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New source to keep you in the know

Monday, October 20, 2014
A new online resource makes it easy to keep track of everything happening on campus. The UI Events Calendar—located at events.uiowa.edu—provides a one-stop shop for information about what’s current and what’s popular.

UI service helps Iowa small businesses go global

Monday, October 20, 2014
The University of Iowa's Institute for International Business and John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center have partnered with the Iowa Association of Business and Industry to begin a consulting service for small and mid-sized businesses in Iowa that want to enter global markets.
Assistant professor Daryl Cameron

UI professor discusses psychology behind political ads

Monday, October 20, 2014
The Gazette asked Daryl Cameron, UI assistant professor of psychology, to analyze the tactics used in political ads that have been blistering the Eastern Iowa airwaves.

Media advisory: You@UI open house to draw thousands of guests

Monday, October 20, 2014
Members of the media are invited to cover the You@UI Academic and Student Life Open House, a massive event hosted by the University of Iowa on Saturday, Oct. 25, when up to 3,000 prospective students and family members visit campus.
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Deepening the pool

Monday, October 20, 2014
A team of University of Iowa students is working closely with an organization to bring more gender balance to the state’s elected leadership, where a woman has still never been separately elected to a federal office.
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Investing in the arts

Monday, October 20, 2014
For more than seven decades, the West family has supported and serviced music education for countless people of all ages throughout Iowa, the region, and internationally. Now, with a recent gift to the University of Iowa, the family is providing crucial support to one of the area’s most ambitious ever arts initiatives.
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'Sustainability through historic salvage'

Monday, October 20, 2014
A day-long symposium focusing on the process and benefit of historic architectural salvage will be held Saturday, Nov 8, at Art Building West, 141 N. Riverside Dr. on the University of Iowa campus. Though free, registration for the conference is required by Nov. 6.
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Electing to enhance their job prospects

Monday, October 20, 2014
Midterm elections are coming up, and a new U.S. president will be voted into office in just two years. While many voters dread the aggressive political campaigning that is sure to come, some students at the University of Iowa use the opportunity to advance their careers.

Science fiction fanzines to be digitized as part of major UI initiative

Friday, October 17, 2014
The University of Iowa Libraries, in partnership with the UI Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, announces a major digitization initiative involving 10,000 science fiction fanzines from the James L. “Rusty” Hevelin Collection.

M.B.A. student receives scholarship from U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Friday, October 17, 2014
Tippie College of Business M.B.A. student Julian Valencia was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at the organization's annual conference.

Climate pioneer James Hansen reflects on working with Van Allen

Friday, October 17, 2014
James Hansen visited the University of Iowa on Thursday, Oct. 16, to speak in the UI Public Policy Center’s “Meeting the Renewable Energy Challenge” symposium.
Georgina Dodge and Wayne Jacobson speak at the President's Forum

Overview of UI student experience provided by SERU survey

Friday, October 17, 2014
The University of Iowa is one of 16 major research universities nationwide using the SERU survey, designed to broaden the understanding of undergraduate experiences and promote a culture of institutional self-improvement.