Parents & Families

Down in the valley

Monday, November 28, 2016
The Tippie College of Business’ Hawkinson Institute of Business Finance trains UI students for careers in corporate finance, and more and more of them are looking to California’s booming San Francisco Bay Area to get their careers started.
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UI readies for Cassini finale

Monday, November 28, 2016
University of Iowa space scientists are readying for the final phases of NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn. They hope to learn more about Saturn’s auroras, thunderstorms, and rings from a radio- and plasma-wave instrument designed and built at the UI.
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Despite elusive cure, AIDS diagnoses decline

Monday, November 28, 2016
More than 2,100 patients have been treated at the University of Iowa’s HIV/AIDS clinic since it opened in 1988, and it remains the state’s largest such clinic. Jack Stapleton, director of the clinic and an expert in infectious diseases, talks about how a diagnosis of HIV has changed since then.
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UI earns No. 1 ranking in university website accessibility

Monday, November 28, 2016
The University of Iowa ranks first in the nation in an assessment of how accessible its websites are to people with disabilities.

Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust gives $45 million to University of Iowa to support Iowa Neuroscience Institute

Monday, November 28, 2016
The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has committed a $45 million grant to the University of Iowa that will allow for the creation of a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary neuroscience center within the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.
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Maintaining an inclusive campus

Friday, November 18, 2016
The University of Iowa continues to be a destination for international students and has implemented several new programs to help make their adjustment to life in the United States, Iowa City, and on the UI campus as smooth as possible.
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Strong books for Strong Girls

Friday, November 18, 2016
A weekly after-school program founded by faculty in the University of Iowa College of Education is using books to talk with girls at local elementary schools about how to be strong.

University of Iowa announces composition of search committee to replace Robillard

Thursday, November 17, 2016
The University of Iowa has announced the composition of the search committee for the next vice president for medical affairs and dean of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. The first meeting of the 17-person committee will be held Thursday, Dec. 1.

The lonely shopper

Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Jing “Alice” Wang, associate professor of marketing in the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business, studies lonely people, in particular their shopping habits and relationships with retailers.
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Mom and Dad of the Year recognized during Family Weekend

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
A retired firefighter and a CEO were honored as the University of Iowa’s 2016 Mom and Dad of the Year during halftime at the Iowa–Michigan football game on Nov. 12.
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Turning a dream into a reality

Monday, November 14, 2016
The University of Iowa dedicated the new UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital on Nov. 11, 2016. The 14-story, 507,000-square-foot facility will offer private rooms for all patients, eight pediatric operating rooms, a pediatric pharmacy, a playground, gardens, a library, and an interactive theater.
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Curtain call

Friday, November 11, 2016
After 30 years, University of Iowa theatre arts professor and directing program head Eric Forsythe plans to retire at the end of the spring semester. Forsythe sat down with “Iowa Now” to talk about his time at Iowa and his final UI play, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.”