Campus

Kyle Smith shines up the new whistle

Whistle work

Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Iowa Citians heard a new sound Nov. 3: A new whistle atop the university power plant made its debut blow at noon that day, after replacing one that had been in place for 20-some years.

Second public meeting on Art Building set for Nov. 16

Tuesday, November 3, 2015
The University of Iowa will hold the second of two public meetings to discuss the proposed repurposement (Feasibility and Adaptive Reuse Study) of the existing 1936 Art Building. The meeting is set for Nov. 16 in Room 2520D of University Capitol Centre.

Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building earns LEED Gold certification

Tuesday, November 3, 2015
The Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building (PBDB) project at the University of Iowa has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.
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Mom and Dad of the Year recognized during Family Weekend

Tuesday, November 3, 2015
A husband-and-wife team was the center of attention Oct. 31 at the Family Weekend game-day breakfast and at halftime during the Hawkeye football game, when they were honored as the University of Iowa’s Mom and Dad of the Year.
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Getting to know the new UI president

Monday, November 2, 2015
In an October interview with the UI Alumni Association, new UI President Bruce Harreld spoke about growing up in small-town Ohio and attending a large public university, his early impressions of the University of Iowa, and the best thing that's happened to him.
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Get to Know...H.S. Udaykumar

Wednesday, October 28, 2015
The "Get to Know" series asks University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today, we visit with H.S. Udaykumar, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering.
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Helping children hear better

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
A first-of-its-kind study discovered that many hard-of-hearing children who receive optimal, early services are able to “catch up or significantly close the gaps with their hearing peers,” say researchers at the University of Iowa, Boys Town National Research Hospital, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UI TIER: Data Centers and Servers project helps units better align resources with needs

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
As the UI moves forward with the Iowa Board of Regents’ TIER project, campus leaders are committed to keeping colleagues informed. Here's one example of how TIER is already at work on campus.

Promise and Progress: Thanks to all of you

Monday, October 26, 2015
In his last campus message as interim president, Jean Robillard reflects on the past few months and offers thanks the whole UI community for their dedication.

Gurnett symposium draws leaders in space science

Monday, October 26, 2015
With Don Gurnett, and James Van Allen before him, the University of Iowa has a strong legacy of leading the scientific community in the exploration and understanding of space.

Dahl named a UI College of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumnus

Monday, October 26, 2015
Terrence Dahl, ’83 PhD, Vice President of Commercial Manufacturing and Packaging/Labeling, at Gilead Sciences, was recently presented with a College of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumni Award. He leads a team in Foster City, California that is responsible for overseeing the contract manufacturing activities throughout Europe, North America, and Australia.

Ray appointed to hospice and palliative care professorship

Monday, October 26, 2015
James Ray was awarded the James A. Otterbeck OnePoint Patient Care Professor in Hospice and Palliative Care.