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aura Ebinger (center), staff attorney, meets with clients for a mediation session at Kids First Law Center in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)

Center started by UI law alumna helps children of separated parents

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
University of Iowa College of Law alumna Jenny Schulz founded Kids First Law Center, which represents children with separated parents, in 2005. The center will serve more than 800 children this year.

UI expert testifies before presidential 21st century policing panel

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Sandra Ramey, a police health expert in the UI College of Nursing, proposed a national intervention program to improve police officer health, before President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, which met in Washington on Monday.

UI VP for Human Resources Sue Buckley announces retirement

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Sue Buckley, the University of Iowa’s long-time vice president for human resources, has announced that she will retire on June 30.
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UI road salt expert to 9th-graders: Iowa DOT is a world leader

The Iowa Department of Transportation is a world leader in some winter road maintenance techniques, UI engineering professor and international road salt expert Wilfrid Nixon told ninth-graders at Prairie Point Middle School.

TIER update: Implementation phase is underway on campus

Monday, February 23, 2015
University of Iowa President Sally Mason shares information about the next steps in the Iowa Board of Regents' TIER (Transparent Inclusive Efficiency Review) with UI students, faculty, and staff as the implementation phase is underway on campus.
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UI students receive degrees after 2014 fall session

Monday, February 23, 2015
The University of Iowa awarded an estimated 1,500 degrees at the close of the 2014 fall session.

Reducing energy efficiency boosts calorie burning in muscle

Monday, February 23, 2015
Scientists at the UI and the Iowa City VA Medical Center have developed a targeted approach that overrides muscles' intrinsic energy efficiency and allows muscle to burn more energy. The findings might provide a basis for new obesity treatments that help overcome the body's natural resistance to weight loss.
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Architect of record selected for UI Museum of Art

Monday, February 23, 2015
The development partner on the new University of Iowa Museum of Art project has selected BNIM Architects of Des Moines and Kansas City as the architect of record.
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George Weiner: Leading the fight against cancer

Friday, February 20, 2015
The director of Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa is also the new president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
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University of Iowa announces first three-year majors

Friday, February 20, 2015
First-year undergraduates headed to the University of Iowa this fall can sign up for Iowa Degree in Three—a new accelerated program designed for motivated students who want to graduate faster and cut costs.

UI students provide free tax prep services through VITA

Friday, February 20, 2015
University of Iowa accounting and law students will again provide free tax return preparation services to qualifying persons this year as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
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UI Children's Hospital opens nominations for 2015 Kid Captains

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Parents and guardians of current or former pediatric patients of University of Iowa Children’s Hospital are invited to nominate their child as a Kid Captain for the Hawkeyes’ 2015 football season. Nominations will be accepted through March 24.