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Final dot will complete community artwork

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Celebrate the conclusion of "Just Do(t) Art," a community art project at the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s (UIMA) May First Friday reception, May 4, at the hotelVetro in downtown Iowa City. For $5, watch the last dot be placed and view the installation in its final form.
Art Building West at night

Art Building West rededication is May 3

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The University of Iowa will rededicate the recently reopened Art Building West Thursday, May 3.

All about metawriting

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The University of Iowa Press has just released "Metawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction" by Jill Talbot.

Advanced Placement achievers

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
For the fourth consecutive year, George Washington High School in Cedar Rapids achieved the No. 1 ranking on the “2012 Iowa AP Index,” which was developed eight years ago by the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center.

Showalter book wins Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism

Monday, April 30, 2012
This year's Capote Award winner looks at the literary history of American women writers.

Media Advisory: Parent eating habits

Monday, April 30, 2012
It’s often thought that starting a family will help new parents begin healthier eating habits, but research from the University of Iowa shows that’s not necessarily the case.

Building homes and hope

Monday, April 30, 2012
The Tippie College of Business has built five homes and raised $250,000 for Habitat for Humanity. The newest house will be dedicated Saturday, May 5.
Alec Scranton

Frequent hiker miles

Monday, April 30, 2012
Not only is Alec Scranton, at the age of 48, the first University of Iowa College of Engineering alumnus to serve as dean of the college, but he is also a fifth-generation Iowan. But having deep Iowa roots hasn’t diminished his wanderlust.

Encouraging enterprise

Monday, April 30, 2012
The University of Iowa Office of the Vice President for Research and the Iowa Centers for Enterprise have announced seven winners of the 2012 Grow Iowa Values Funds (GIVF) Development Funds Proposal Competition.

Nite Ride hours extended during finals week

Monday, April 30, 2012
University of Iowa Police will extend Nite Ride service hours during finals week. Nite ride will operate on a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. schedule, starting at 10 p.m. Sunday, May 6 and ending at 6 a.m. Friday, May 11.

Center for Computer Aided Design Open House set for May 1, 3, and 9

Friday, April 27, 2012
The University of Iowa College of Engineering’s Center for Computer Aided Design (CCAD) will host an open house at three different research sites and on three different days in May. Visitors will have an opportunity to meet CCAD project directors and tour labs.
President Obama meeting with UI students for a roundtable discussion

Discussing debt with the president

Friday, April 27, 2012
Before President Barack Obama delivered his speech at the UI Field House on Wednesday afternoon, he met with a small group of students at the Iowa Memorial Union.