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Longevity Awards: July 2015
Friday, October 9, 2015
The University of Iowa Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional, scientific, and merit staff who have achieved 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.
Longevity Awards: June 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
University of Iowa Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional, scientific, and merit staff who have achieved 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.
Longevity Awards: May 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
University of Iowa Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional, scientific, and merit staff who have achieved 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.
Connecting 400-year-old knight errant to UI students and community
Thursday, October 8, 2015
This fall, UI students are discovering the charms of an aged knight-errant, his earthy sidekick, and a cast of colorful characters. Ana Rodríguez-Rodríguez and Denise Filios, professors in Spanish and Portuguese, are co-directing the Obermann–International Programs Humanities Symposium, “Parody, Plagiarism, Patrimony: Don Quixote in the Age of Electronic Reproduction.”
Living in the red zone: good for football, not good in terms of radon
Thursday, October 8, 2015
UI researchers teamed up with northwest Iowa physicians to determine the levels of radon, a cancer-causing gas, entering area homes. Iowa leads the country in high indoor concentrations of radon.
Libraries' DIY crowdsourcing brings museum collection to life
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
The UI Museum of Natural History and the UI Libraries' DIY History collaborate to enlist public assistance in transcribing century-old, handwritten cards that describe birds’ eggs in the museum’s collections. Such digitization projects have the potential to spark research discoveries and raise public awareness about what museums and libraries offer.
Mainstage season opens with 'American Idiot'
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
"American Idiot," the punk musical featuring the music of Green Day that chronicles the journey of three young men as they search for meaning in a hypocritical world, will open the UI Theatre Mainstage season Oct. 16.
Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival commemorates final year
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
The Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival was held for the 25th—and final—time on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015.
Monumental Homecoming tradition returns to UI campus
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
A group of students from the University of Iowa College of Engineering erected a 24-by-16-foot corn monument in the shape of a capital “I” on the west side of the Pentacrest Monday.
Get to Know...Greg Morris
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today, we visit with Greg Morris, football equipment manager for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Pella boy, 12, to be Kid Captain when Hawkeyes host Illinois for Homecoming
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
DMD is a genetic disorder that causes progressive muscle degeneration. It is most common in very young boys and first affects the muscles of the hips, pelvic area, thighs, and shoulders. It eventually impacts additional muscles, and by the early teen years, the heart and respiratory muscles become affected.
UI faculty, staff embrace 'We Are Phil'
Monday, October 5, 2015
The University of Iowa celebrated its third annual "We Are Phil" giving appeal for faculty and staff last week—and the push to bolster private support for UI people and programs continues.
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