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Regents approve 2025-26 tuition increase for UI students

Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Office of Strategic Communication
The Iowa Board of Regents has approved a tuition increase for University of Iowa students to address inflationary costs and to maintain the quality of education Iowans expect.

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Accessibility Workflow: Creating More Accessible Microsoft Word Documents

Thursday, June 12, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
This session offers a step-by-step workflow for creating attractive and accessible Microsoft Word documents. Starting with a blank sheet, we'll look at eight key aspects of accessibility in Microsoft Word. Throughout, we'll use the Microsoft Word Accessibility Checker to make sure we're on track. When we have a finished document, we will learn how to export to a highly accessible PDF suitable for sharing via email, on your website, in your ICON course, and elsewhere.Register for Creating More...
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Public Observing Night - Van Allen Observatory

Friday, June 13, 2025 9:00pm to 11:00pm
Van Allen Hall
Please join the University of Iowa Physics & Astronomy Department as we use the Van Allen Observatory and small telescopes to tour the summer sky. To attend this Astronomy observation session, follow the signs in Van Allen Hall to the east elevator to reach the roof or visit the southeast lawn.

Live from Prairie Lights | John Koethe and Julie Hanson

Monday, June 16, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Poet and philosopher John Koethe will read from his newest book, Cemeteries and Galaxies, a collection of poems that "unravels timeless questions of death, math, meaning, and much more" (macmillan.com), and Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Julie Hanson will read from her recent poetry collection, The Audible and the Evident, winner of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. Heather Treseler of the LA Review of Books praises Cemetaries and Galaxies as a new collection that "looks upward at the most distant...
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Does yard work count as exercise? UI expert provides tips to maintain a healthy lifestyle during busy summer months

Office of Strategic Communication
Lauren Steinke, assistant professor of health and human physiology at the University of Iowa, shares tips on how to work fitness into your schedule and realize that the goal is to “focus on progress, not perfection.”

UI students named to dean’s list for spring 2025 semester

More than 8,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2025 spring semester.

UI students named to president’s list for spring 2025 semester

More than 1,250 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2025 spring semester.

Big event coming up? A UI expert explains the importance of sleep when it comes to physical performance

Office of Strategic Communication
Aaron Scheider, assistant professor of health and human physiology in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, explains how sleep can optimize your physical performance and the best way to prioritize quality sleep over quantity.
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5 things to know about measles

Measles, a highly contagious disease, has been making headlines in the United States due to the recent increase in reported cases across several states. Melanie Wellington, associate hospital epidemiologist and physician with UI Health Care, explains what you need to know. 

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