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Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship hosts start-up camp

Monday, July 17, 2017
Thirty-nine middle school students from around the Iowa City area participated in a youth camp sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center’s Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship. The weeklong camps teach participants the entrepreneurial mindset and expose them to innovation, creativity, and problem-solving.

UI external research funding sees uptick despite challenges

Monday, July 17, 2017
Fiscal year 2017 saw an estimated 1 percent increase in both total external funding and funding that supports research and scholarship at the University of Iowa.

Recent deaths

Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.
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Finding inner strength in personal training

Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Margee Miller came to the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in late 2011 for health coaching, a visit that would lead her down a path of mindfulness and fitness.
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Former US Poet Laureate reflects on his writing and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Monday, July 3, 2017
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera says his time at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop was a pivotal bridge between his writing as a young activist in the Chicano Movement and his writing as a poet laureate.
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University of Iowa seeks volunteers for State Fair booth

Wednesday, June 28, 2017
The University of Iowa’s State Fair Working Group seeks volunteers for the UI booth at the Iowa State Fair Aug. 10–20 in Des Moines. Each volunteer receives fair admission, a parking pass, and a University of Iowa T-shirt.
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Iowa Geological Survey ‘rock library’ full of stories

Wednesday, June 28, 2017
The Iowa Geological Survey’s “rock library,” housed at the University of Iowa Research Park, holds 40,000 rock samples from drilling sites across the state. Other holdings include geodes (the state stone) and fossilized remnants of Iowa’s prehistoric sea.

E. Dale Abel to deliver 2018 Presidential Lecture

Wednesday, June 28, 2017
E. Dale Abel, chair and DEO of the Department of Internal Medicine in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, will deliver the University of Iowa’s 35th annual Presidential Lecture on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018.
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UI researchers conduct largest survey yet of PCBs in schools

Wednesday, June 28, 2017
New research by the University of Iowa shows that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chemicals known to cause cancer in humans, are present in old window caulking and light ballasts still used in many schools.
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University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital ranks in six specialties on latest ‘U.S. News & World Report’ list

Tuesday, June 27, 2017
“U.S. News & World Report” has ranked University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in six specialties in the 2017–18 Best Children’s Hospitals list: No. 20 in neonatology, No. 21 in nephrology, No. 34 in cancer, No. 36 in urology, No. 45 in pulmonology, and No. 48 in cardiology/heart surgery.
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Old Gold: SUI began with a bang

Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Just hours after the first General Assembly of the State of Iowa voted to establish the State University of Iowa in February 1847, a meteorite crashed to the ground in rural Linn County. UI archivist David McCartney shares the story.
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UI announces date for Catlett Hall grand opening

Monday, June 26, 2017
The University of Iowa is excited to announce that the dedication of the new Elizabeth Catlett Residence Hall will take place on Friday, July 28. The 12-story residence hall, named for renowned sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, will be the university’s largest, housing 1,049 students.