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Old Gold: MLK’s campus lecture more than 50 years ago remains relevant

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
During a 1959 visit to the University of Iowa campus, Martin Luther King Jr. stressed what he saw as a growing obstacle to social progress: apathy.

Four UI faculty members win top teaching award

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Anton Kruger, Dan Matheson, Daniel Weeks, and Rachel Williams have won the 2016 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching.

UI opens new Steven Holl–designed Visual Arts Building

The university dedicated its new Visual Arts Building on Oct. 7. The building, designed by renowned architect Steven Holl, is both technologically advanced and artistically inspiring.
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Modern art

Monday, October 10, 2016
Hundreds of art students and faculty joined dancers, musicians, and local dignitaries in the brilliantly lit central foyer of the Visual Arts Building on Friday to dedicate the new building.

UI Academic Technologies Advisory Council presenting $100,000 in awards

Wednesday, October 5, 2016
The UI Academic Technologies Advisory Council will accept proposals for the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards through Oct. 17. The council encourages the nomination of projects that promote collaborative learning strategies and student use of emerging technologies for teaching and learning.
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Let there be light

Tuesday, October 4, 2016
The new Visual Arts Building is filled with cutting-edge technology to help artists create, but it rests on a foundation of one basic element: light.

UI’s Threat Assessment and Care Team connects faculty, staff, and students to resources

Tuesday, October 4, 2016
The Threat Assessment and Care Team combines expertise in the areas of law enforcement, mental health, student services, organizational effectiveness, employment law, and other legal issues to provide an integrated and coordinated approach for early identification, assessment, and management of behaviors that threaten the well-being of the UI community.
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Hawkeye Homecoming 2016

Monday, October 3, 2016
Despite a disappointing 38–31 loss to Northwestern on the football field, the University of Iowa’s 2016 Homecoming festivities provided faculty, staff, students, and alumni with a lot to cheer about throughout the week.
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Back home

Monday, October 3, 2016
The Studio Arts Division of the School of Art and Art History is pleased to be back on campus and to have one of the best academic art buildings designed anywhere in decades as its new home.

Working at Iowa survey available Oct. 5–19

Thursday, September 29, 2016
On Oct. 5, all UI employees will receive an invitation to take the Working at Iowa survey. In this brief Q&A, Sue Curry, dean of the College of Public Health, talks with “Iowa Now” about how her college uses the survey.
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Students construct monumental Homecoming tradition

Tuesday, September 27, 2016
In the third year of the corn monument revival, University of Iowa engineering students ramped up their efforts with the tallest, largest, and most ambitious design on record.

5 things students forget

Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Here are five important dates, deadlines, or resources that students often miss.