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Undecorated Herky statues

Calling all young artists

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
University of Iowa Children’s Hospital is calling on all young artists for help in a new project launching this spring.

Media advisory: Learning Commons grand opening Feb. 21

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
University of Iowa leaders will celebrate the completion of the Learning Commons, a tech-infused, comfortable, flexible study space with a one-stop academic help center in the UI Main Library.
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UI researcher to study emotional, social recovery of injured children

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Marizen Ramirez, University of Iowa associate professor of occupational and environmental health, has been approved for an estimated funding award of $1.7 million by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study how parents can help their children recover emotionally and socially from traumatic injuries.
Jupiter String Quartet

Hancher to present Jupiter String Quartet in Feb. 28 performance

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Hancher is presenting the Jupiter String Quartet in collaboration with the University of Iowa’s String Quartet Residency Program Feb. 28 at the Riverside Recital Hall in Iowa City.

Who owns this image?

Monday, February 17, 2014
Ben Mauk, UI adjunct associate professor of communications, writes of the controversy about what kinds of intellectual property can or cannot be used by artists as fair use.
Lolo Jones at Winter Olympics

What's in Lolo Jones' future?

Monday, February 17, 2014
John Solow, University of Iowa professor of economics, sees broadcasting as the most likely future for Iowa native and U.S. Olympian Lolo Jones.
officer seated in car, writing a ticket

Workers, get up and move

Friday, February 14, 2014
A new UI study shows that police officers move as much on the job as someone holding a baby or washing dishes. The finding comes from police wearing armbands that monitored their physical activity. Results appear in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Time Warner-Comcast seen getting approval with conditions

Friday, February 14, 2014
Law professor and antitrust expert Herbert Hovenkamp analyzes the proposed merger of Time Warner with Comcast.
UI pharmacy students participate in class called Interprofessional Skills and Team Based Health Care, which was launched last fall.

Future pharmacists learn health care teamwork

Friday, February 14, 2014
UI College of Pharmacy students are learning to collaborate with other health care professionals to benefit patients, thanks to an 18-month pilot course, Interprofessional Skills and Team Based Health Care, that was launched last fall.

Recent deaths

Friday, February 14, 2014
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.
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Once a Hawkeye, always a Hawkeye

Friday, February 14, 2014
University of Iowa head volleyball coach Bond Shymansky knows the value of a well-rounded experience for a student-athlete and believes whole-heartedly in the Hawkeye way of life. He should know, since he lived it.
People running in a race in California

Stone cold racing

Thursday, February 13, 2014
Layne Anderson, UI's head track and field coach, is among those sharing tips on how to run a marathon in cold weather.