April 2009

April 30
UI student named to USA TODAY All-USA College Academic Team
april 29
UI undergraduate students and faculty mentors recognized for excellence
april 27
University of Iowa issues statement on swine flu
UI partners with community colleges to provide on-site bachelor degrees
april 24
Museum of Natural History begins anniversary celebration with sloth talk May 7
april 23
U.S.News ranks 21 UI programs among top 10 in nation among public universities
April 22
New student garden opens on UI west campus
Cedar Rapids couple supports Carver-Hawkeye Arena renovation
Local student graduates from University of Iowa Career Leadership Academy
april 21
MEDIA ADVISORY: Gov. Culver to sign jumpstart housing bill and hold news conference at Old Capitol today, April 21
April 20
RiverFest moves to downtown Iowa City April 24-25
UI undergraduate students to present research at April 25 celebration
UI recognizes students, faculty, staff and alumni at Finkbine Dinner
april 17
UI Police to assist Iowa City with weekend patrols through semester's end
Media Advisory: UI environmental research, sustainability initiative story ideas
April 16
MEDIA ADVISORY: UI experts to testify on proposed alcohol establishment zoning change
april 15
UI presents Earth Week events April 18-24
Youth politics panel April 17 features actor and activist Kal Penn
april 14
UI student wins Udall scholarship for environmental contributions
UI names Ross Johnson 2009 Student Employee of the Year
april 9
Registration under way for RiverRun at UI
april 8
MEDIA ADVISORY: Iowa River modeling project to be discussed
Newly admitted students gather on UI Admissions Facebook page
'Fossil Guy' programs begin April 18 at Museum of Natural History
april 7
UI Health Care announces new voluntary cost reduction programs
UI Pentacrest Museums host Family Weekend April 18-19
april 6
UI honors student Maria Drout receives prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Momentum Grants awarded to support diversity programs at UI
april 3
Sexual Assault Awareness Month features 'Take 5 for Respect' freeze April 13
April 2
Iowa-Drake rivalry goes all the way to the island on 'Lost'
April 1
Powwow returns to UI April 11 featuring music, food, arts and crafts
Take Back Your Time leader de Graaf to speak on sustainability April 13
UI series of events celebrate life, memory of Miya Rodolfo-Sioson
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April 30
UHL explains 'What happens to my test for swine flu?'
april 29
UI study suggests a new target for treatment of depression
april 24
Abboud selected for Kober Medal in recognition of achievements
april 23
NIH funds UI blood pressure study for $8.5 million
april 20
UI undergraduate students to present research at April 25 celebration
april 14
UI researchers to study serious eye disorder
april 13
UI development consortium develops drugs, dosages for clinical studies
april 7
UI Health Care announces new voluntary cost reduction programs
UI receives international training grant for underrepresented students
april 6
UI Health Care forms international office
april 3
Gene discovery could lead to male contraceptive
April 2
New UI cancer research grants honor Larry Oberley
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April 30
The interaction of American cinema and poetry is explored in new UI Press book
Gregory Hand will present free Baroque organ music recital May 8
Ying Quartet/Wu Han concert will benefit Hancher, mark Hurtig's retirement
april 28
Guitarist Tim Lowly and vocalist/pianist Matthew Ganong perform April 30
UI Press releases new dragonfly field guide May 1
Trout Fishing in America is Hancher's 2009 'SPOT' attraction
april 27
UI Writers' Workshop poet James Galvin reads May 7
april 24
UI Writers' Workshop alumna Z.Z. Packer reads May 1
UI Writers' Workshop student Dr. Austin Ratner reads May 4
University and Concert Bands will perform May 6
Choral ensembles will wrap up the semester's activities with May 8 concert
Kantorei and University Choir share concert program May 9
April 22
Xu Xi reads for 'Live from Prairie Lights' April 30
april 21
Nottage wins Pulitzer Prize in the midst of UI run of 'Intimate Apparel'
UI Writers' Workshop guest poet Mark McMorris reads April 29
UI Department of Dance presents undergraduate concert April 30-May 2
april 20
Iowa New Play Festival May 4-9 provides a deluge of new theater
april 17
Animal activist Gene Baur reads for 'Live from Prairie Lights' April 28
UI Opera Theater presents Offenbach's 'Orpheus in the Underworld' May 1-3
April 16
International Writing Program takes 'New Symposium' to Morocco
UI poet Cole Swensen introduces new anthology in April 27 reading
UI Symphony Orchestra concludes 2008-09 season with April 29 concert
april 15
Geoffrey Hill wins 2009 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
Political poet, labor activist Mark Nowak reads April 24
Piccolo recital April 27 to include variety of styles and one world premiere
april 14
Jane Hamilton will read her new novel on 'Live from Prairie Lights' April 23
april 13
UI Press releases two new volumes of literary scholarship April 15
april 10
UI festival celebrating legacy of Indian weaver-poet to take place April 16, 17
Wood and Sunstein read for 'Word Painter' event April 24
UI Center for New Music will go 'Off-Center' for April 25 concert
Electronic Music Studios will present new works April 26
april 9
Rosenbaum to discuss 'When Values Collide: Financial Asset or Cultural Asset' April 15
Rothschild reads from essay collection for 'Live from Prairie Lights' April 21
Philharmonia, All-University String Orchestra to share concert program April 26
april 8
UI Writers' Workshop guest poet Margot Livesey reads April 22
Hong's return to UI will conclude with April 24 Hancher-sponsored concert
New UI Press releases expanded version of 'A Peculiar People'
april 7
Lerner reads autobiographical essays for 'Live from Prairie Lights' April 20
april 6
UI Writers' Workshop guest poet Zagajewski reads April 16
april 3
University Theatres returns to Mabie Theatre with 'Intimate Apparel'
Violinist Conklin will play 'Southern Comforts' with Symphony Band April 15
UI nonfiction alumna Biss reads for 'Live from Prairie Lights' April 15
Music from Bach to Debussy, and some new works for brass, fill April 16 concert
UI Department of Dance presents thesis concert April 16-18
New exhibition at Figge April 19 features famous UI Museum of Art works
Concerto/Aria Competition winners to perform April 19 with Chamber Orchestra
April 2
Award-winning UI poets Collins and Thirkield read April 14
April 1
Hoffman reads April 13 from biography of Palestinian poet Taha Muhammed Ali
UI Maia String Quartet and soprano Hagiwara perform Schoenberg April 17
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April 22
If it's toxic, is it really an asset?
