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Longevity Awards: April 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional & scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President. Award winners from April 2012 are listed below. 25 Years Elizabeth Brau, nursing services Mary Brenneman, law library...
Longevity Awards: March 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional & scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President. Award winners from March 2012 are listed below. 25 Years Deborah Chekal, strategic relations Angie Cookman, psychiatry...
Longevity Awards: February 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional & scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President. Award winners from February 2012 are listed below. 25 Years Alison Houston-Hayslett, pathology Birgit Huff, State...
Making a dentistry music video
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Second-year students at the UI College of Dentistry launched a deliberately goofy plan for honoring a favorite teacher. The result is earning viral-video buzz.
Iowa One Cards get new look, functionality
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
University of Iowa students, faculty, and staff will soon be able to use their university identification cards as proximity cards to access buildings or rooms on campus.
Watching us like a hawk
Monday, June 11, 2012
When opportunity knocks, you have to get up and answer the door. When it thumps into your window, however, you might want to reach for your camera. Paul W. Jensen did just that when a hawk landed outside his window.
Be a real man
Monday, June 11, 2012
UI graduate student Jacob Oppenheimer asks men to commemorate this Father's Day by standing up and speaking out about respectful and healthy masculinity.
Did You Know?: Iowa Museum Week
Monday, June 11, 2012
On June 7, Gov. Terry Branstad proclaimed June 11-17 as Iowa Museum Week. This week of awareness will recognize the important roles of museums, historical societies, and collections in all 99 counties of Iowa.
New digs
Friday, June 8, 2012
This summer, the University of Iowa will break ground on the first new residence hall to be built on campus since 1968. In addition to housing for 501 students, it will include a multi-purpose room with a performance space, a sports grill operated by University Dining, and tutoring and group study areas.
Small dot, big draw
Thursday, June 7, 2012
University of Iowa professors and students took to the roof of Van Allen Hall Tuesday evening, June 5, to set up five telescopes built exclusively for observing the sun for a public viewing of Venus's transit across the sun. An overcast sky prevented all but a few brief glimpses of the rare astronomical event.
Learn to row this summer
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
University of Iowa Recreational Services is offering rowing camps and clinics throughout the summer. Those who are curious about rowing also may be interested in an open house with Hawkeye Community Rowing on June 9.
Planting the seed of sustainability
Monday, June 4, 2012
The University of Iowa Gardeners have started a new herb and flower garden by North Hall to grow things like borage (an edible flower), chamomile, sunflowers, and more. They spent a sunny Friday morning laying mulch and planting in the black Iowa dirt.
Pagination