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Recent deaths

Friday, April 13, 2012
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

Insight on autism

Friday, April 13, 2012
Temple Grandin, widely considered to be the most accomplished and best-known adult with autism in the world, will speak in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 18.

Student employee of the year recognized for pain research

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Dane Pratt is contributing to valuable pain research in the UI Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, and for his work he has been named the 2011 University of Iowa Student Employee of the Year.
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A case of art and law

Thursday, April 12, 2012
When your father is a lawyer, and your grandfather is a lawyer, and your great-grandfather is a lawyer, it seems natural that you’re going to be drawn to courtrooms. Several of Iowa's chambers of justice became the subject of Christopher Beckman's photography thesis project.
Gusto Latino

Salsa sensation

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Join Salsa Vibe and the University of Iowa’s Global Village for a night of salsa dancing, musical performances, and a dance competition at this year’s Gusto Latino Friday, April 20, from 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Iowa Memorial Union Second Floor Ballroom.

2012 Hitchcock Lecture looks at the science of rhetoric

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Lacan and the Science of Rhetoric is the subject of the University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies 2012 Hitchcock Lecture.

Police receive two reports of public exposure

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Iowa City Police recently received two reports about a man exposing himself.

Hawks to admire

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The University of Iowa honored outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni on April 10 at the 95th anniversary Finkbine Dinner, one of the university’s most prestigious award ceremonies.

Following in Grant Wood's footsteps

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The first two Grant Wood Fellows share what they've been working on leading up to this year's Grant Wood Symposium.
UI juniors Nic Pottenbaum and Jessie Tobin stand in the Pentacrest on the University of Iowa campus.

Undergraduate student leadership for 2012–13 elected

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Nic Pottebaum and Jessie Tobin will serve as the 2012–13 president and vice president of University of Iowa Student Government.

Work crews to dispose of ether containers Wednesday

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Work crews will remove and dispose of three quart-size containers of ethyl ether from the University of Iowa’s Medical Labs Wednesday afternoon, starting around 5 p.m.
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'Blue House, Munich' finds new home

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
A family of Iowa natives that has been sharing and caring for an original Grant Wood painting for seven decades has donated the painting to the University of Iowa Museum of Art. It is now on display at the UIMA@IMU, a visual classroom in the UI's Iowa Memorial Union.