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UI limnologists study stream dwellers to track environmental trends

Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Iowa’s environmental health is monitored by limnologists, scientists who test water quality and sample fish and insect populations in their search for small changes that could indicate larger trends in the ecosystem.

Many honored at UI’s annual Faculty and Staff Awards Banquet

Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Members of the University of Iowa community were honored at the UI’s annual Faculty and Staff Awards Banquet on Oct. 10, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice President for Human Resources.
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Homecoming 2017, in pictures

Monday, October 9, 2017
From performances by the Iowa Spirit Squad and Alumni Band to homecoming royalty cruising in Corvettes, Hawkeye pride was on display at the 2017 homecoming parade and game. Check out a gallery of the festivities that led up to Iowa’s victory over Illinois.
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UI announces second finalist for vice president for medical affairs and dean of medicine

Sunday, October 8, 2017
A university search committee has announced the second final candidate for the next University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

Co-chairs named for vice president for research and economic development search committee

Thursday, October 5, 2017
University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld has named faculty members David Gier and Aliasger Salem co-chairs of the search committee tasked with selecting the next vice president for research and economic development.

President Harreld: Resilient UI looks to the future

Thursday, October 5, 2017
University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld considers the UI’s resiliency and its forward-thinking stance on everything from creative writing to computer engineering.
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Iowa Women’s Archives turns 25

Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Iowa Women’s Archives (IWA) has been preserving the history of Iowa women, their families, and their communities for a quarter-century.

Program prods UI students to pursue their potential

Wednesday, October 4, 2017
The aim of the Be Better @ Iowa initiative is to make the University of Iowa a destination for tomorrow’s leaders. All incoming students take an online assessment to determine their top strengths. Programming throughout the year then shows students how to use that information to their advantage.
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Everything you need to know to fight phishing

Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Organizations like the University of Iowa are attractive targets for phishers—crooks who use bogus email messages to steal account passwords and other sensitive info. But a handful of tips can help anyone avoid the bait.
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UI nabs $1.25 million NASA award to conceptualize mission studying magnetic fields of Earth, sun

Tuesday, October 3, 2017
A team led by University of Iowa physicist Craig Kletzing has won a $1.25 million grant from NASA to conceptualize a mission that would study the mysterious, powerful interactions between the magnetic fields of the sun and Earth.
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UI announces first finalist for vice president for medical affairs and dean of medicine

Monday, October 2, 2017
John M. Carethers, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the first final candidate for the next University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine. He will visit campus Oct. 3.

UI leads project to address prescription opioid and heroin epidemic in Iowa

Monday, October 2, 2017
A new report from the University of Iowa includes several policy and program recommendations to address the state’s opioid crisis after UI representatives led a process involving dozens of stakeholders from across the state.