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Mindfulness makes major difference

Wednesday, October 18, 2017
UI staff member Stephanie Preschel discovered useful techniques to deal with the chaos of everyday life through a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course. Learn more about her experience—and how liveWELL was able to assist—on Iowa Now.
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UI names J. Brooks Jackson vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Carver College of Medicine

Monday, October 16, 2017
After an extensive national search, the University of Iowa has named J. Brooks Jackson vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

Beta Alpha Psi chapter receives top national honor

Monday, October 16, 2017
The University of Iowa chapter of Beta Alpha Psi has been named a Superior Chapter, the national accounting honor society’s highest recognition.

Recent deaths

Monday, October 16, 2017
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.
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We Are Phil encourages faculty, staff to give to each other

Thursday, October 12, 2017
The UI’s fifth annual We Are Phil campaign encourages faculty and staff to donate directly to projects, scholarships, and initiatives sponsored by their colleagues. Nine projects are featured in a special GOLDrush-powered We Are Phil page.
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Old Gold: A virtual look at a far-out time in Iowa City

Thursday, October 12, 2017
UI archivist David McCartney invites readers to go back in time—about five decades—with a new web project from UI Libraries. “Uptight and Laid-Back: Iowa City in the 1960s” is an online collection that includes maps, images, videos, sound recordings, and much more that depicts campus life in the ’60s.

Many honored at UI’s annual Faculty and Staff Awards Banquet

Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Members of the University of Iowa community were honored at the UI’s annual Faculty and Staff Awards Banquet on Oct. 10, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice President for Human Resources.
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Homecoming 2017, in pictures

Monday, October 9, 2017
From performances by the Iowa Spirit Squad and Alumni Band to homecoming royalty cruising in Corvettes, Hawkeye pride was on display at the 2017 homecoming parade and game. Check out a gallery of the festivities that led up to Iowa’s victory over Illinois.
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UI announces second finalist for vice president for medical affairs and dean of medicine

Sunday, October 8, 2017
A university search committee has announced the second final candidate for the next University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

Co-chairs named for vice president for research and economic development search committee

Thursday, October 5, 2017
University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld has named faculty members David Gier and Aliasger Salem co-chairs of the search committee tasked with selecting the next vice president for research and economic development.

President Harreld: Resilient UI looks to the future

Thursday, October 5, 2017
University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld considers the UI’s resiliency and its forward-thinking stance on everything from creative writing to computer engineering.
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Iowa Women’s Archives turns 25

Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Iowa Women’s Archives (IWA) has been preserving the history of Iowa women, their families, and their communities for a quarter-century.