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Mason City mom reaches career goal thanks to online courses

Monday, April 28, 2014
Thanks to a University of Iowa online degree program, Mason City resident and busy mom Sheila Allison will graduate this May with a Bachelor of Applied Science, a condition for getting the position of Medical Records System Administrator at Mercy Cancer Center in Mason City.
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Hawkeye women's basketball had fun in 2014

Monday, April 28, 2014
The University of Iowa women's basketball team had fun in 2013-14. The campaign featured 27 wins, equaling the second-highest total in program history, and 14 home wins, also equaling the second-most in school history.

UI Museum of Natural History to screen documentary 'African Cats'

Monday, April 28, 2014
Are you a fan of the Lion King? Come learn how the real-life kings of the savanna grow up as the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History presents "African Cats" at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, in Macbride Auditorium.
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Floating new ideas in learning

Friday, April 25, 2014
Iowa City fifth graders are getting a view of the Earth they’ve likely never seen before thanks to a collaborative hands-on learning project with University of Iowa College of Education students and the School of the Wild.

Iowa Now Minute 4/25/2014

Friday, April 25, 2014
See a roundup of recent University of Iowa activities, research, public engagement, and campus life in Iowa Now Minute.

Students, faculty, staff, and alumni honored at Finkbine Dinner

Friday, April 25, 2014
University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received some of the institution’s highest honors Thursday. April 24, at the 97th annual Finkbine Dinner for Representative Student Leaders.

UI President Mason touts graduate placement recognition

Friday, April 25, 2014
University of Iowa President Sally Mason told members of the Iowa state Board of Regents on Thursday that the UI was recently recognized among "Three Schools with Super-High Job Placement Rates" by The Motley Fool.
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After demolition, original UI Art Building revealed

Friday, April 25, 2014
For the first time in decades, a historic University of Iowa building that once housed Grant Wood's studio looks much as it did when he taught there in the 1930s.
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Despite harsh winter, 24-hour shifts keep UI flood work on track

Friday, April 25, 2014
Crews working to repair and replace the university's flood-damaged buildings managed to keep the projects on track through a frigid winter by working extra hours, including 24-hour shifts, says Rod Lehnertz, UI director of planning and construction.
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Cracking the mystery of cosmic explosions

Friday, April 25, 2014
Hannah Morlowe, a doctoral student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' Department of Physics and Astronomy, has won a prestigious NASA grant to develop a gamma-ray burst polarimeter to study the light produced by explosions in distant galaxies.
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UI researchers say talking about infertility aids couples, families

Friday, April 25, 2014
During this Infertility Awareness Week, UI researchers Keli Steuber and Andy High say discussing the issue openly can help couples and their families: "Men, from what we can tell, choose not to talk about infertility. Usually the wife is the gatekeeper for the marriage," Steuber says.

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

Friday, April 25, 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.