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UI adds Master in Business Analytics

Thursday, February 5, 2015
The University of Iowa will offer a Master of Science program in Business Analytics starting in the fall, adding another educational component for Iowans in the fast growing field of data analytics.

Iowa Board of Regents approves UI Health Care request to purchase property

Thursday, February 5, 2015
The Iowa Board of Regents has approved a University of Iowa Health Care request to purchase property for a new patient care facility in the Iowa River Landing development in Coralville.

Iowa City Heart Center, P.C. to join UI Health Care

Thursday, February 5, 2015
Iowa City Heart Center, P.C., a highly regarded cardiology group serving eastern Iowa patients and families since 1987, will join University of Iowa Health Care, effective April 30.

President Mason announces timeline for offering programming at AIB campus

Thursday, February 5, 2015
The University of Iowa will begin offering programming in July 2016 in Des Moines at the property now occupied by the AIB College of Business. President Sally Mason outlined the timeline at the Iowa Board of Regents meeting in Cedar Falls.

Board of Regents announces composition of presidential search committee

Thursday, February 5, 2015
The Iowa Board of Regents has announced the composition of the University of Iowa Presidential Search and Screen Committee. The 21-person-committee will include nine representatives from the UI faculty and three members of the Board of Regents.

Iowa Now Minute - 2/5/15

Thursday, February 5, 2015
"Iowa Now Minute" is a 60-second roundup highlighting recent UI activities, research, public engagement, and campus life. Look for a new video every Thursday.
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Life's rhythm, life's work

UI Children's Hospital has a nationally acclaimed team of doctors and nurses who treat children with arrhythmias, host an annual conference for these patients and their families, and are leading participants in studies. Amanda Kurovski of Des Moines is one such young person who has benefited. She has an implantable cardioverter defibrillator to manage an arrhythmia, diagnosed when she was 15.
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Pigeon power

Wednesday, February 4, 2015
A new University of Iowa study finds pigeons can categorize 128 photographs into 16 categories of natural and manmade objects, a skill researchers say is similar to the mechanism children use to learn words.

UI Alumni Association announces spring Lifelong Learning opportunities

Wednesday, February 4, 2015
A spring series of free Lifelong Learning events organized by the University of Iowa Alumni Association (UIAA) kicks off on Feb. 19 with a session on suicide prevention.
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Winter wonderland

Tuesday, February 3, 2015
A weekend winter snowstorm transformed familiar sites on the University of Iowa campus into a beautiful winter wonderland for UI students, faculty, and staff to enjoy as they went about their regular business on Monday.

Robillard to chair UI Presidential Search Committee

Tuesday, February 3, 2015
The Iowa Board of Regents has selected Jean E. Robillard, M.D., vice president for medical affairs at the University of Iowa, to chair the Presidential Search and Screen Committee in response to the recent retirement announcement from UI President Sally Mason.
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Bariatric surgery: Iowan embraces supreme makeover

The University of Iowa bariatric surgery team helps a young Iowan turn her life around.