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Achievements: UI faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news

Friday, August 15, 2014
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

Climate march comes to Iowa City/Coralville Aug. 19-21

Thursday, August 14, 2014
The Great March for Climate Action will be in Coralville and Iowa City Aug. 19-21 as it works its way across the United States to Washington, D.C., in an effort to raise awareness and initiate change in response to concerns about a climate crisis.
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Media tipsheet: UI experts for back-to-school topics

Thursday, August 14, 2014
To help everyone make a smooth transition, the University of Iowa is offering a list of experts who can talk about everything from helping a child get on the right sleep schedule to what a college student should and shouldn’t bring when moving into their dorm room.

Reed names Conrad, Matthes to new economic development posts

Thursday, August 14, 2014
University of Iowa Vice President for Research and Economic Development Dan Reed announced Aug. 14 several senior staff changes to lead the university’s expanding economic development activities.
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Sen. Tom Harkin tours UI's National Advanced Driving Simulator

Thursday, August 14, 2014
Sen. Tom Harkin visited the National Advanced Driving Simulator at the University of Iowa's Oakdale Research Campus on Tuesday, Aug. 12.

UI-related businesses named finalists in Pappajohn Business Plan competition

Thursday, August 14, 2014
Four start-up businesses with UI connections are among the 10 finalists seeking $50,000 in prize money in the statewide John Pappajohn Business Plan competition.

UI footbridges to reopen, river sidewalks remain closed

Wednesday, August 13, 2014
In preparation for the return of students and residence hall move-in, the UI is preparing to reopen some major pedestrian pathways across the Iowa River.
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University of Iowa Athletics Department announces 26th Hall of Fame Class

Tuesday, August 12, 2014
The National Iowa Varsity Club and the University of Iowa Athletics Department will induct six individuals into the National Iowa Varsity Club Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday, Aug. 29. Though open to the public, the deadline to order tickets is Aug. 22.

UI Mobile Museum offers visitors a 'colorful' discovery

Monday, August 11, 2014
Visitors to the University of Iowa Mobile Museum will now be able to take home a concrete reminder of their experience—in the form of a coloring book.
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Hawkeyes hit the Iowa State Fair

Friday, August 8, 2014
Nothing compares to the Iowa State Fair, nor to the Hawkeye faithful who flocked to the University of Iowa's booth over the fair's first couple of days.

Enriching Iowa communities

Friday, August 8, 2014
This past year, the UI's Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Cities partnered with the city of Muscatine, a community of 23,000 located on the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa.

Media advisory: Cedar Rapids middle schoolers gain hands-on assistive technology experience

Friday, August 8, 2014
A group of Roosevelt Middle School students in Cedar Rapids will learn how to harness the power of technology and self-advocacy during a two-day assistive technology camp Aug. 12 and 13 led by staff from the UI College of Education’s Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research (ICATER).