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Dancers in Company to perform 'home concerts' Feb. 27-March 1

Wednesday, February 19, 2014
The University of Iowa’s premier touring repertory company, Dancers in Company, splashes onto campus with its hugely popular home concert at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 27-March 1, in Space Place Theater, 101 North Hall.

Business students help build Iowa communities

Wednesday, February 19, 2014
University of Iowa marketing students are using their newfound expertise to help a pair of eastern Iowa towns build their economies by attracting new employers and new residents.

Honoring African-American health care pioneers

Wednesday, February 19, 2014
The University of Iowa will host the traveling exhibit “Black Health Legends - Pioneers Who Dared to Care” on the health sciences campus in February and March. The display features notable achievements of African-American health care pioneers.

UI fraternity gives $100,000 to the Nile C. Kinnick Scholarship Fund

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The University of Iowa Phi Kappa Psi fraternity presented UI President Sally Mason with a check for $100,000, which will endow the Nile C. Kinnick Scholarship Fund. The endowment ensures scholarship awards for future generations of incoming UI freshmen with outstanding high school achievements.

UI College of Education showcases student research on diversity

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The UI College of Education hosted its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Research Symposium on Feb. 7. The event highlighted student research on issues of diversity, covering topics ranging from student interest in STEM to differences in moral reasoning in a religiously diverse student body.

Auditions for Summer Rep roles to be held Feb. 22-23

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will hold auditions Feb. 22 and 23 for four, Non-Equity actresses/singers for the 2014 summer tour of Respect: A Musical Journey of Women, part of the Iowa Summer Rep Tour 2014.
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Calling all young artists

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
University of Iowa Children’s Hospital is calling on all young artists for help in a new project launching this spring.

Media advisory: Learning Commons grand opening Feb. 21

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
University of Iowa leaders will celebrate the completion of the Learning Commons, a tech-infused, comfortable, flexible study space with a one-stop academic help center in the UI Main Library.
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UI researcher to study emotional, social recovery of injured children

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Marizen Ramirez, University of Iowa associate professor of occupational and environmental health, has been approved for an estimated funding award of $1.7 million by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study how parents can help their children recover emotionally and socially from traumatic injuries.
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Hancher to present Jupiter String Quartet in Feb. 28 performance

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Hancher is presenting the Jupiter String Quartet in collaboration with the University of Iowa’s String Quartet Residency Program Feb. 28 at the Riverside Recital Hall in Iowa City.

Timely Warning: Police investigating assaults on taxi passengers

Monday, February 17, 2014
The Iowa City Police Department is currently investigating three sexual assaults with adult female victims while they were passengers in taxi cabs.

Applications for Cmiel human rights internships due March 14

Monday, February 17, 2014
University of Iowa undergraduate, graduate, and professional students who have secured summer internships with human rights organizations in the United States or internationally should consider applying for the Kenneth J. Cmiel Funded Human Rights Internship Program.