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Modern Greeks

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Greek Week is an annual celebration of and for all 40 of Iowa’s sororities and fraternities. This year, the community is shining a spotlight on its growing number of culturally based groups as it wraps up the week with the NPHC Stroll Competition at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 21.
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Phil was here (and here, and here...)

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The first Phil's Day celebration—part of the UI Foundation's student-focused Phil Was Here campaign—showcases the ways in which donor support creates a stronger university.

Free head and neck cancer screening offered at UI

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Specialists in the UI Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery will offer free screenings for oral, head and neck cancer from 8 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, April 25, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

U.S. poet laureate to give keynote address at UI writing conference

Monday, April 16, 2012
United States Poet Laureate Philip Levine will give the keynote address at the sixth annual writing conference presented by the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.
Portrait of Dustin Smart.

Designing while deployed

Monday, April 16, 2012
A UI student designed this year's Earth Day fundraiser T-shirt while deployed in Afghanistan with the Air National Guard.

Bach fellowship recipients announced

Monday, April 16, 2012
Two graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received the Marcus Bach Fellowships.

Two UI faculty members awarded Guggenheim fellowships

Friday, April 13, 2012
Faculty members Judith Pascoe and Steven Ungar are among this year's list of Guggenheim Fellows.

Faculty honored at annual CLAS celebration

Friday, April 13, 2012
More than 60 faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be honored at a public celebration and reception April 16.

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.