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Movies talk trash, food, and climate change

Monday, March 31, 2014
Want to explore the story behind school lunches in New York City, dive to the depths of the Arctic seafloor, or venture into our possible future if we continue to pollute? The UI Museum of Natural History invites you along on these adventures during the Movies@MNH Earth Month Movie Series.

Minor, Pelster to read from new works April 3

Monday, March 31, 2014
The Mission Creek Festival and Prairie Lights Books will present a free reading by Writers' Workshop alumnus Kyle Minor and University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program alumna Angela Pelster at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

UI Center for Human Rights sponsors Ukraine panel April 9

Monday, March 31, 2014
The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights will host a discussion examining current events in Ukraine featuring three experts from among UI faculty. The discussion will be Wednesday, April 9, at 2 p.m. in Room C31 Pomerantz Center on the UI campus.

UI professor helps teachers resolve learning, behavioral issues

Monday, March 31, 2014
John Hosp, professor and chair of the UI College of Education Department of Teaching and Learning, released a new book to help teachers resolve student learning and behavioral issues by making research-based decisions on what to teach and how to teach it.

UI to host 1,000 students at robotics super-regional championship April 3-5

Friday, March 28, 2014
High school and middle school robotic skills will be on display when the University of Iowa College of Engineering and Rockwell Collins host one of four U.S. national FIRST Tech Challenge Super Regional Championship Tournaments April 3-5 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on the UI campus.

Iowa Now Minute 3/28/2014

Friday, March 28, 2014
See a roundup of recent UI activities, research, public engagement, and campus life in Iowa Now Minute 3/28/2014.

Obermann Center to host Health Humanities Symposium April 4 to 5

Friday, March 28, 2014
The UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies will hold a working symposium, Health Humanities: Building the Future of Research and Teaching, April 4 and 5. From music therapy to finding well-being through the written word, organizers hope the two-day series of events will allow attendees to build bridges across the arts, humanities and health sciences, offering "incalculable benefits."
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Empowering and educating

Friday, March 28, 2014
“It’s Time…To Talk About It!: Your voice. Our future. Prevent sexual violence,” is the theme of this year’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month, an initiative organized locally by the Rape Victim Advocacy Program in collaboration with other campus and community organizations.

Fresh academic air

Friday, March 28, 2014
A renowned student-run journal at the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication begins its fourth decade of continuous publication.

Achievements: Faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news

Friday, March 28, 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.

Specialists to discuss men's health issues

Friday, March 28, 2014
Two University of Iowa urologists will hold several free small-group discussions this spring to address a range of men’s health questions.
Samantha Logic passes the ball.

March Madness action

Friday, March 28, 2014
Three University of Iowa teams concluded their seasons in NCAA postseason action, making for a busy few weeks of "March Madness."