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Engineering alumna says communication, teamwork among most important skills learned at the UI

Wednesday, October 5, 2016
University of Iowa engineering alumna Alyssa Reinhardt is an operations team leader at DuPont Industrial Biosciences, where she leads a team of 15 people focused on the company’s supply chain.
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Let there be light

Tuesday, October 4, 2016
The new Visual Arts Building is filled with cutting-edge technology to help artists create, but it rests on a foundation of one basic element: light.
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Faculty and staff giving continues to grow

Tuesday, October 4, 2016
University of Iowa employees have numerous reasons for contributing to the UI during the annual We Are Phil faculty and staff giving program, which will take place Oct. 10–14 this year. Read on to see what motivates people to give.

UI’s Threat Assessment and Care Team connects faculty, staff, and students to resources

Tuesday, October 4, 2016
The Threat Assessment and Care Team combines expertise in the areas of law enforcement, mental health, student services, organizational effectiveness, employment law, and other legal issues to provide an integrated and coordinated approach for early identification, assessment, and management of behaviors that threaten the well-being of the UI community.
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Hawkeye Homecoming 2016

Monday, October 3, 2016
Despite a disappointing 38–31 loss to Northwestern on the football field, the University of Iowa’s 2016 Homecoming festivities provided faculty, staff, students, and alumni with a lot to cheer about throughout the week.
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‘A Rookie’s Guide to Archival Research’

Monday, October 3, 2016
After researching the Scattergood Hostel in West Branch, Iowa—a former home for refugees escaping Nazi Germany—for a history course last spring, University of Iowa junior William Simpson went on to complete an independent study of Scattergood throughout the summer.
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Back home

Monday, October 3, 2016
The Studio Arts Division of the School of Art and Art History is pleased to be back on campus and to have one of the best academic art buildings designed anywhere in decades as its new home.
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UI vice president for medical affairs to step down from leadership positions

Friday, September 30, 2016
The University of Iowa today announced that Jean E. Robillard, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, plans to step down from his leadership role overseeing UI Health Care.

Working at Iowa survey available Oct. 5–19

Thursday, September 29, 2016
On Oct. 5, all UI employees will receive an invitation to take the Working at Iowa survey. In this brief Q&A, Sue Curry, dean of the College of Public Health, talks with “Iowa Now” about how her college uses the survey.
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Next steps

Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Rebekah Kowal, newly appointed chair of the University of Iowa Department of Dance, discusses her new role and her plans for the program.
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Students construct monumental Homecoming tradition

Tuesday, September 27, 2016
In the third year of the corn monument revival, University of Iowa engineering students ramped up their efforts with the tallest, largest, and most ambitious design on record.

Debate moves Clinton, Trump prices on Iowa Electronic Markets

Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s contract prices are up 8 percent to 70.5 cents in volatile post-debate overnight trading on the Iowa Electronic Markets, while contract prices for Donald Trump are down 3 percent to 31.8 cents.