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Dan Reed shares his visions and goals as UI vice president for research and economic development, as well as some of his hobbies, which include amateur astronomy, in this Q&A.

The University of Iowa hosts a free, public screening of the film "The Waiting Room," a character-driven documentary that captures the raw reality of the uninsured patients and doctors and staff at Highland Hospital, a safety-net hospital in Oakland, Ca. The event takes place at 7 p.m. in the HNI Auditorium of the Pomerantz Center and is sponsored by the UI's Public Policy Center.

UI nursing, medical, and pharmacy students work with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, where senior citizens volunteer to play the roles of patients, which helps students gain valuable experience.

Ryan Carnahan, a University of Iowa pharmacy professor, will launch a dementia study with support from a new federal agency created by the Affordable Care Act.

The University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum will host a debate with the Little Hawk Speech and Debate team from Iowa City High School on Saturday, April 13, at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum is welcoming Herky and his buddies for the 2013 Herky Graduation Tour. The temporary exhibit will be at Old Capitol this April through August.

UI Facilities Management Landscape Services staff will be conducting prairie burns on three prairie remnants located along the bike trail connecting Hawkins Drive and Mormon Trek Blvd, and along the Hawkins Drive right-of-way on Friday, April 5.

Seven years in the making, a new homegrown student record system called MAUI (Made At the University of Iowa) manages vast amounts of data—everything from admissions and registration information to financial aid and billing.

For decades, mainframe computers powered University of Iowa research and administraive business. With the advent of a new student records system, the last mainframe's work is done—the machine was powered down on April 1, marking the end of a chapter in UI computer history.

The University of Iowa American Indian Student Association will host the 20th anniversary Powwow Saturday and Sunday April 13-14 in the UI Recreation Building, featuring dance and drum competition, food, and arts and crafts.

Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Sanford Goldberg, will deliver a public lecture titled “Thinking for Oneself: Testimony, Epistemic Dependence, and the Aims of Education” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in Room 107 in the English-Philosophy Building.