Athletics
Game day drivers get help getting out
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
After home football games this fall, North Dubuque Street will open two lanes to northbound traffic for 60 to 90 minutes in order to help accommodate fans leaving the city. Southbound traffic between Foster Road and West Park Road will be temporarily detoured.
A Rio story worthy of Hollywood
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Former University of Iowa gymnast Houry Gebeshian appears to be living in a Hollywood screenplay. Her life resembles a gymnastics version of the 1993 cult football classic Rudy, complete with training montages, unlikely mentors, against-the-odds triumph, and lasting glory.
Return from exile: Wrestler Daniel Dennis faces the world after desert retreat
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Bleacher Report recounts former University of Iowa wrestler Daniel Dennis' journey from Iowa City through the Utah desert to compete in the 57-kilogram (125.5-pound) weight class in Rio de Janeiro.
UI program provides professional training for Hawkeye student-athletes
Friday, August 5, 2016
Hawkeye PACE is a six-week summer program that helps student-athletes figure out what they want to do after their collegiate careers have ended, including job-shadow experiences with Johnson County employers.
Children's Hospital announces 2016 Kid Captains
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Thirteen current and former UI Children’s Hospital patients will take their turn representing the hospital as Kid Captains during the Iowa Hawkeyes’ 2016 football season.
Chemistry Herky
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
University of Iowa sophomore Erica Cole’s passion for chemistry, theater, jewelry design, and Herky Security helps her skillfully combine the arts and sciences. Her chemistry faculty mentor says Cole "epitomizes the kind of liberal arts student we want at Iowa."
Record 15 UI students, alumni receive Fulbright awards for 2016–17
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government. It is designed to increase understanding between people of the United States and other countries by providing participants opportunities to study, teach, conduct research, and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.
Students help Big Ten Network reconnect with millennials
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Millennials are spending more time on their devices, and a group of University of Iowa marketing students is helping the Big Ten Network, Fox Sports, and Mediacom communications get them to watch their programming.
Former Hawkeye to wrestle in Rio for USA
Monday, April 11, 2016
Former Hawkeye wrestler Daniel Dennis experienced another weekend of glory inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, but this time his victories earned him a spot on the U.S. Olympic wrestling team. The two-day U.S. Olympic Team Trials provided action aplenty for thousands of fans.
Hollingworth, Grosland taking leadership roles on Presidential Committee on Athletics
Monday, April 4, 2016
Associate Professor Liz Hollingworth and Professor Nicole Grosland will serve as the new chair and faculty athletics representative, respectively, of the Presidential Committee on Athletics, an advisory group that, among other things, ensures consistency between Big Ten, NCAA, university, and state policies.
Hawkeye hoopsters sweep national academic awards
Friday, March 4, 2016
Iowa swept the basketball academic awards given by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Men’s basketball player Jarrod Uthoff was named the national Academic All-America of the Year, while Ally Disterhoft won the same award for women’s basketball. No other school has won both awards in the same year.
Kid Captain 2016 nominations are now open
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Parents and guardians of current or former patients have until March 31 to nominate their child to be a 2016 Kid Captain.
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