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Bringing Zumba to all
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Jamie Achrazoglou, who has worked at the University of Iowa for more than 30 years, is involved with many UI projects. For the past six years, one of her more visible roles has been in Recreational Services, where she teaches Zumba.
UI experts help Iowa businesses stay on the analytics cutting edge
Thursday, December 7, 2017
The Tippie Analytics Cooperative helps businesses improve their operations with data analytics while providing students with on-the-job experience.
Richard and Mary Jo Stanley commit $10 million to the new University of Iowa Museum of Art building
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Richard (Dick) and Mary Jo Stanley have committed $10 million to support the building campaign for the University of Iowa Museum of Art. The gift, which comes from two generations of the family, will help create a new museum and permanent home for the UIMA collection.
UI to honor December 2017 graduates
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
The University of Iowa will honor December 2017 graduates during a series of commencement ceremonies Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 14–17.
University of Iowa working with actor Michael J. Fox to find cure for Parkinson’s disease
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
The University of Iowa College of Public Health has been working with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, gathering and analyzing data collected during numerous studies the foundation funds to find a treatment for the disease.
UI employees: Choose online delivery to get your 2017 tax forms faster
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Online delivery is a fast and secure way for University of Iowa employees to receive year-end W-2 and Affordable Care Act (ACA) 1095 forms.
Trying to cut back on sugar? This year’s 3MT competition winner is studying how to do just that
Monday, December 4, 2017
Sharon Idiga, this year’s winner of the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), is studying how a hormone in the body regulates sugar intake, and her research could lead to new therapies for diabetes and obesity.
UI researchers use nanoparticles to target, kill endometrial cancer in lab study
Monday, December 4, 2017
The new treatment could improve survival rates for the roughly 6,000 U.S. women diagnosed with type II endometrial cancer every year, and also represents an important step in the development of targeted cancer therapies.
Pigeons can discriminate both space and time
Monday, December 4, 2017
Pigeons aren’t so bird-brained after all. New research from the University of Iowa shows that pigeons can discriminate the abstract concepts of space and time, likely using a different region of the brain than humans and primates to do so.
President Harreld: Donate to the United Way via employee self-service
Monday, December 4, 2017
President Harreld encourages UI employees to donate to the United Way of Johnson and Washington Counties. You can do so using employee self-service.
Video: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences/University College fall 2017 commencement ceremony
Thursday, November 30, 2017
A video recording of the fall 2017 UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences/University College commencement ceremony is now available for viewing. The ceremony was held Saturday, Dec. 16, at 9 a.m.
Video: College of Education fall 2017 commencement ceremony
Thursday, November 30, 2017
A video recording of the fall 2017 UI College of Education commencement ceremony is now available for viewing.
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