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A place that feels like home

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
This summer, the UI embarked on an ambitious project to make long-term investments in the university’s four cultural and LGBTQ resource centers: the Afro-American Cultural Center (Afro House); Asian Pacific American Cultural Center (APACC); Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Resource Center (LGBTQRC); and Latino Native American Cultural Center (LNACC).
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'It's On Us'

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
The University of Iowa Student Government (UISG) is spearheading It's On Us pledge drives across the UI campus, encouraging students, faculty, and staff to take a stand against sexual assault.
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Game day drivers get help getting out

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
After home football games this fall, North Dubuque Street will open two lanes to northbound traffic for 60 to 90 minutes in order to help accommodate fans leaving the city. Southbound traffic between Foster Road and West Park Road will be temporarily detoured.
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Lola Lopes kept the classrooms open

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Lola Lopes came out of retirement just in time to help the university keep its academic operations going during the 2008 flood.
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The book brigade of 2008

Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Nancy Kraft watched the rain fall in May 2008 and felt a sense of foreboding. In the end, she and a chain of volunteers had to move books from the UI Main Library's basement to avoid the rising waters of the flooding Iowa River.
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UI Libraries hosts Shakespeare's First Folio

Monday, August 29, 2016
The University of Iowa Libraries has launched Shakespeare at Iowa, a special exhibition of Shakespeare’s First Folio and a statewide celebration to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
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Celebrating Shakespeare at Iowa

Monday, August 29, 2016
Four hundred years after Shakespeare's death, the University of Iowa will celebrate his life and work with events headlined by the "First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare" exhibition, which will be on display in the UI Main Library Gallery from Aug. 29 through Sept. 25.
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Pianos don't play well underwater

Monday, August 29, 2016
In the wake of the 2008 flooding of the Iowa River, Kayt Conrad and her team had to scramble to find new facilities that could accommodate Division of Performing Arts students and faculty. But first, they had to save the pianos.
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Dawkins' encore

Monday, August 29, 2016
Eight years after the flood, Bill Dawkins returns to the new Hancher Auditorium, where he is once again helping to keep the iconic performing arts venue in fine form.

Enrollment now open for UI employee diversity certificate program

Thursday, August 25, 2016
University of Iowa administrators hope to increase participation in an employee workshop series about supporting diversity on campus. Faculty and staff can now register for classes in this year's Building University of Iowa Leadership for Diversity (BUILD) certificate program.

More traveling doctors make for healthier rural hearts

Thursday, August 25, 2016
Rural patients with heart disease often have limited access to specialized care because most cardiologists practice in cities, but a new study from the University of Iowa finds that the use of visiting consultant clinics (VCCs) in rural hospitals staffed by traveling cardiologists greatly increases access to care.

Campus feedback sought on strategic plan draft

Thursday, August 25, 2016
The Strategic Plan Development Group has published a draft of the University of Iowa Strategic Plan 2016–21 and is seeking campus feedback at open forums early this fall. Read on to learn how you can get involved.