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UI Council on Disability Awareness announces new officers

Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The University of Iowa Council on Disability Awareness (CDA) recently announced its new officers for 2012-13—Carly Armour, Teresa Kout, Kathy Ford, and Deanna Carter.

Hubbard honored in hall of fame

Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The late Philip G. Hubbard, University of Iowa emeritus vice president and emeritus professor of mechanical engineering, will be honored posthumously Friday, Aug. 3 with an induction into the Iowa African-American Hall of Fame at The Meadows Event Center, Altoona, Iowa.

'How did I not know about this before?'

Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Sean Moeller discovered his love of music as a student in Iowa City, and he's parlayed that into a career. His website, Daytrotter.com, went live in 2006 and has become a launching pad for some of the biggest bands in America.

Health impact

Wednesday, August 1, 2012
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics provides $173.5 million in benefits to Iowa communities, according to an annual assessment of those programs and services.

Coming home, moving on

Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Workers for big multinational companies who spend time on a foreign assignment have a higher than normal turnover rate when they come back home, and a new study suggests that’s because they don’t feel fully appreciated for their global experience.

Getting ready to bug out

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Visitors have only a few more days to see the popular exhibit “Insects: A Collection in Multiple Dimensions,” which will end its run at the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum on Sunday, Aug. 5.

Helping Iowa's helpers

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The University of Iowa College of Education's IHELP workshop series Aug. 1-3 will serve several hundred helping professionals from across the state of Iowa, offering courses on everything from how to help those with gambling addictions to veterans readjusting to life after combat.

MEGABrain exhibit will visit Coral Ridge Mall

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
If you’ve ever wanted to get inside someone’s head, here’s your chance. MEGABrain, the world’s only inflatable, walk-through brain exhibit is coming to Coral Ridge Mall in Coralville on Friday, August 3 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Cystic fibrosis discovery

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine have discovered a genetic process that can restore function to a defective protein, which is the most common cause of cystic fibrosis (CF).

A guardian of the legacy

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The first day new University of Iowa football student-athletes set foot on campus, their photographs are taken. When they check out of the Hayden Fry Football Complex four or five years later, they hardly recognize their old selves. Hawkeye center James Ferentz can attest to that, blossoming into one of the leaders on the Iowa squad.

Songwriter and novelist Earle reads Aug. 7

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Roots rocker, "new country" songwriter, and author Steve Earle will read from his new novel at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7 in Prairie Lights Books, with a live stream on the University of Iowa’s Virtual Writing University.
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Wrecks and effects

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
A study by a University of Iowa economist finds that many car race fans do, indeed, watch NASCAR races to see car wrecks, but more have been tuning in to see who actually wins the race since the circuit adopted its Chase for the Cup championship series in 2004.