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UI leaders emphasize entrepreneurial ethic

Monday, August 26, 2013
UI President Sally Mason and Vice President of Research and Economic Development, Daniel Reed, spoke with the Quad-City Times editorial board, describing a campus eager to seek out new partnerships, and capitalize on its own discoveries and achievements.

UI touted in story on LinkedIn making alumni networking easier

Monday, August 26, 2013
The UI is mentioned in a story on LinkedIn rolling out LinkedIn University pages, giving prospective students a wealth of information about a given school’s star alumni.
A man posing for a photo in a metal fabrication shop. Another man stands in the background welding a piece of metal with an arc welder.

Hometown Hawkeye: Mark Bogue

Monday, August 26, 2013
For some, the number 13 may be unlucky. But for Ida Grove steel business owner and University of Iowa alumnus Mark Bogue, 13 is a good thing: it’s the number of people—so far—in his immediate family (including his parents and his three children) who have attended or graduated from Iowa, representing three generations.

Get connected at Fair Day Aug. 28

Monday, August 26, 2013
One giant event at the Iowa Memorial Union combines the Student Organization Fair, Volunteer Fair, and Student Job Fair, with more than 200 organizations, agencies, and employers taking part.

Tickets for new Hancher season now on sale

Monday, August 26, 2013
The new Hancher season features music, dance, theater, and family events as the University of Iowa's performing arts presenter continues to connect artists and audiences.

Achievements: UI faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news

Friday, August 23, 2013
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

Steam blows at Hawkins Drive canceled

Friday, August 23, 2013
University of Iowa Facilities Management has canceled a series of short steam blows along Hawkins Drive, just north of the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center, that were originally scheduled to start at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 27, and were to end by noon the same day.
Western Iowa Tech Community College students Juan Verdin and Nathan Schulz are joined by mechanical engineering technology instructor Tom Helzer, right, on the recumbent trike that won the best technology award in a competition held at the University of I

UI contest inspires reinventing the aerodynamic trike

Friday, August 23, 2013
Steve McGuire, a UI professor of 3D design and metal arts, organized a contest designed to inspire innovation among students and champion the resurgence of the craft of bicycle mechanics.
The Clapp Recital Hall Casavant pipe organ

UI pipe organ finds a new local home

Thursday, August 22, 2013
The Clapp Recital Hall Casavant pipe organ will find a new home with the University Heights-based St. Andrew Presbyterian Church congregation. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)
students and instructor

A savory business

Thursday, August 22, 2013
Sugarcoat, a food trailer selling vegan treats, will hit the streets of downtown Las Vegas this fall. The project, the brainchild of 14 University of Iowa students and faculty member David Gould, grew out of coffee shops and restaurants, Saturday night brainstorming sessions and weekend road trips. It "pushed the envelope of what a college class could look like."
Pella student Lucas Rietveld in his high school graduation cap and gown with a female student also in cap and gown.

Pella student finds special niche at UI's REACH Program

Thursday, August 22, 2013
2013 Pella High School graduate Lucas Rietveld found his special niche at the UI College of Education's REACH Program, a two-year, transition certificate program for students with multiple intellectual, cognitive, and learning disabilities.

Cutting edge outreach

Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Middle school students in Cedar Rapids attend a technology camp to learn about tools available in a new lab at their school. The three-day camp was led by staff from the University of Iowa College of Education’s Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research (ICATER), which is partnering with the school to build the unique lab, making assistive technology learning tools available to...