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TIER update: Regents meet on business cases this week

Monday, September 29, 2014
The Deloitte team has met with university leadership on all three campuses in preparation for a special meeting of the Iowa Board of Regents on Thursday, Oct. 2.

Achievements: UI faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news

Monday, September 29, 2014
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

Shared responsibility

Monday, September 29, 2014
This fall, the University of Iowa revamped the UI Confidential Hotline—an online tool for reporting potential policy violations. Terry Johnson and Todd Stewart talk about the hotline and the UI community’s collective role in supporting ethical standards.
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Sleep twitches light up the brain

Monday, September 29, 2014
A new UI study finds twitches during rapid eye movement sleep comprise a different class of movement, which researchers say is further evidence that sleep twitches activate circuits throughout the developing brain and teach newborns about their limbs and what they can do with them.

Special Book Fest events highlight interaction of written word and science

Monday, September 29, 2014
From explaining the role of bumblebees to debunking the myth of the brontosaurus, books play an important role in educating children and adults. Two special talks, a collaboration between the UI Museum of Natural History and the Iowa City Book Festival, will explore the relationship between the written word and past and present life on Earth.
“Twitch” creator and star Kristen Powers

Free Oct. 2 'Twitch' Huntington disease documentary screening and lecture

Monday, September 29, 2014
The Twitch international screening tour is coming to Iowa City with a free screening and discussion with Twitch creator and star Kristen Powers Thursday, Oct. 2 on the UI campus thanks to the Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence.
Bill Whittaker, staff archaeologist at the Office of the State Archaeologist, sifts through a batch of soil looking for artifacts Thursday at Hubbard Park in Iowa City.

UI students, faculty, and staff help with archaeological dig

Monday, September 29, 2014
A surprise glimpse into Iowa City’s past has opened the door for a more in-depth look into how the community’s earliest settlers lived, worked, and played—thanks to help from UI students and faculty and experts with the UI Office of the State Archaeologist.
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Whetting our appetites

Monday, September 29, 2014
Fill your mind, not just your belly during the University of Iowa Food for Thought Theme Semester, coming in spring 2015 with “appetizers” going on now.
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Alumni couple gives $1 million to boost undergraduate research at the UI

Monday, September 29, 2014
A new pilot program in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will enhance research opportunities for selected undergraduate students in science thanks to a $1 million gift to the UI Foundation from Robert J. and Sue B. Latham, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
UI students walk outside of the Tippie College of Business who are paired through the International Buddies program.

UI program helps students fit in

Friday, September 26, 2014
University of Iowa students share their experiences about being involved with the International Buddies at Tippie program, which helps connect students from U.S. states and students from other countries.
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UI grad develops app to change the way you read international menus

Friday, September 26, 2014
A menu translation app, launched earlier this summer by UI graduate RuiHao Min, already has more than 80,000 users and was featured as a Best New App on iTunes.

Media advisory: UI science keeps construction workers safe

Friday, September 26, 2014
Members of the media are invited to tour an active construction site Tuesday, Sept. 30, to learn how the University of Iowa and industry partner during this busy building season to protect themselves and the community.