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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."

Kembrew McLeod to read from 'Pranksters' April 2

Friday, March 28, 2014
In a special event co-sponsored by the Mission Creek Festival, University of Iowa professor Kembrew McLeod and Brooklyn fiction writer D. Foy will read from their new books at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

Recent deaths

Friday, March 28, 2014
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

Arrested development: How brain damage impairs moral judgment

Friday, March 28, 2014
Researchers found that patients who suffered ventromedial prefrontal cortex damage early in life, unlike patients in whom the brain injury occurred during adulthood, endorsed significantly more self-serving judgments that broke moral rules or inflicted harm on others.

University Lecture Committee brings artist Laurie Anderson to Englert April 1

Thursday, March 27, 2014
Laurie Anderson will speak at the Englert Theatre Tuesday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. Anderson is a writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist best known for her multimedia presentations and innovative use of technology.

Archaeologist Simon James to speak March 31

Thursday, March 27, 2014
Archaeologist Simon James will give a lecture, “Isle of Druids and Celtic Warriors? Britain on the Eve of Roman Invasion” Monday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Art Building West on the University of Iowa campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
natural soaps

UI alumna creates natural soaps

Thursday, March 27, 2014
A University of Iowa graduate used her science background and personal desire for natural products to launch a soap and skin care business in her native Egypt.
Chance Sullivan

Motorcycle and medical school

Thursday, March 27, 2014
UI senior and Winterset, Iowa, native Chance Sullivan plans to spend part of the next year interviewing at medical schools. He might show up with a motorcycle helmet under his arm.