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Ingram explains new environmental major

Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Sacramento Bee
University of Iowa assistant provost Beth Ingram explains the UI's new multidisciplinary major in environmental planning and policy.

Med student gets unique Obama autograph

Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Dallas Morning News
University of Iowa medical student Shadee Giurgius got a unique autograph when he attended the Obama/Biden campaign event.

T.C Boyle is still effortlessly cool

Monday, September 10, 2012
Washington Post
UI English and Writers' Workshop alumnus T.C. Boyle is still "effortlessly cool."

Perlmutter offers interview advice

Monday, September 10, 2012
Fox News
David D. Perlmutter, director of the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, offers advice for conference interviews.

UI seeks to reduce cost of medical education

Friday, September 7, 2012
Oskaloosa News
The University of Iowa is instituting an innovative plan to reduce the cost of medical school.

Flood center seeks to deploy more sensors

Friday, September 7, 2012
Daily Iowan
The Iowa Flood Center has launched a Fund-a-Sensor campaign to finance an additional 100 sensors on Iowa waterways. A paid subscription is required.

UI Press book wins Washington Book Award

Friday, September 7, 2012
Ithaca Times
In Earshot of Water: Notes from the Columbia Plateau by Paul Lindholdt, published by the University of Iowa Press, is the winner of the Washington State Book Award for biography/memoir.

Neumann wins Equity for Women Award

Friday, September 7, 2012
Art Info
Retired Iowa Supreme Court Justice Linda K. Neuman, who teaches in the University of Iowa College of Law, is the winner of the first Equity for Women Award.

Saftlas responds to abortion/abuse study

Thursday, September 6, 2012
Knoxville Journal Express
University of Iowa epidemiologist Audrey Saftlas talks about her study showing that women seeking abortions report more abuse.

Alumna Savage knows her sports

Thursday, September 6, 2012
Washington Post
University of Iowa alumna Jill Savage, host of a sports radio talk show in Oregon, says callers try to test her knowledge. "You have to be confident, especially as a female in the industry," she says.