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'Stalking: Know It. Name It. Stop It.'

Monday, January 27, 2014
"Stalking: Know It. Name. It. Stop It." is the theme of an awareness campaign launched by the University of Iowa Anti-Violence Coalition in collaboration with a number of stakeholders running January through mid February.

'Happily Ever Laughter'

Monday, January 27, 2014
Celebrate Valentine's Day with the cast of The Second City comedy troupe at a UI Alumni Association event at Iowa City's Englert Theatre.

UI Police receive report of a sexual assault

Saturday, January 25, 2014
On the morning of Jan. 25 University of Iowa Police received a report from a student that the individual was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance at a residence hall. The case is currently under investigation.

Popular UI phonetics application hits the mobile market

Friday, January 24, 2014
A University of Iowa phonetics website that has become an incredibly popular English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching tool is now available as a mobile application for iOS and Android.
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Coming soon: Technology for safer driving

Friday, January 24, 2014
Until cars can drive themselves, drivers will find themselves benefiting from advanced safety information systems, some of which are just around the corner and being studied by researchers such as University of Iowa's Mark Schall, a doctoral student in the UI College of Engineering.
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New 'BTN LiveBIG Iowa' to feature UI programs

Thursday, January 23, 2014
The Operator Performance Laboratory in the UI College of Engineering and the UI REACH program in the UI College of Education are featured on the new Iowa edition of "BTN LiveBIG Iowa" airing Saturday Jan. 25, at 3 p.m. CST.
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McGehee says cell phones often distract drivers more than food, pets

Thursday, January 23, 2014
UI vehicle safety researcher Dan McGehee supports the proposal to upgrade distracted driving to a primary offense because, he says, while things like food and pets can draw your attention away from the road, cell phones do it more often, and for longer amounts of time.
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UI grad's story of heroism being told in 'Monuments Men'

Thursday, January 23, 2014
The real-life hero who inspired George Clooney's character in the film The Monuments Men was a UI graduate named George Leslie Stout,“...a no-nonsense Iowa guy who established art conservation,” says Sean O’Harrow, director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art.

Amad honored with premier film studies essay award

Thursday, January 23, 2014
Paula Amad, associate professor in the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature, is the 2014 recipient of the Katherine Singer Kovács Award for Outstanding Essay. Her winning composition discusses the "return-of-the-gaze" phenomenon in nonfiction film from the silent cinema period.

Workshop alum D'Ambrosio to read Feb. 3

Thursday, January 23, 2014
Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Charles D’Ambrosio will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.
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2014 wellness challenge kicks off Jan. 27

Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Do any of your New Year’s resolutions involve losing weight or improving your physical fitness? If so, consider signing up for the 10-week Live Healthy Iowa program. liveWELL offers participation incentives to UI faculty and staff.
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Six-game 'Jeopardy!' run fuels memorial for mom in Iowa

Wednesday, January 22, 2014
UI study abroad advisor Sarah McNitt‘s run on the TV quiz show “Jeopardy!” ended Tuesday after six games, but her work has just begun—she plans to leverage a portion of her winnings for a memorial in Iowa to her mother who died in October from leukemia.