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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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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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Accessibility Workflow: Creating More Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
This session offers a step-by-step workflow for creating attractive and accessible PowerPoint presentations. We'll look into six key aspects of PowerPoint accessibility, including one customization you won't want to miss. Throughout, we'll use the Microsoft PowerPoint Accessibility Checker to make sure we're on track. Once we have our accessible slides in order, we will see how to export to a highly accessible PDF suitable for sharing via email, on your website, in your ICON course, and...

Live from Prairie Lights | Kelly Dwyer - 'Ghost Mother'

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Iowa Writers' Workshop alum and current Iowa Summer Writing Festival instructor Kelly Dwyer will read from her newest novel, Ghost Mother. Compared to stories written by Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, and Henry James, Ghost Mother follows a protagonist named Lilly who's wanting but struggling to have a baby with her husband Jack when they buy an old house that appears to be haunted...or is it? Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of The Great Man and Welcome Home, Stranger...
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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

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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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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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