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UI makes 2016 Military Friendly School list

Thursday, November 5, 2015
List honors the top colleges, universities, and trade schools doing the most to embrace America's military service members and veterans as students and ensure their success on campus.
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Meeting Floyd, in the pigskin

Thursday, November 5, 2015
The Iowa Hawkeyes will host the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Nov. 14, marking the 80th anniversary of the first game the two schools fought over the now-legendary pig, Floyd of Rosedale. UI President Emeritus Sandy Boyd remembers the day.

Benefits enrollment period open

Thursday, November 5, 2015
The University of Iowa's 2016 benefits open enrollment period for faculty, professional & scientific, and merit supervisory/exempt employees has begun, running through Nov. 15, 2015.
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Looking at life through a different lens

Wednesday, November 4, 2015
The UI will celebrate International Education Week Nov. 10–20 with activities including a public ceremony to honor 2015 International Impact Award recipient Rebecca Arnold and publishing an online photo gallery showcasing winning photos from the International Programs' annual photo contest.

Recent deaths

Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.
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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.