Impact

Crews find artifacts from early settlements

Monday, February 17, 2014
Crews working to repair the flood damaged Iowa Memorial Union have uncovered the remains of early settlements in Iowa City.

Who owns this image?

Monday, February 17, 2014
Ben Mauk, UI adjunct associate professor of communications, writes of the controversy about what kinds of intellectual property can or cannot be used by artists as fair use.

Applications for Cmiel human rights internships due March 14

Monday, February 17, 2014
University of Iowa undergraduate, graduate, and professional students who have secured summer internships with human rights organizations in the United States or internationally should consider applying for the Kenneth J. Cmiel Funded Human Rights Internship Program.
University of Iowa senior Lu Shen works at her computer in the University of Iowa International Programs department at the University Capitol Centre in Iowa City. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)  Read more: http://thegazette.com/2014/02/15/university

Workshop aims to improve China, U.S. student relationships

Monday, February 17, 2014
A University of Iowa workshop to be held this week will address issues that stem from recent increases in the number of Chinese students at the university.
Iowa Individual Income Tax Return form

UI students help low-income residents prepare tax returns

Monday, February 17, 2014
University of Iowa students in the College of Law and Tippie College of Business are helping low-income residents of Johnson County prepare their tax returns for free through the VITA program.
Steve Higgins, former UI student and new announcer on The Tonight Show when Jimmy Fallons takes over

New 'Tonight Show' announcer attended UI

Monday, February 17, 2014
Steve Higgins, the Des Moines native who becomes the new announcer on The Tonight Show when Jimmy Fallon takes over as host, attended the University of Iowa for several years.
Lolo Jones at Winter Olympics

What's in Lolo Jones' future?

Monday, February 17, 2014
John Solow, University of Iowa professor of economics, sees broadcasting as the most likely future for Iowa native and U.S. Olympian Lolo Jones.
Portrait of Earle and Laura Smith

Launching a new life in the American West

Monday, February 17, 2014
One hundred years ago, a young woman and her husband left behind their teaching jobs in Iowa to become homesteaders in Wyoming. Thanks to a University of Iowa alumnus, and his research at the Iowa Women’s Archives, the couple’s adventure has been brought to light.

Game on: UI graduate to discuss video games and faith

Monday, February 17, 2014
What do video games have to do with faith? Iowa alumnus Kevin Schut, an avid gamer and committed Christian, will return to campus to present a free, public discussion called “Of Games and God: A Christian Exploration of Video Games.”

Timely Warning: Police receive report of suspicious activity

Friday, February 14, 2014
At 1:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, an Iowa City police officer observed a vehicle following a male pedestrian traveling in the area of Bowery and Johnson Streets.
officer seated in car, writing a ticket

Workers, get up and move

Friday, February 14, 2014
A new UI study shows that police officers move as much on the job as someone holding a baby or washing dishes. The finding comes from police wearing armbands that monitored their physical activity. Results appear in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

How a birder learned to look down

Friday, February 14, 2014
Neil Bernstein will discuss his study of ornate box turtles at an upcoming Explorers Seminar at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in the Biosphere Discovery Hub in the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History.