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Iowa Now Minute 4/4/2014

Friday, April 4, 2014
See a roundup of recent University of Iowa activities, research, public engagement, and campus life in Iowa Now Minute 4/4/2014.
Amy A'Hearn talking with a student in her office

Working it

Friday, April 4, 2014
Students in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences find the Pomerantz Career Center invaluable in helping them identify and prepare for careers—and the college has the placement rates to prove it.

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

Friday, April 4, 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.

Writer and activist Andrew Solomon to speak April 10

Friday, April 4, 2014
Andrew Solomon will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in the Dean Ballroom of the Sheraton Iowa City Hotel. Solomon is the author of the acclaimed "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity," and is an outspoken activist for LGBT rights, among other causes.

Concert organist Rigler to perform April 6 in Iowa City

Friday, April 4, 2014
Concert organist Ann Marie Rigler, a University of Iowa alumna, will present a free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

UI students earn 2014 Goldwater honors

Friday, April 4, 2014
University of Iowa junior Liam Hovey has received a 2014 Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Environmental studies expert to address Christianity's stewardship role

Friday, April 4, 2014
Cal DeWitt, a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will argue against the suggestion that Christianity is the root of our ecological crisis during a free, public discussion Friday, April 11, sponsored by the Geneva Campus Ministry.

Riverbank Art Fair set for April 26-27

Friday, April 4, 2014
The University of Iowa Fine Arts Council will present the 2014 Riverbank Art Fair and Annual Wine Tasting on the weekend of April 26-27 in the Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge, along the bank of the Iowa River.

Timely Warning: Two unrelated incidents

Thursday, April 3, 2014
University of Iowa Police have issued a Timely Warning for two unrelated incidents.
Inflatable Herky at the Capitol in Des Moines

#ImWithHerky

Thursday, April 3, 2014
The 2014 Hawkeye Caucus was a popular topic among participating University of Iowa students, faculty and staff, and legislators Wednesday, April 2, at the Capitol in Des Moines.

Separated by borders

Thursday, April 3, 2014
"The Distance Between Us: a Memoir" by Reyna Grande is the 2014 selection for the One Community, One Book annual reading program sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights in the College of Law.

Iowa Medical Society to give Partnership for Alcohol Safety special award

Thursday, April 3, 2014
The Iowa Medical Society, the statewide professional organization for physicians, has identified the Partnership for Alcohol Safety, a joint effort of the University of Iowa and the City of Iowa City, as the recipient of the 2014 Special Presidential Citation Award.