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Longevity Awards: October 2022

Thursday, April 13, 2023
University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Awardees receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.
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Ryder receives Lola Lopes Award

Thursday, April 13, 2023
Kelsey Ryder, associate director in the University of Iowa Office of Student Financial Aid, is the recipient of the 2023 Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy.
These 7 campus projects may affect your commute around town

7 projects that may affect your campus commute

Thursday, April 13, 2023
Here are seven ongoing or upcoming projects that may affect travel around town. Remember to use caution when driving or walking near the construction area and allow extra time to reach your destination.
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Pride Alliance Center finds new home on Melrose Avenue

Wednesday, April 12, 2023
The Pride Alliance Center (Pride House), a home away from home for LGBTQ students at the University of Iowa, is moving to a new, larger location, offering a blank canvas for students to creatively rebuild the space.
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UI seeks approval for projects that will improve student outcomes, increase health care access for Iowans

Tuesday, April 11, 2023
The University of Iowa is seeking permission from the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, to move forward with several facilities projects that will improve student outcomes, create state-of-the art research space, and increase health care access for Iowans, including patients with the most complex cas

6 UI faculty honored with 2023 Regents Award for Faculty Excellence

Thursday, April 6, 2023
The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, has selected six outstanding University of Iowa faculty members to be honored for their extraordinary contributions and sustained record of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.

UI leaders, students honored with Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women awards

Thursday, April 6, 2023
Two exceptional educators earned top awards for staff and faculty at the annual Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women on April 5.
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Researchers trace genetic agent in life-threatening fungal disease

Wednesday, April 5, 2023
UI biologists have uncovered a shared genetic factor among disease-causing fungi, including one species that has been associated with hospital outbreaks in the US. Researchers found that one gene family has multiplied independently and evolved quickly in the fungal species that can cause disease.
Damage from the severe storm that passed through Coralville, Iowa, on Friday, March 31.

UI research lab suffers total loss in March 31 storm

Tuesday, April 4, 2023
The University of Iowa’s James Street Laboratory suffered a total loss from a severe storm that passed through the Iowa City/Coralville community on March 31 and will need to be rebuilt.
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UI joins $20M effort to help rural Iowa students earn college degrees

Tuesday, April 4, 2023
The University of Iowa and 15 of the nation’s most prominent universities and colleges have teamed up in a new effort to help students from small-town and rural America enroll in, succeed at, and graduate from the undergraduate program of their choice.
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Chang wins 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for latest novel

Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Lan Samantha Chang, director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Elizabeth M. Stanley Professor in the Arts at Iowa, won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for her novel, The Family Chao.
Discover your university

Sign up for May 17 Discover Your University tours, exhibits, demonstrations

Saturday, April 1, 2023
Discover Your University helps Iowa faculty and staff discover great things happening around campus.