april 20
UI undergraduate students to present research at April 25 celebration
april 17
Study by Lie finds corporate debt sticks even through bankruptcy
april 15
New club helps non-finance students learn about markets
april 14
Students help Cedar Rapids economic development group with database of waste
april 8
'Road Warrior' to discuss a life on the road at Tippie College of Business
april 7
UI career services volunteer to help unemployed workers
Business students continue to give back with Tippie Build 2
april 3
UI business student wins at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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april 23
Law professor Hovenkamp lauded by former government official
April 22
Law professor says U.S. Supreme Court's Gant decision a mixed bag
april 21
Law student survey finds improved marketability for universal design homes
april 20
Law students help incarcerated domestic abuse victims seek commutations
UI undergraduate students to present research at April 25 celebration
april 17
Law professor leads initiative to protect environment for future generations
UI Center For Human Rights announces Weston essay competition winners
april 10
Law professor argues for role of government in marriage
april 8
Law school research suggests Iowa should update wine direct-shipping laws
april 7
UI career services volunteer to help unemployed workers
april 6
Law school to host 11 state, federal judges for judicial clerkship program
april 3
Work of Iowa law student cited in Iowa Supreme Court's Varnum decision
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april 27
UI partners with community colleges to provide on-site bachelor degrees
april 20
UI undergraduate students to present research at April 25 celebration
april 17
Annual Invention Convention features student innovation April 25 at ISU
april 9
Middle school students inspired to pursue dreams during UI visit
april 6
Belin-Blank Center honors students, schools
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April 30
UI students named to USA TODAY All-USA College Academic Team
april 23
Students plan scavenger hunt to raise money for Alzheimer's Association
april 20
UI undergraduate students to present research at April 25 celebration
april 17
UI Center For Human Rights announces Weston essay competition winners
April 16
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences names Collegiate Fellows
april 15
UI chemists' DNA biosynthesis discovery could lead to better antibiotics
april 14
UI student wins Udall scholarship for environmental contributions
april 13
UI biologist studies ocean plant cell adaptation in climate change
april 10
UI festival celebrating legacy of Indian weaver-poet to take place April 16, 17
april 8
UI names Perlmutter director of School of Journalism and Mass Communication
april 6
UI honors student Maria Drout receives prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
UI WISE program awards travel grants
april 3
Hawkeye Poll: Majority of Iowans support recognition of same-sex relationships
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april 28
MEDIA ADVISORY: Men in Engineering help build Habitat house May 2
april 21
IAWIND receives $3 million, three-year Iowa Power Fund Grant
april 20
UI undergraduate students to present research at April 25 celebration
april 17
UI students win prestigious National Science Foundation graduate fellowships
Annual Invention Convention features student innovation April 25 at ISU
April 2
UI watershed project joins United Nations international basin program
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april 28
UI to host conference on language acquisition April 30 through May 2
april 17
UI Center For Human Rights announces Weston essay competition winners
april 10
UI festival celebrating legacy of Indian weaver-poet to take place April 16, 17
April 1
UI exhibit, reception, film series to highlight Islamic civilization
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April 30
UI physician receives major urology honor
UI Recreational Services offers Tennis Block Party May 8
Improvised concert for horn and piano will be held May 9
april 29
UI team helps advance understanding of autism genetics
UI study seeks current and former smokers ages 45 to 80
UI School of Art and Art History hosts Arts Festival May 1
Glassblower to speak at 'Finding God' Forum May 1
april 28
Fine Arts Council sponsors Riverbank Art Fair May 2-3
UI Mini Medical School hosts heart failure talk in Washington May 13
april 27
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center noted for prostate cancer excellence
'Creating Community' Symposium set for April 30 at UI
april 24
Small Business Development Center to hold business succession planning workshop
Lunch tote sales to support breast cancer research at Holden
UI Composers Workshop presents concert May 3
Old Capitol Museum presents Jane Austen's 'Emma' May 9 and 10
april 23
Trees to be planted on Pentacrest in recognition of Arbor Day
Small Business Development Center tax workshop series begins April 27
UI statistics department hosts 38th Annual Craig Lectures April 30, May 1
