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Turkish officials visit UI to strengthen Iowa ties

Published
2013.04.30
Turkish officials visit the UI campus

Fatih Yildiz, the Turkish consul general in Chicago, is visiting the University of Iowa campus and local community to strengthen relationships and expand trade in Iowa. Story from: The Daily Iowan

The Daily Iowan

Welch comments on Iowa's new reading assessments

Published
2013.04.27
Jane Addams Elementary School third-graders Carter Morrell, 9, and Kadene Tatum, 9, work on reading together. Quad-City Times photo by Larry Fisher

Cathy Welch, director of statewide testing programming for the Iowa Testing Programs at the UI College of Education, says Iowa's new reading assessment tests determine a child's ability to not just read the words on a page but comprehend them in a story that is part of a series. Story from: Quad-City Times

Quad-City Times

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

Seyfer receives Lola Lopes Award

Cindy Seyfer, director of student employment and senior associate director in the University of Iowa Office of Student Financial Aid, has received the 2013 Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy. Story

Mentoring Moscow

a 10-member delegation from Moscow visits with UI officials on campus.

A 10-member delegation from one of Russia’s premier research institutions visited the University of Iowa this past week to gather ideas to help improve its growing university. The visit was hosted primarily by the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center. Story

Recent deaths

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available. Story

Community invited to UI College of Education's brand launch party May 3

The University of Iowa College of Education is celebrating its new brand, "Leaders. Scholars. Innovators," with a launch party from 3-4 p.m. Friday, May 3, at the Lindquist Center Courtyard. Story

Nominate colleagues for Staff Council awards

Know a University of Iowa staff member who's done something really great for the university, the community, or the state? Now's your chance to nominate her or him for some of the university's top staff honors. Story

UI's Brands, Klaus share book titles at UNESCO event

Published
2013.04.23
University of Iowa wrestling coach Terry Brands discusses 'American Sniper' by Chris Kyle on Tuesday at Sycamore Mall. The book talk was hosted by the UNESCO City of Literature. / David Scrivner / Iowa City Press-Citizen

UI wrestling coach Terry Brands and UI Nonfiction Writing Program Founder Carl Klaus were among residents sharing books that were meaningful to them at the third Community Book Talk hosted by UNESCO City of Literature as part of World Book Day. Story from: Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa City Press-Citizen

Public engagement in higher education

University of Iowa faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to participate in a workshop, Public Engagement in Higher Education, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 26 at the UI College of Public Health. Story

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