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University of Iowa College of Law, Buena Vista University sign partnership

Friday, March 7, 2014
The University of Iowa College of Law and Buena Vista University have entered into an agreement that will allow undergraduate students at Buena Vista to earn both their bachelor’s and law degrees in six years.
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UI professors working to transform large lectures

Friday, March 7, 2014
The UI launched the Transforming Large Lectures Project with two classes in this spring semester, using technology both to help students prepare for class and to allow for more interaction among students and between students and the professor.
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Private sector shows interest in UI art museum resurrection

The University of Iowa Museum of Art hasn't stopped growing since losing its home along the river in 2008; today, the museum owns some 14,000 pieces—about 10 percent more than it had when UI evacuated paintings and sculptures just hours ahead of rising floodwater.
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Old Gold: Newest residence hall adjacent to one of UI's oldest

Thursday, March 6, 2014
As construction on the University of Iowa’s first new residence hall in over 40 years progresses on west side of the river, Old Gold reflects on the origins of Quadrangle, the new hall’s neighbor to the north.

Child protection: A global responsibility

Thursday, March 6, 2014
The 2014 Provost’s Global Forum at the University of Iowa, “Child Protection: A Global Responsibility,” will address the global and local impact of child abuse and neglect through several events that are free and open to the public March 26-28 on the UI campus.

Gaining hands-on athletic training experience

Thursday, March 6, 2014
March is commonly known as "March Madness" on the hardwood, but it's also "National Athletic Training Month," which is a month used by those in athletic training to promote the profession.

UI expert sources on the crisis in Ukraine

Thursday, March 6, 2014
The University of Iowa has several experts available to comment on the crisis in Ukraine, from political to social to economic impacts.
Students in the Recreation and Sport Business track in the Chicago Blackhawks locker room.

Educational road trip

Thursday, March 6, 2014
University of Iowa students participating in the Recreation and Sport Business track traveled to Chicago on Feb. 13 for an educational field trip.
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Wasserman discusses 'noble, intelligent' pigeons

Thursday, March 6, 2014
Ed Wasserman runs the Comparative Cognition Laboratory at the University of Iowa and is world renowned for his work in animal intelligence, including proving that pigeons recognize individual human faces.
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The cycle of art

Thursday, March 6, 2014
Avid cyclist and University of Iowa art professor Steve McGuire teaches students how to make bicycles as artistic expression.

Workshop alum Alarcon finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Wednesday, March 5, 2014
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus Daniel Alarcón is one of five finalists for the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, America's largest peer-juried prize for fiction. Alarcón is nominated for "At Night We Walk in Circles," published by Riverhead Books.
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Jacoby teams with Hygienic Lab as ambassador

Wednesday, March 5, 2014
State Rep. Dave Jacoby will partner with the State Hygienic Lab at the UI to advance science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. As the Hygienic Lab's new Environmental and Public Health ambassador, Jacoby will promote STEM initiatives through the honorary position.