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UI Museum of Natural History's 100-year-old insect collection comes to life
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
“Insects: A Collection in Multiple Dimensions”—featuring artwork by University of Iowa graduate student Kevin Chamberlain—opens May 3 at 5 p.m. in the UI Pentacrest Museums Gallery for the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences at the Old Capitol Museum.
New Obama visit info for public, patients
Monday, April 23, 2012
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics patients, UI visitors, and people planning to attend an April 25 speech by U.S. President Barack Obama in the Field House should be aware of special measures designed to help the event run smoothly for everyone.
Lining up for Obama tickets
Monday, April 23, 2012
By noon Monday, the line for free tickets to President Barack Obama's April 25 speech wound through the Iowa Memorial Union and down the street.
Students excited for Obama visit
Monday, April 23, 2012
On Wednesday, April 25, President Barack Obama will visit the University of Iowa to speak about college affordability. On Monday, April 23, students began lining up at 6 a.m. to claim tickets to the event.
A world-class atmosphere in Iowa City
Monday, April 23, 2012
Carver-Hawkeye Arena was electrified by the nation's best wrestlers (including several with UI ties) and 54,000 cheering spectators during the 2012 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials, held April 21-22 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Two days of triumph at the trials
Monday, April 23, 2012
The Olympic Wrestling Trials, held this weekend in Carver Hawkeye Arena, were full of action and reaction, heartbreak and excitement. Iowa Now was there to capture some of the scenes.
Robbery suspect caught Monday following Hawk Alerts
Monday, April 23, 2012
Iowa City police—with assistance from University of Iowa police—captured a man suspected of robbing the Gilbert Street Hills Bank Monday morning, an incident for which the UI and Iowa City Community School District issued alerts as a precaution.
Clamoring to get into 'Mayberry'
Monday, April 23, 2012
Hancher and Working Group Theatre have added a fifth show of Mayberry. Tickets are now available for a performance on Saturday, April 28 at 2 p.m. at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City.
Sixth Raymond Fong Memorial Lecture set for April 27
Monday, April 23, 2012
Ed Callaway of the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, La Jolla, Calif., will be the featured speaker at the Sixth Raymond Fong Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m. Friday, April 27, in Kollros Auditorium, Biology Building East on the University of Iowa campus.
Bye bye, Bubble
Monday, April 23, 2012
The inflatable "Bubble" training facility attached to the Hayden Fry Football Complex had its last gasp on Friday, April 20, deflated after 27 years of use by several UI athletics teams, primarily the football squad. A new building will reside on the Kenyon Football Practice Facility.
‘They’re paying me in knowledge’
Monday, April 23, 2012
Dane Pratt started out washing dishes and taking out the trash in a research lab in the UI Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science. Now, he's designing and conducting cutting-edge pain research.
Hancher, musicians say 'Caps Off to Nurses!'
Monday, April 23, 2012
The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present the Enso String Quartet on Friday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Iowa City. The concert is the culmination of Hancher’s “Caps Off to Nurses” program, which shares classical music in healthcare settings as a way to thank nurses.
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