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Fair Labor Standards Act facts at a glance

Thursday, November 3, 2016
New regulations in the Fair Labor Standards Act will qualify more professional and scientific employees at the University of Iowa for overtime premium pay.
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This year’s Dance Gala promises to delight

Wednesday, November 2, 2016
The University of Iowa’s Dance Gala showcases dynamic choreography and dancing from one of the most highly acclaimed dance programs in the country. “Iowa Now” provides a sneak peek at the stunning creative work on display in Space Place Theater.
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Dance Gala’s Factor factor

Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Jesse Factor, a second-year MFA dance student at the University of Iowa, will re-stage iconic dancer and choreographer Martha Graham’s “Ritual to the Sun” from “Acts of Light” for the 2016 Dance Gala, running Nov. 3–12 in the UI’s Space Place Theater.

Recent deaths

Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

UI bioarchaeologists receive writing award

Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Robin Lillie and Jennifer Mack, bioarchaeologists at the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, have won the prestigious 2017 Deetz Award for their book, “Dubuque’s Forgotten Cemetery: Excavating a Nineteenth-Century Burial Ground in a Twenty-First-Century City.”
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‘I was able to be the main subject of my writing’

Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Ukamaka Olisakwe, 34, is a novelist, screenwriter, and short-story author recently named one of Africa’s 39 most promising writers under the age of 40. She is currently participating in the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program.

UI College of Public Health researchers participate in children’s migraine study

Tuesday, November 1, 2016
A study that questions the use of certain drugs to help children suffering from migraine headaches is garnering national attention. The University of Iowa’s College of Public Health contributed to the research.

UI suggests increased farm vehicle lighting to reduce accidents

A study from the UI College of Public Health finds that accidents involving farm vehicles could be cut in half if more states adopted increased standards on lighting and reflecting for vehicles.

NADS study finds drugged driving as dangerous as drunk driving

Tim Brown, of the UI’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS), says that as illicit and prescription drugs are used more commonly, so will instances of drugged driving increase.

Losing credit, losing customers

Monday, October 31, 2016
A new study from the University of Iowa finds companies lose market share when they don’t have enough access to the capital they need to compete.

UI study finds that proposed changes to tax law would increase income shifting to foreign countries, but not much

Friday, October 28, 2016
A University of Iowa study has found a common proposed change in federal law would have little impact on U.S.-based multinational companies moving income to foreign countries to avoid paying U.S. taxes.

Potential target identified for preventing long-term effects of traumatic brain injury

Friday, October 28, 2016
UI researchers believe they may have identified a potential approach for preventing the development of neurological problems associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Their research in mice suggests that protecting axons—the fiber-like projections that connect brain cells—prevents the long-term neuropsychiatric problems caused by blast-related TBI.