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Don't forget: A talk about memory

Friday, March 30, 2012
Neuroscientist André Fenton will give a lecture titled “Erasing, Tracing, and Harnessing Memory” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, in Shambaugh Auditorium in the University of Iowa Main Library.
Caitlin Dorset stands on a catwalk with lights.

Big light

Friday, March 30, 2012
Every theatre production has light, but have you ever stopped to think about how it got there? We went behind the scenes of Big Love, the Department of Theatre Arts' current Mainstage production, to take a look at the process.

Ponseti essay takes national honor

Friday, March 30, 2012
A University of Iowa student's essay about how the Internet and social media helped the Ponseti method become the gold standard for the treatment of clubfoot has won a national contest.

Going for the Golden Silo

Friday, March 30, 2012
The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History has been chosen as a finalist for the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area People’s Choice Site of the Year Golden Silo Award. Cast your vote by April 3 at the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area website.
Micah Hyde matches up with Keenan Davis during practice

Same spot, new perspective

Friday, March 30, 2012
As the Hawkeye defense makes subtle changes to its scheme, defensive back Micah Hyde prepares to make big strides forward in his role as a senior leader on the football squad.

UI hosts Grant Wood Symposium

Friday, March 30, 2012
The University of Iowa will celebrate Iowa's most famous artist and faculty member, Grant Wood, with the Grant Wood Biennial Symposium, Grant Wood Today, April 13 and 14 in Art Building West and the Black Box Theater of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Midnight movie date

Friday, March 30, 2012
A partnership between the Bijou Cinema, Campus Activities Board, and the Englert Theatre offers movie lovers the shared experience of seeing a film with others who love movies—at the stroke of midnight, no less.

Busch reads from new memoir

Friday, March 30, 2012
Veteran, actor, and writer Benjamin Bush will read from his new memoir at 7 p.m. Monday, April 2, in a free Prairie Lights reading streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website www.writinguniversity.org.

New department heads for dentistry

Thursday, March 29, 2012
Steven Armstrong and Julie Holloway lead the UI College of Dentistry's operative dentistry and prosthodontics programs.

Nicholson Baker reads April 5

Thursday, March 29, 2012
Author Nicholson Baker will be an Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor in the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Belin-Blank Center celebrates gifts

Thursday, March 29, 2012
Two gifts of $500,000 each have helped the Connie Belin and Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, which is part of the University of Iowa College of Education, make major headway in its $2.5 million fundraising campaign to celebrate the center’s 25th anniversary in 2013.

No more sleepless nights

Thursday, March 29, 2012
Each year, 20 University of Iowa juniors are selected to receive the $5,200 renewable award from the Carver Trust. Part of the criteria is having overcome significant social and economic hardship while showing great potential and promise. Here are the stories of three Carver Scholarship recipients.