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Experience the eerie and amazing at Creepy Campus Crawl Oct. 24

Friday, October 17, 2014
Have you ever wanted to visit the spooky and fantastical realms of your favorite books and movies? Get ready for adventure as you join us for the UI Pentacrest Museums' 9th annual Creepy Campus Crawl from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24.
UI President Sally Mason speaking

President Mason highlights student, faculty, and staff successes

Thursday, October 16, 2014
University of Iowa President Sally Mason shared updates with campus leaders about recent accomplishments by students, faculty, staff, and the university at the President's Forum on Thursday, Oct. 16.
Louis W. Uccellini speaking

Weather-ready nation: NWS director talks to UI community

Thursday, October 16, 2014
Tools created by the Iowa Flood Center may be able to play a collaborative role in future forecasting by the National Weather Service and the National Water Center.
Dancer dancing

Dance Gala taking flight

Thursday, October 16, 2014
Get a sneak peak at Dance Gala 2014, which opens Oct. 16 in Space Place Theater. The performances will feature powerful energy and graceful flight, led by acclaimed University of Iowa faculty choreographers.

Iowa Now Minute - 10/16/14

Thursday, October 16, 2014
"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 in Iowa Now.

Obermann Center leading UI participation in Global Midwest humanities consortium

Thursday, October 16, 2014
A new initiative to aid interdisciplinary researchers in the humanities has yielded Humanities Without Walls, a consortium of 15 universities throughout the Midwest. The University of Iowa will participate in the initiative through the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies. UI faculty are encouraged to submit an application.
Eean Crawford

'My two cents in five minutes'

Thursday, October 16, 2014
What motivates employees to do their best? UI Tippie College of Business Assistant Professor Eean Crawford has made his life's work pursuing research on employee engagement or what makes people tick in the workplace. Crawford talks about his work and the importance of giving your two cents worth in five minutes by taking this year's Working at Iowa survey.
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UI dedicates $126 million biomedical hub

Wednesday, October 15, 2014
The University of Iowa ushered in a new age of accelerated research in biomedicine with the formal opening on Wednesday of the $126 million John and Mary Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building.

UI hires associate VP for enrollment management

Wednesday, October 15, 2014
The University of Iowa has hired an associate vice president for enrollment management, a new administrative position to orchestrate the UI’s efforts to recruit and enroll students. Brent Gage starts at the university on Dec. 15. He comes from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, where he has been the associate provost for enrollment management since August 2009.
A white background with colored writings, including signatures and drawings made in marker

Signature moment for Hancher

Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Hancher Auditorium is halfway home, so to speak. The Leave Your Mark event, held Oct. 7 and 8, was conceived to celebrate this milestone in the construction process.
Marijka Michmershuizen portrait

Pella girl, 11, to be Kid Captain when Iowa takes on Maryland

Wednesday, October 15, 2014
University of Iowa Children's Hospital doctors diagnosed Marijka Michmershuizen with Job syndrome—an extremely rare immune disorder that causes skin rashes, respiratory infections, weak bones, and retention of baby teeth, among other things.
students sitting with their former teacher on old capitol steps

Reunited at the Writing University

Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Bernice Chauly, a diverse artist who has taught creative writing for three years in the American Degree Program at Taylor’s University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, encouraged three of her students to travel to Iowa City to pursue their undergraduate degrees in creative writing at the UI. Now she's joined them on the UI campus, participating in the International Writing Program.