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Applications for Game-Based Learning Faculty Institute due May 2
Friday, April 18, 2014
Starting in May 2014, the Center for Teaching and ITS-Instructional Services will work with a group of UI faculty members who have identified a learning need in their students and would like to find or help devise a game to help students address that learning challenge.
Aging brains on the job
Friday, April 18, 2014
Two demographic trends in Iowa—an aging population and workers staying on the job later in life—will have a significant impact for employers and employees in the years ahead. University of Iowa neuroscientist Steven Anderson will offer his perspective during an April 29 presentation in Des Moines.
Campus trees take center stage
Friday, April 18, 2014
The University of Iowa’s longstanding commitment to sustainable campus forestry and a rich tradition of student service-learning has earned the campus recognition as a 2013 Tree Campus USA. This is the fifth consecutive year for the honor.
Timely Warning
Thursday, April 17, 2014
The University of Iowa issued a Timely Warning on Thursday, April 17, 2014.
Behind the canvas
Thursday, April 17, 2014
The University of Iowa College of Law honors long-serving faculty with the opportunity to have their portrait join colleagues from the present and the past in the oldest law school west of the Mississippi.
Students: See what's happening in HawkTools
Thursday, April 17, 2014
University of Iowa students—and anyone interested in keeping tabs on what’s going on about campus—have a new set of tools at hand.
New facility for Hawkeye Marching Band
Thursday, April 17, 2014
The 2008 flood has taken a heavy toll on the Hawkeye Marching Band. But a new outdoor field coupled with indoor turf and support facilities promises to make for better practices and performances.
UI symposium examines women in politics
Thursday, April 17, 2014
The University of Iowa's Public Policy Center will examine the role of women in politics and their representation in state and federal executive and legislative bodies, in a day-long symposium on Friday, April 18, at the Old Capitol Museum in Iowa City.
'Black Girls Do Science'
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Some 70 elementary school girls learned that using Vaseline and Kool Aid to make lip gloss can be educational and fun when they participated in “Black Girls Do Science,” a one-day camp for girls in grades 4-8 held April 12 at the University of Iowa College of Engineering.
May 1 event highlights electronic textbook tips and challenges
Thursday, April 17, 2014
A May 1 presentation and panel discussion hosted by University of Iowa ITS Instructional Services will focus on the growing use of eTextbooks and the emerging uses of digital course content on the UI campus.
Court Street closure near new music building
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
A one block section of Court Street near the Voxman Music Building construction site will be closed April 21 to June 30. The closure will affect both the east- and westbound lanes of traffic and south sidewalk from Capitol Street to Clinton Street.
UI named mentoring center for minority graduate students
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
The University of Iowa has been awarded $1.2 million to establish one of only five University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring in the nation. The three-year grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation recognizes the UI's long history of recruiting and educating minority students in STEM fields.
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