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Legendary UI space physicist retires

Wednesday, May 29, 2019
University of Iowa physicist Donald Gurnett retired May 31 after more than 60 years as a student, teacher, and researcher at the UI. Gurnett’s career in space research and exploration began at the dawn of the Space Age and includes seminal discoveries about Earth and other planets.
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Iowa dentistry goes to Adana, Turkey

Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Less than two years after studying together at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Lucas Borg and John Lorenz found themselves last fall reuniting 6,000 miles from Iowa City as they began separate, yearlong assignments at Incirlik Air Base near the city of Adana, Turkey.

Achrazoglou selected by U.S. Department of State for English language specialist assignment

Wednesday, May 22, 2019
John Achrazoglou, clinical associate professor and chief technology officer in the University of Iowa College of Education, has been selected by the U.S. Department of State for a three-week English language specialist project focusing on technology in Pakistan.
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UI Pentacrest museums give children up-close look at Iowa history

Tuesday, May 21, 2019
More than 12,000 children visit the University of Iowa campus each year to tour or participate in programs at the Old Capitol Museum and UI Museum of Natural History. There, they get an up-close, hands-on look at the history of the state.

University of Iowa PhD student talks about how free and once-captive African Americans came together in Colored Conventions during the 1800s

University of Iowa PhD student Dwain Coleman talks about how in the 1800s, free and once-captive African Americans came together in what were called Colored Conventions. Coleman is involved in the first pilot satellite partner of the acclaimed national Colored Conventions Project.

Honeymoon trip inspires alumna to start muesli business

A honeymoon in New Zealand introduced Tippie College of Business alumna Hannah Barnstable to muesli, which she loved so much she quit her Wall Street investment banking job and moved home to Minnesota to start Seven Sundays, her own business that makes and sells the product.
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102nd Finkbine Dinner honors students, faculty, staff, and alumni

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received some of the institution’s highest honors on April 23 at the 102nd Finkbine Dinner. UI President Bruce Harreld and Vice President for Student Life Melissa Shivers presented the Hancher-Finkbine Medallions and Distinguished Student Leader certificates.

Healthy LifeStars gets kids moving to reduce childhood obesity

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Healthy LifeStars is the latest initiative from the University of Iowa College of Public Health to reduce childhood obesity by encouraging more activity and better eating.
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Saving the arches

Friday, May 10, 2019
A team of Tippie College of Business Iowa MBA students is working with the National Park Service on a traffic-management plan to reduce vehicle congestion in Arches National Park and preserve its delicate ecosystem.

How the University of Iowa Recovered From the ‘Unfathomable’ Flood That Ruined It

The story of the University of Iowa’s effort to restore its campus after the 2008 flood shows how hard it is to come back from a disaster, even with the university’s myriad resources.
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UI’s liveWELL wins first place in nationwide academic communities awards

Wednesday, May 8, 2019
The National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities (BHAC) named the University of Iowa’s liveWELL program 1st place in the 2019 National Wellness Challenge.

Ochs hopes to foster inclusivity and compassion in classroom

Kedibona “Kedi” Ochs hopes to create a classroom for students that fosters inclusivity and compassion. Ochs, who was recently awarded the spring 2019 Mary Maxine Redmond Scholarship, was also selected as the spring 2019 College of Education commencement speaker.