April 22
UI has highest number of 'Power Down for the Planet' pledges
Golden Girl is golden at World Baton Twirling Championships
Journalism School places 10th in national writing competition
UI Hospitals and Clinics transplant programs approved
Comedian Finesse Mitchell appears at IMU May 1
'Fossil Guy' program set for May 2 at Museum of Natural History
UI public lectures celebrating International Year of Astronomy continue May 6
april 21
Crookham discusses growth of Musco Sports Lighting in Tippie lecture
Stern receives research award from Peruvian university
UI investigators Johnson and Wall recognized for vision research
Grant Wood class offered on April 23
Everson to be honored with A. Ron Walton Award at April 25 meeting
UI Jazz Repertory Ensemble will perform jazz classics May 2
Museum of Natural History to show 'Kilowatt Ours' May 3
april 20
Rao receives senior investigator clinical science research honor
UI student receives scholarship from classical association
UI's AirCare marks 30th anniversary
Registration is now open for July Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Wildlife Camps
UI conference can help adults with hearing loss
Student success expert to speak April 22 at UI
Student-produced film 'Diary of a Superhero' premieres April 24 at Bijou
UI Honors Program celebrates 50th anniversary with weekend of activities
april 17
UI surgeons first in Iowa to use new-generation operating rooms
UI engineer says technology can enhance, not just diminish, driving attention
UI's Hageman receives vision research award
Atchison recognized for work on health care access
Abboud to receive Cannon award, deliver lecture
'Fossil Guy' talk April 25 at Museum of Natural History
April 16
Writers' Workshop alumnus Scibona wins Young Lions Fiction Award
Film on social impact of pornography will be screened April 22
april 15
Last chance to Power Down for the Planet
Engineering to hold Caterpillar lectures April 16, 17
Croatian scholar to discuss legal aid in Europe April 16
Area elementary students celebrate UI Global Exploration Day April 17
'Second Language Acquisition in 21st Century' focus of symposium April 17, 18
Public invited to student-led forum on domestic and global diversity April 19
Real estate execs to discuss real estate conditions in Tippie forum April 24
UI History of Medicine Society annual banquet is April 24
Public event in Centerville May 1 to focus on cancer prevention
april 14
UI Police alert community about check-cashing scheme
Students seeking 'Power Down for the Planet' pledges
Project Art seeks musicians for Summer Concert Series
UI Arts Share program wins Johnson & Johnson grant
Gehl of Newberry Library presents UI Brownell Lecture April 16
Community invited to view global health exhibit April 15-24
Earthwords contributors read April 22
Free head and neck cancer screening offered April 28
april 13
UI sociologist wins award for outstanding legal education research
Public invited to attend foreign plant operations seminar April 23
'Examined Life' conference explores creative writing, medicine April 29-May 1
april 10
Big Ten Network features UI programming in April and May
UI schedules Darwin Day activities April 10 and 11
'Boxes and Walls' presented April 15 at Burge Hall
Dick Prall appears on Iowa Public Radio's 'Java Blend' Apr. 17
Dutch designer lectures at the UI April 22
Mark Levine lectures on 'Mortal Rigor' on April 24
Agricultural medicine course offered June 8-12
april 9
UI orthopaedics department ranked top in NIH funding
Dentistry college appoints Solow associate dean for student affairs
UI alum to share his experiences in Belo Horizonte, Brazil April 13
Engineering Research Open House scheduled April 16
Climate change and how it affects Iowans is subject of free talk April 16
Engineering leadership symposium to be held April 16
People Powered will lecture at the UI April 23
april 8
MBA students to train Iowa City high school students for leadership
College of Law sponsors annual Women-in-Law conference
april 7
Mount honor recognizes personality and job performance research
University Housing honored for Path program
Ames High School student wins national award for artwork
Research events set for April 14-15
april 6
Volunteers needed to help plant seedlings around campus April 9
UI Opera Studies Forum features Handel Bicentenary Lecture April 10
UI public lectures celebrating International Year of Astronomy continue April 15
april 3
Mason to host two Presidential Budget Forums April 8
UI Ph.D. student Wilson wins Administrator of Tomorrow Award
Choi will present free harpsichord recital April 19
UI hosts math, science, engineering day for girls April 21
april 2
Landsman receives award for social work research
Visiting photographer Warpinski lectures April 16
April 1
Retired UI engineering professor Wayne L. Paulson honored with scholarship
UI employee parking permits can be renewed by e-mail
Human Rights Center to screen documentary about 'Sudan's Lost Boys' April 5
UI hosts Slavic Bazaar at Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center April 5
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