Impact
Iowa hospitals interpret the best way to care for patients
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Adrian Silva, coordinator of interpretation and translation services for UI Hospitals and Clinics since 2011, says it’s difficult to estimate how many interpretations he does daily but he’s hardly ever in his office.
It's all about the journey
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
If you’ve studied abroad through the UI in the past 30 years, you’ve likely met Maria Hope, who has been with Study Abroad since its inception—first in a clerical position and eventually as the university’s first, and for many years only, study abroad advisor.
In Iowa City, it's never too cold to bike
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The University of Iowa Office of Sustainability and the Bicycle Advisory Committee are using a Winter Warrior Bike Challenge to encourage biking as a sustainable form of transportation, even when temperatures drop.
A long journey home
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Many UI international students are looking to seeing their families for the first time since the summer when they travel home or their family members visit the U.S. during the upcoming winter break.
Live web stream of severe weather symposium
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The University of Iowa is co-sponsoring a symposium in Des Moines from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time today (Wednesday, Dec. 11) titled "Adapting to Weather Extremes: the Economic Impact in Iowa."
Young dancers go onstage with 'Nutcracker'
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The 30 students of the University of Iowa Youth Ballet and School of Dance had the incomparable experience this past weekend of performing in a professional production of “The Nutcracker,” Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet, with Ballet Quad Cities and Orchestra Iowa at the restored Paramount Theater in Cedar Rapids.
Campus makeover
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Construction season is in full swing at the University of Iowa this fall, at a pace and scale unprecedented in the school’s 166-year history.
UI graduate appointed Branstad's communication director
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Former University of Iowa student Jimmy Centers has risen through the ranks of Iowa politics through a combination of passion and education, and will take over as communications director for Gov. Terry Branstad on Friday.
UI Special Collections Tumblr among year's top 25 'New and Notable Blogs'
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
A University of Iowa librarian uses social media to lift the “veil of secrecy” around Special Collections.
Media Advisory: Iowa City second graders visit their UI 'buddies' Dec. 11 and 13
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Members of the media are invited to cover two second-grade classes led by their University of Iowa College of Education alumnae teachers who will visit the UI to tour campus and participate in a culminating activity with students in the UI College of Education Wednesday Dec. 11 and Friday, Dec. 13.
University of Iowa boosts veteran support
Monday, December 9, 2013
UI officials have been working for years to enhance the educational experience for veterans—debuting veteran-specific classes, working with department heads to translate military training into course credits, and offering support groups and events for service members.
With Mandela's passing, UI law professor remembers work on nation's Constitution
Monday, December 9, 2013
As many around the world mourn the passing of Nelson Mandela at age 95, UI law professor Adrien Wing says that her work on developing a democratic constitution while Mandela was still imprisoned in 1988 may have been about hope and not necessarily immediate action.
Pagination