patch

UI health experts among Iowans who volunteered in Haiti

Published
2013.04.21
Dr. Chris Buresh cuddles a a Haitian youngster, Wendly Steven, 13 months old, who has severe scar tissue on his hand from grabbing a piece of firewood/

Chris Buresh and Casey Panko, a UI Hospitals and Clinics emergency-medicine physician and emergency department nurse respectively, served as team leaders when traveling to Haiti in March along with other Community Health Initiative volunteers, bringing health care to rural villages in Haiti. Story from: Des Moines Register

Des Moines Register

Reported suspicious package contained tea, greeting card

University of Iowa police say a package reported as suspicious at UI Hospitals and Clinics Monday contained a box of tea, some ginger and a greeting card. Story

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