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New breast cancer treatment combines surgery, radiation therapy

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Experts at Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa are the first in the state to offer intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) for breast cancer patients. The treatment allows a therapeutic dose of radiation to be delivered immediately following surgery while the patient is still in the operating room.

Dance and music from India

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Madhavapeddi Murthy, Dancers and Orchestra will conclude a week-long residency in the University of Iowa Division of Performing Arts with a performance at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20, in the Space Place Theater of North Hall.
Greg Davis talking to players on the practice field

Getting settled

Thursday, April 12, 2012
For the first time in Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz's tenure, he'll have new faces in the press box calling plays. Greg Davis takes over as offensive coordinator, while Phil Parker will run the defense—two of many offseason changes on the staff.

2012 Hitchcock Lecture looks at the science of rhetoric

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Lacan and the Science of Rhetoric is the subject of the University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies 2012 Hitchcock Lecture.
Iowa's Zach Cazabon competes on the pommel horse.

Landing on national stage

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The University of Iowa men's gymnastics team was selected to compete at the 2012 National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics qualifier.

Police receive two reports of public exposure

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Iowa City Police recently received two reports about a man exposing himself.

Raising awareness through the arts

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey will read at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, as part of The Derek Project.

Hawks to admire

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The University of Iowa honored outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni on April 10 at the 95th anniversary Finkbine Dinner, one of the university’s most prestigious award ceremonies.

Following in Grant Wood's footsteps

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The first two Grant Wood Fellows share what they've been working on leading up to this year's Grant Wood Symposium.
UI juniors Nic Pottenbaum and Jessie Tobin stand in the Pentacrest on the University of Iowa campus.

Undergraduate student leadership for 2012–13 elected

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Nic Pottebaum and Jessie Tobin will serve as the 2012–13 president and vice president of University of Iowa Student Government.

Paul's Book Club tackles de Kretser novel

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Listen to a live Internet stream when Paul's Book Club discusses The Hamilton Case at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in Prairie Lights Books.

Work crews to dispose of ether containers Wednesday

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Work crews will remove and dispose of three quart-size containers of ethyl ether from the University of Iowa’s Medical Labs Wednesday afternoon, starting around 5 p.m.