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Collins Byrd, associate dean of admissions in the College of Law, participates in a panel discussion

UI's Byrd analyzes impact of Supreme Court decision in Fisher v. University of Texas

Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Collins Byrd, associate dean of admissions in the UI College of Law, participates in a panel discussion analyzing the impact of Monday's Supreme Court decision in Fisher v. University of Texas.

Dedicating a building site to worker safety

Tuesday, June 25, 2013
University of Iowa’s Hancher will honor the memory of workers who died in an accident during the construction of the original Hancher Auditorium and dedicate the site of its new building to the safety of its construction workers during a site ceremony from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 29.
In a Feb. 18, 2013 file photo, dressed in boxes emptied from earlier cookie sales, Girl Scouts from Troop 20337 in Eugene fan out on the University of Oregon campus near the Erb Memorial Union in Eugene, Ore., in search of customers for their cookies.

Girl Scout experience kindles UI art historian's interest in Western art

Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Joni Kinsey, a UI art historian, credits her Girl Scout experience with kindling her interest in Western art, in a story on how dissension and fiscal woes are besetting the Girl Scouts.
UI Senior Men's Baskeball player Roy Devyn Marble will be one of 29 players vying for 12 spots at the 2013 USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team Training Camp on June 24-30 in Colorado Springs.

Marble out to prove he belongs

Monday, June 24, 2013
When Roy Devyn Marble attends the 2013 USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team Training Camp this week, the UI men's basketball player is out to show he belongs.
A young man sits in front of a computer keyboard

Watt says social media gives job seekers a chance to highlight personality

Monday, June 24, 2013
Social media gives job seekers a chance to highlight their personalities, according to Megan Watt, assistant director of the UI's Career Leadership Academy, in a story on using social media to land a new job.
A baby wrapped in a blue blanket with a blue cap sleeps with arms twitching in front of him

Blumberg's research says sleep movements don't result from dreaming

Monday, June 24, 2013
UI psychology professor Mark Blumberg's research shows that babies' brains are learning how to use their muscles and limbs while they are deep in slumber.

UI uses social media to stay connected to students

Monday, June 24, 2013
With nearly 80 Facebook pages and more than 40 Twitter accounts linked to the university, the UI uses social media as a way to stay connected to students while keeping an eye on new emerging platforms.

Legal shorthand

Monday, June 24, 2013
Regardless of how the ruling goes, when the U.S. Supreme Court hands downs its decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, it will inevitably be referred to simply as Fisher.
Students touring a campus

Barron says scholarships for summer courses support student success

Friday, June 21, 2013
Michael Barron, UI director of admissions, says that offering instate, first-year UI students scholarships for one full summer course load is part of the UI's approach to ensuring student success and helping students keep on track to graduate in four years.
A photo of China's Tihane-2, the world's top supercomputer. Photo by Jack Dongarra

UI's Reed discusses China's role in supercomputing

Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Daniel Reed, UI's vice president for research and economic development, discusses China's rise in supercomputing, and what it means for the U.S.
Image of UI campus renovations

Campus projects, renovations remain on track despite recent floods

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Although the Iowa River’s recently spilled-over banks prompted quick defensive action by the University of Iowa to prevent a repeat of the 2008 flood, officials say the flooding has not slowed the progress of three prominent campus projects.
Old Gold Singers at the UI Field House in 1960

Old Gold: Donation of phonograph records features Simon Estes

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
University Archives recently acquired a gem of a donation: the earliest-known recording of a young singer at the dawn of a remarkable and distinguished career, UI graduate Simon Estes.