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UI to plant campus forest inspired by student project

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Office of Strategic Communication
In its ongoing effort to support the health and diversity of its tree habitat, the University of Iowa will plant a Miyawaki forest on the west side of campus on Arbor Day. Named for its innovative planting technique known as the Miyawaki method (pronounced mee-yah-wah-kee), this reforestation practice is designed to mimic the natural growth process of conventional forests by densely planting native seedlings.

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Live from Prairie Lights | Sanjena Sathian in conversation with Ren Arcamone - 'Goddess Complex' promotional image

Live from Prairie Lights | Sanjena Sathian in conversation with Ren Arcamone - 'Goddess Complex'

Thursday, April 17, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Sanjena Sathian will read from her new novel, Goddess Complex, and will be joined in conversation by Ren Arcamone, also a Writers' Workshop alum. Penguin Random House, which published Goddess Complex, describes it as "a darkly funny, vertiginous novel about the dilemmas of procreation, pregnancy, and parenting." Sarah Thankam Mathews, author of the National Book Award finalist All This Could Be Different, praises Goddess Complex as "the most interesting, illuminating...
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Public Observing Night - Van Allen Observatory

Friday, April 18, 2025 8:00pm to 11:59pm
Van Allen Hall
UPDATE: Unfortunately, due to the weather forecast tonight, we will not be setting up telescopes. However, feel free to stop by Van Allen Hall from 8 to 10 p.m. to learn about the wonders of light and spectroscopy! We will have science talks and demonstrations in the 6th floor classrooms (accessible from the East Elevator).Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation...
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Spring faculty reading: Tom Drury

Saturday, April 19, 2025 8:00pm
Glenn Schaeffer Library
Visiting Professor of Fiction, Tom Drury will read in the Frank Conroy Reading Room in Glenn Schaeffer Library.Tom Drury is from the American Midwest. As a teenager he walked beans and worked at a grain elevator, though he doubts that people walk beans anymore, and the grain elevator is gone, as are the railroad tracks that brought the boxcars to the grain elevator.He's written five novels, and his writing has appeared in The Paris Review, The New Yorker, A Public Space, Ploughshares, Granta, Th...
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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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When winter weather arrives, it’s important to take the appropriate steps to prevent injuries and understand when to seek medical attention.

UI students receive degrees after fall 2024 semester

The University of Iowa has welcomed a new cohort of alumni at the close of the fall 2024 semester, with many Hawkeyes receiving their degrees.

UI students named to president’s list for fall 2024 semester

Office of Strategic Communication
Nearly 1,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2024 fall semester.
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UI expert explains: What you need to know about bird flu

Mike Pentella, professor of epidemiology in the University of Iowa College of Public Health and director of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI, explains that bird flu is a disease caused by certain influenza viruses that usually spread among birds, not humans, and that public health surveillance is critical to prevent its spread. 

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