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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.

CLAS names 2012 Collegiate Fellows

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Six University of Iowa professors have been named Collegiate Fellows of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in recognition of their distinguished teaching, research, and service.

Murder! Love! Espionage!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Jeffrey Copeland will read from Shell Games: The Life and Times of Pearl McGill, Industrial Spy and Pioneer Labor Activist, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 16, in Prairie Lights Books.

shuster to give keynote address at UI conference April 19

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
stef shuster will give the keynote address at the University of Iowa College of Education’s “Beyond Tolerance Diversity Conference” at about 12:20 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the Jones Commons, Room N300, in the UI Lindquist Center. shuster will begin speaking at approximately 12:20 p.m.

Leading by example

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
A $100,000 gift to the University of Iowa Foundation will create two scholarships for undergraduate students in the UI College of Engineering.