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Henry Luce Foundation funds aid UIMA

Tuesday, July 2, 2013
The University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) has received a special $40,000 grant from the American art program of the Henry Luce Foundation to digitize a portion of its American art collection.

Iowa Now holiday schedule

Monday, July 1, 2013
Iowa Now will publish on a lighter schedule the week of Independence Day, July 1-5.

Business Solutions Center: Problems solved

Monday, July 1, 2013
Through Business Solutions Center projects, first- and second-year MBA students serve as consultants, learning to analyze and make business decisions and experience the impact of those decisions alongside the client.
Hesco barriers protect the U. of Iowa’s Iowa Memorial Union from the Iowa River, which overflowed its banks but caused minimal damage on the campus. (Photo by Tim Schoon, U. of Iowa)

UI makes plans to remove barriers as flood threat recedes

Monday, July 1, 2013
Just five years after flooding on the Iowa River damaged more than 20 structures at the University of Iowa, high-water forecasts in May forced the university to close buildings, put up seven miles’ worth of emergency flood walls, and cancel or reschedule some events.

Belin-Blank Center celebrates 25 years with open house July 10

Monday, July 1, 2013
Plan to attend the Connie Belin and Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development's 25th anniversary celebration on Wednesday, July 10, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Blank Honors Center. Festivities include an open house and building tours in recognition of the center's leadership, advocacy, and support it provides for talented and gifted children, their...
A "No More War" sign from UI students' antiwar protests in the 1960s.

The real thing

Monday, July 1, 2013
In a technology-driven world, it turns out that digital isn’t everything. University of Iowa collections experts maintain that tangible artifacts leave a lasting impression on the human heart and mind.

UI develops plan for removing flood barriers

Friday, June 28, 2013
With water levels remaining stable in the Coralville Lake and the Iowa River, the University of Iowa is beginning to plan the dismantling of HESCO barriers and other temporary floodwalls around campus.
An image of a human brain being held in someone's hands.

UI-Ivy League brain injury summit planned for July

Friday, June 28, 2013
UI President Sally Mason, who is also the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors head, says she is excited by the possibilities of a collaboration between Big Ten and Ivy League institutions to continue close examination of the effects of head injuries in athletics.

Tippie students: an international blend

Friday, June 28, 2013
The UI Tippie College of Business is becoming increasingly international, quite a change from several years ago. Although there are challenges, the benefits of a more global student body are many.
Image of retiring UI Recreational Services Director Harry Ostrander

UI Recreational Services director retiring

Thursday, June 27, 2013
Retiring UI Recreational Services Director Harry Ostrander has operated through a campus shooting, fire, three floods, and a tornado, and he has overseen millions of dollars in facility investment, most notably the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center in 2010.

Achievements: UI faculty, staff, and students making news

Thursday, June 27, 2013
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.
Photo of Claude and Kate Colp of Wayland, Mass., found a way to give each other advice without sparking bad feelings. They appear on a beach with Claude giving Kate a piggy back ride.

UI studies cited in story on the perils of giving too much advice

Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Erika Lawrence, UI associate professor of psychology, says that listening can be more effective than giving advice based on a series of six studies conducted at the UI in 2009 as part of a story on the perils of spouses giving each other too much advice.