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Under construction

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The T. Anne Cleary Walkway will be under construction from Jefferson Street to Bloomington Street Monday, May 14, through Friday, Aug. 10.

Tomorrow's thinkers today

Monday, March 19, 2012
Learn about the research being done by UI graduate students at the 2012 Jakobsen Conference.
members of the soweto gospel choir

Soweto blends traditional, contemporary

Monday, March 19, 2012
The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present the Soweto Gospel Choir at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 27, at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort’s Event Center.

Compensation for former Ames atomic workers

Monday, March 19, 2012
An additional class of former Ames Laboratory employees who've been diagnosed with certain cancers may qualify for assistance, thanks in part to a screening program administered by the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Norment reflects on lifelong fascination with maps

Monday, March 19, 2012
In the Memory of the Map: A Cartographic Memoir by Christopher Norment is now available from the Sightline Books series of the University of Iowa Press.

Community connections serve the state

Monday, March 19, 2012
Both Marshalltown and Ellsworth Community Colleges have partnered with the University of Iowa to formalize an agreement that allows their students to earn a four-year degree without leaving central Iowa.

EU ambassador to US to discuss European sovereign debt crisis at UI

Monday, March 19, 2012
Joao Vale de Almeida, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States, will discuss the ongoing European sovereign debt crisis when he speaks at the University of Iowa College of Law on Wednesday, March 28.

Bertino, Simpson win 2012 Iowa Short Fiction Awards from UI Press

Monday, March 19, 2012
The winners of the 2012 Iowa Short Fiction Awards are Marie-Helene Bertino and Chad Simpson. Bertino won the 2012 Iowa Short Fiction Award for her collection Safe as Houses, and Simpson's Tell Everyone I Said Hi is the winner of the 2012 John Simmons Short Fiction Award.

Thoreau is portrayed by his contemporaries in new UI press book

Monday, March 19, 2012
A new volume from the University of Iowa Press portrays Thoreau by those who knew him.

Holman, Lecuona present UI faculty recital

Monday, March 19, 2012
Cellist Hannah Holman and pianist Rene Lecuona, faculty members in the University of Iowa School of Music, will present a free faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

Bring your own noisemaker

Monday, March 19, 2012
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free Improvisation for Classical Musicians concert—the second of three concerts this semester—at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.
Matt McDonough gains the upper hand against Penn State's Nico Megaludis during their 125-pound final.

McDonough #1 at 125

Monday, March 19, 2012
Junior Matt McDonough's second career national title highlighted the University of Iowa wrestling team's third-place finish at the NCAA Championships March 15-17 in St. Louis.