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Celebrating points of pride

Thursday, November 10, 2016
The University of Iowa’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Resource Center recently marked a decade of serving the community.
Study Abroad Grand Prize: “Somewhere over the rainbow (mountains),” by Megan Lough, was taken at 16,500 feet in the Rainbow Mountains of Vinicunca, Peru. This photo by Lough from Eagan, Minnesota, majoring in nursing, was awarded the Study Abroad G

Moments captured here and afar

Wednesday, November 9, 2016
University of Iowa students abroad and international students at the UI share their experiences through photography during International Education Week festivities.
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Navy veteran embraces passion for science education

Wednesday, November 9, 2016
After serving in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Navy Reserves, University of Iowa student Spencer Gibson is pursuing his dream of teaching science.
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Life at the new Voxman Music Building

Monday, November 7, 2016
Creativity, instruction, and camaraderie—all happening within a state-of-the-art facility. This is what the new Voxman Music Building, home to the University of Iowa School of Music, brings to the university.
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The politics of poetry

Friday, November 4, 2016
Akhil Katyal, professor of English literature at Shiv Nadar University in New Delhi, India, and author of “Night Charge Extra,” speaks about his poetry and his time at the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program.

Tippie MBA curriculum focuses on experiential learning

Students in the Tippie College of Business’ full-time MBA program are learning more and more by participating with real-world experiential learning opportunities as part of their classroom work.

Iowa Electronic Market forecasts election outcomes

Finance professor Thomas Rietz explains the workings of the Iowa Electronic Markets and how markets can aggregate information.

Durnev analyzes Trump, Clinton tax plans

Art Durnev, assistant professor of finance, helps to analyze the tax plans proposed by presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

UI Women in Science and Engineering partners with nationally recognized ‘Femineer’ program

Friday, November 4, 2016
The UI College of Engineering’s WiSE program will be the first Femineer affiliate university in the nation outside of California.
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Dance Gala’s Factor factor

Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Jesse Factor, a second-year MFA dance student at the University of Iowa, will re-stage iconic dancer and choreographer Martha Graham’s “Ritual to the Sun” from “Acts of Light” for the 2016 Dance Gala, running Nov. 3–12 in the UI’s Space Place Theater.

UI College of Public Health researchers participate in children’s migraine study

Tuesday, November 1, 2016
A study that questions the use of certain drugs to help children suffering from migraine headaches is garnering national attention. The University of Iowa’s College of Public Health contributed to the research.

UI suggests increased farm vehicle lighting to reduce accidents

A study from the UI College of Public Health finds that accidents involving farm vehicles could be cut in half if more states adopted increased standards on lighting and reflecting for vehicles.