Impact

Holiday Tubas

Tubas, toys, film, and family fun

Thursday, November 29, 2012
Enjoy a weekend of family fun at the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums Friday, Dec. 7 through Sunday, Dec. 9, including a tuba concert, lots of activities and games for children, and a screening of the film “Little Women.”

UI students grow beards for breast cancer research awareness

Thursday, November 29, 2012
A group of students on the UI campus is raising both funds and awareness for breast cancer research through a creative campaign launched last year in honor of UI student Corey Collins' mother, who died of breast cancer.

AR12: Our community

Thursday, November 29, 2012
A glance at University of Iowa engagement on state, national, and global levels.
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The Quilt with a digital touch

Wednesday, November 28, 2012
While our entire adult lives have been deeply affected by the AIDS pandemic, we weren't quite prepared for emotional and social experience of gathering with thousands on America's most public space to commemorate our loss.

Dinosaur Dig Dec. 7 at UI Museum

Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History closes the fall series of Night at the Museum programs with “Dinosaur Dig” from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7. Children who participate will receive an MNH miner hat with headlamp and participate in fun and games in the darkened galleries.
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Living with floods

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
More than 30 teachers from seven targeted communities across the state that experienced flooding will come to the UI campus to participate in the first ever College of Education's Interdisciplinary Flood Institute Nov. 29-Dec. 2 as part of the Living with Floods project.
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AR12: Health care's expanding reach

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Leaders, faculty, and staff with UI Health Care continually strive for innovation and growth in all of the missions on which the organization is built. Ensuring that the facilities and the infrastructure that support those missions continue to reflect that same commitment to growth and innovation is key to providing the best in education, research, and health care.

UI faculty, staff frequently make Ten to Watch list

Monday, November 26, 2012
The Iowa City Press-Citizen is currently seeking nominations for the 2013 Ten to Watch list. Many University of Iowa faculty and staff have appeared on past lists. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)
UI College of Pharmacy Dean Donald Letendre talks with visitors at the grand opening of Iowa's first tele-pharmacy

UI alumni open tele-pharmacy

Monday, November 26, 2012
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy alumni Todd and Jon Thompson recently made Iowa history by opening the first true tele-pharmacy in the state.
University of Iowa graduate and Iowa native Brittany Griffith rock climbs in 2009 in Riglos, Spain. This year alone she has climbed in Italy, Spain, France, Turkey and 10 U.S. states. / Special to the Register

A rock star in rock climbing, UI grad pushes limits for a living

Monday, November 26, 2012
Long before she made a career of seeking out and scaling the world’s most unreachable places, about the only thing University of Iowa communications alumna Brittany Griffith was climbing was the Jefferson Street hill on the UI campus.
The Seamans Center is seen Wednesday on the University of Iowa campus. Enrollment in UI's College of Engineering has grown 66 percent in the past decade. / David Scrivner / Iowa City Press-Citizen

Enrollment surges at UI for engineering

Monday, November 26, 2012
Enrollment in UI’s College of Engineering has skyrocketed in recent years, growing 66 percent in the past decade, with the majority of that growth occurring in the past five years. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

Implementing total worker health

Monday, November 26, 2012
The University of Iowa Healthier Workforce Center for Excellence (HWCE) in the College of Public Health will host its “Total Worker Health Symposium: Safe, Healthy and Cost-Effective Solutions” on November 29-30 at the Marriott Hotel in Coralville, Iowa.