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Creating health care leaders

Monday, December 5, 2016
The University of Iowa Executive Master of Health Administration program is open to working health care professionals, whether clinicians or managers, who want to move into leadership positions. This fall, the EMHA program was expanded to The John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center in Des Moines.
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42 years of collaboration

Thursday, December 1, 2016
The Joffrey Ballet debuts its new rendition of “The Nutcracker” this weekend on the Hancher stage, Chuck Swanson, executive director of Hancher, and Ashley Wheater, artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet, sat down with “Iowa Now” to talk about “The Nutcracker” and the history between Hancher and the Joffrey Ballet.
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Getting grads good jobs

Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Assistant Provost David Baumgartner provides a sneak peek into both the behind-the-scenes and center-stage work of the Pomerantz Career Center, which reaches more than 10,000 University of Iowa students each year.

Change of date for move-in and opening of UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital

Wednesday, November 30, 2016
The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is postponing its move-in until late January or early February 2017. The safety and comfort of patients, their families, and staff are the top priorities, and officials determined that they are close but not quite ready to move into the new facility.

Down in the valley

Monday, November 28, 2016
The Tippie College of Business’ Hawkinson Institute of Business Finance trains UI students for careers in corporate finance, and more and more of them are looking to California’s booming San Francisco Bay Area to get their careers started.
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UI readies for Cassini finale

Monday, November 28, 2016
University of Iowa space scientists are readying for the final phases of NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn. They hope to learn more about Saturn’s auroras, thunderstorms, and rings from a radio- and plasma-wave instrument designed and built at the UI.
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Despite elusive cure, AIDS diagnoses decline

Monday, November 28, 2016
More than 2,100 patients have been treated at the University of Iowa’s HIV/AIDS clinic since it opened in 1988, and it remains the state’s largest such clinic. Jack Stapleton, director of the clinic and an expert in infectious diseases, talks about how a diagnosis of HIV has changed since then.
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UI earns No. 1 ranking in university website accessibility

Monday, November 28, 2016
The University of Iowa ranks first in the nation in an assessment of how accessible its websites are to people with disabilities.

Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust gives $45 million to University of Iowa to support Iowa Neuroscience Institute

Monday, November 28, 2016
The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has committed a $45 million grant to the University of Iowa that will allow for the creation of a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary neuroscience center within the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

Live stream: UI Symphony Orchestra and Choirs, Dec. 1, 2016

Thursday, November 24, 2016
The University of Iowa School of Music will live stream the Dec. 1 performance by the UI Symphony Orchestra and Choirs, beginning at 7:25 p.m. CST. The ensemble will perform in the Voxman Music Building Concert Hall.
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Maintaining an inclusive campus

Friday, November 18, 2016
The University of Iowa continues to be a destination for international students and has implemented several new programs to help make their adjustment to life in the United States, Iowa City, and on the UI campus as smooth as possible.
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Strong books for Strong Girls

Friday, November 18, 2016
A weekly after-school program founded by faculty in the University of Iowa College of Education is using books to talk with girls at local elementary schools about how to be strong.