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UI launches 'See Something, Say Something' safety campaign

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
The University of Iowa is partnering with the state and federal government to bring the “If You See Something, Say Something” public awareness campaign to campus.
A mother and her infant "talk" with each other.

Parents, listen next time your baby babbles

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Parents who try to understand their baby's babbling let their infants know they can communicate, which leads to children forming complex sounds and using language more quickly. That’s according to a new study by the University of Iowa and Indiana University.
Colin Gordon, University of Iowa

UI professor maps out the roots of Ferguson civic unrest

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Robert Siegel talks with Colin Gordon, a history professor at the University of Iowa, about how the map of St. Louis County reveals some of the sources for the recent unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
Beverly Scott of Chicago adds to the makeshift memorial in Ferguson, Missouri, for Michael Brown. Joe Raedle / Getty Images

UI professor explains demographic shifts in Ferguson

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Colin Gordon, a UI history professor who has studied housing in St. Louis, has emerged as an authority on demographic shifts and zoning restrictions in Ferguson, Missouri.
Air Care helicopter

UI to honor AirCare, Emergency Department milestones

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Iowa’s only comprehensive academic medical center will celebrate 35 years of service by AirCare, the state’s first hospital-based helicopter ambulance service, during a public open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7, at the AirCare hangar, 385 Ruppert Road, near the Iowa City Airport.

Media advisory: UI to hold Deeded Body Program memorial service Aug. 29

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will hold its annual memorial service for the Deeded Body Program at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, at Oakland Cemetery, 1000 Brown St., in Iowa City.

Public invited to suicide prevention workshop Sept. 10

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
UI Professor John Westefeld will present a 90-minute workshop on the warning signs, intervention strategies, and resources available for suicide prevention in the College of Education's Teacher Leader Center on Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
“Arrested Development” actor Jeffrey Tambor will speak at the University of Iowa on Aug. 28.

UI Lecture Committee announces fall lineup

Tuesday, August 26, 2014
The University of Iowa Lecture Committee will kick off its fall semester lecture series on Thursday, Aug. 28, with actor Jeffrey Tambor presenting “Performing Your Life.”

UI's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center takes top honors at Silicon Prairie Awards

Tuesday, August 26, 2014
UI's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center was named the top service provider of the year at the Silicon Prairie Awards last week.

Tapping Iowa City's energy

Tuesday, August 26, 2014
The Midwest Creative College Conference, hosted by the UI School of Urban and Regional Planning to commemorate its 50th anniversary, will be held in Iowa City Sept. 19-20. The conference will explore how college towns can convert their energy and cultural vibrance into an entrepreneurial start-up scene.

Crime Alert

Monday, August 25, 2014
The University of Iowa issued a Crime Alert on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

TIER update: Fall timeline adjusted

Monday, August 25, 2014
The Iowa Board of Regents has slowed the implementation timeline for some TIER administrative business cases, incorporated more time for faculty engagement this fall, and appointed Mark Braun to help manage the project.