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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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Living Mandela's legacy

Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Two South African women used their University of Iowa education to help rebuild their country after apartheid.

UI program helps small businesses go global

Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Only 4 percent of the world’s consumers live in the United States, and a new initiative from the University of Iowa wants to do more to help small businesses in Iowa reach the other 96.
Exterior of Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building

UI hosts dedication ceremony for $126 million Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building

Monday, October 13, 2014
The University of Iowa will hold a dedication ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 15, for the $126 million John and Mary Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building, which will house “high-risk, high-reward” research in diabetes, deafness, and brain science as well as complex diseases affecting the heart and lungs. Media tours start at 3:15 p.m., followed by a dedication program, ribbon-cutting ceremony, and...

Come experience the best at Dance Gala 2014

Monday, October 13, 2014
The University of Iowa’s Dance Gala 2014 will feature the best in dance and choreography – powerful energy, graceful flight, and electrifying performances – including those led by internationally acclaimed Department of Dance faculty choreographers Charlotte Adams, Armando Duarte, Jennifer Kayle, and Nichoals Leichter, along with special guest choreographer Esther Baker-Tarpaga.
University of Iowa Professor Lea VanderVelde poses with Kailash Satyarthi and her husband, UI Professor Johannes Ledolter on her back porch during one of Satyarthi’s visits to Iowa City.  Read more at http://thegazette.com/subject/news/nobel-peace-prize

UI law professor has ties to Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi

Monday, October 13, 2014
Sen. Tom Harkin and University of Iowa law Professor Lea VanderVelde co-nominated the Indian child rights activist to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the body that distributes the prestigious prize.