Faculty

Check out the OneIT Year in Review

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
The OneIT Year in Review documents the overall progress of the TIER IT initiative, highlights accomplishments of 12 IT efficiency projects, and features several success stories about OneIT's impact on campus. You can also learn about plans for the coming year.

UI alumnus Gene Wilder passes away at 83

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
University of Iowa theatre arts alumnus Gene Wilder, who established himself as one of America’s foremost comic actors, passed away Aug. 29 at the age of 83.
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Lola Lopes kept the classrooms open

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Lola Lopes came out of retirement just in time to help the university keep its academic operations going during the 2008 flood.

Donelson to be recognized as Distinguished Mentor

Tuesday, August 30, 2016
John Donelson, professor emeritus of biochemistry in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, will be honored at the 2016 Distinguished Mentor Award Celebration and Lecture from 3 to 5 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 1, in the Prem Sahai Auditorium in the Medical Education and Research Facility.
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The book brigade of 2008

Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Nancy Kraft watched the rain fall in May 2008 and felt a sense of foreboding. In the end, she and a chain of volunteers had to move books from the UI Main Library's basement to avoid the rising waters of the flooding Iowa River.
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UI Libraries hosts Shakespeare's First Folio

Monday, August 29, 2016
The University of Iowa Libraries has launched Shakespeare at Iowa, a special exhibition of Shakespeare’s First Folio and a statewide celebration to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
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Celebrating Shakespeare at Iowa

Monday, August 29, 2016
Four hundred years after Shakespeare's death, the University of Iowa will celebrate his life and work with events headlined by the "First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare" exhibition, which will be on display in the UI Main Library Gallery from Aug. 29 through Sept. 25.
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Pianos don't play well underwater

Monday, August 29, 2016
In the wake of the 2008 flooding of the Iowa River, Kayt Conrad and her team had to scramble to find new facilities that could accommodate Division of Performing Arts students and faculty. But first, they had to save the pianos.
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Dawkins' encore

Monday, August 29, 2016
Eight years after the flood, Bill Dawkins returns to the new Hancher Auditorium, where he is once again helping to keep the iconic performing arts venue in fine form.
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A Rio story worthy of Hollywood

Former University of Iowa gymnast Houry Gebeshian appears to be living in a Hollywood screenplay. Her life resembles a gymnastics version of the 1993 cult football classic Rudy, complete with training montages, unlikely mentors, against-the-odds triumph, and lasting glory.

UI elementary education alumna has high expectations for Bettendorf classroom

Haley Kaplan, a first-year teacher and 2016 UI College of Education graduate in elementary education, had a perfectly organized classroom to welcome her fourth graders to Jefferson Elementary School in Bettendorf, encouraging them to do their best and be school leaders.

Enrollment now open for UI employee diversity certificate program

Thursday, August 25, 2016
University of Iowa administrators hope to increase participation in an employee workshop series about supporting diversity on campus. Faculty and staff can now register for classes in this year's Building University of Iowa Leadership for Diversity (BUILD) certificate program.