February 2009

february 27
Provost's forum examines immigration exploitation and human rights March 5-6
February 26
Public Policy Center hosts flood symposium March 10-12
february 24
Old Capitol Museum exhibit explores Mother Nature and women writers
UI wins award for implementation of alcohol prevention course
Best-selling author Alice Sebold to speak at UI March 4
february 17
UI organizes flood clean-up project over spring break
UI Libraries digitizes early TV documents
february 16
Eko and Lillios win Stanley International Programs-Obermann Fellowships
february 12
University of Iowa presents Cultural Diversity Festival Feb. 22
Runners to get 'Nearly Naked' for charity run March 7
Registration under way for UI alumni reunion weekend 2009
Monthly movie series begins at UI Museum of Natural History
February 11
UI launches Web site to inform campus about budget, solicit ideas
UI Libraries digitizes rare Abraham Lincoln artifacts
UI to help groups sponsor statewide career awareness events
february 10
MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. Homeland Security secretary among officials participating in UI campus walking tour Feb. 11
Public Policy Center issues evaluation of IowaCare health plan
february 9
Gurnett to discuss Iowa exploration of space in Presidential Lecture Feb. 15
'Shock Doctrine' author Klein to give lecture Feb. 18
February 4
Environmental writer Edward Wilson to give Distinguished Lecture Feb. 11
Story-time series begins at UI Museum of Natural History
february 3
Finding God at Iowa forums begin Feb. 6
February 2
MEDIA ADVISORY:UI Libraries restores artifacts from African American Museum
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february 24
UI Hospitals and Clinics to end complimentary parking program
february 23
UI/VA team studies effect of exercise on cognition in Parkinson's disease
february 18
New surgical implant tested at UI prevents total blindness
Rinehart named assistant dean for veterans' affairs at UI College of Pharmacy
february 17
Hygienic lab is first state public health lab to add new pregnancy screens
february 16
UI expert: macular degeneration merits another look
february 12
UI researcher helps catch 'calcium flickers' in action
february 10
Tests may predict driving safety in people with Alzheimer's disease
february 6
Effects of smoking linked to accelerated aging protein
February 5
NIH awards $10.4 million grant to UI Cardiovascular Research Center
february 3
UI Dance Marathoners say 'BIG Event' is 'For the Kids'
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february 27
University and Concert Bands share concert March 9
February 26
Clarinetist Mead's March 10 program runs from Brazilian to Brahms
UI Press releases book about pioneering filmmaker D.W. Griffith March 1
february 25
Gooch will read from new Flannery O'Connor biography March 5
Hancher presents Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars March 10
february 24
Writers' Workshop alumnus Dr. Abraham Verghese reads March 4
february 20
Iowa Poetry Prize winners are released by the University of Iowa Press
Yiyun Li, alumna of UI fiction and nonfiction programs, reads March 3
UI Dancers in Company launches 2009 season March 5-8
February 19
Iowa Bach Festival March 2-6 will feature renowned specialists
Bialosky's Feb. 26 reading will be recorded by UI Writing University
University Theatres Mainstage presents comic fable 'Kid-Simple' March 5-14
Java Jews, Richard Gloss are in the same boat for Manning's March 5 tuba recital
february 17
Alley Cabaret continues, with 'Vagina Monologues' Feb. 27-28 and other dates
february 16
Maia Quartet and Philharmonia Orchestra share the program Feb. 27
february 12
UI Chamber Orchestra features violin and piano soloists March 1
February 11
Iowa Summer Rep selects playwright, holds auditions for 2009 festival
UI Department of Theatre Arts hosts 10-minute play festival Feb. 19-22
february 10
Marra's theater history volume makes the supermarket tabloids seem tame
february 9
UI Press announces winners of the 2009 Iowa Short Fiction Awards
Houck and Xu kick off UIMA 'Word Painter' spring reading series
UI writers help Cedar Rapids Library recover from flood damage
february 6
Violist Avshamalov joins with Maia Quartet, pianist Lecuona for concert Feb. 19
UI Symphony Orchestra performs at West High School Feb. 18
Paul Harding's Feb. 18 reading will be streamed live by UI Writing University
Local students share the stage with UI Symphony Band Feb. 21
New Emily Wilson poetry collection is published by the University of Iowa Press
february 5
UI Department of Dance presents Faculty/Graduate Concert Feb. 12-14
February 4
Feb. 16 Sikelianos reading will be streamed on UI Writing University site
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february 24
Conference to help businesses learn about new financial reporting requirements
february 23
Alumnus and shoe guru Zach Bromert to talk Nikes with business students
february 12
UI professor finds a way to make money investing in insurance stocks
February 11
Toronto Stock Exchange chief discusses economy in UI appearance
february 9
Iowa finance professor hopeful that stock prices have bottomed out
february 3
Financial Times ranking reflects Tippie MBA focus on experiential learning
february 2
UI marketing students pick Doritos, rude flowers as best Super Bowl ads
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february 25
Law student reports to help nonprofit groups working in Asia
february 24
Conference to help businesses learn about new financial reporting requirements
february 13
College of Law symposium to examine international financial meltdown
february 11
Law school to examine issues in Iowa same sex marriage case
Web site helps employers interview job applicants with disabilities
february 10
Law professor VanderVelde's book brings life to Harriet Scott, Dred's wife
Law school center to help Postville look to the future
february 6
Carolyn Jones to step down as dean of College of Law
february 2
Virginia professor to discuss racism, medical research in UI law lecture
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february 20
Oakdale Prison Community Choir creates unique learning opportunities
february 18
UI, ISU professors garner $4.8 million grant to improve science literacy
february 13
UI education majors serve as student teachers during spring semester
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february 27
Provost's forum examines immigration exploitation and human rights March 5-6
UI holds annual high school Mathematics Tournament March 7
February 26
UI to host talk by world famous mathematician Maxim Kontsevich March 2
february 25
'Freaks' help scientist unravel nature and nurture
february 23
Convocation takes look at 'Europe in the World' Feb. 26-28
february 20
Oakdale Prison Community Choir creates unique learning opportunities
february 16
Study finds recession associated with increases in minority victims of crime
Eko and Lillios win Stanley International Programs-Obermann Fellowships
february 12
Behavioral studies show baboons, pigeons capable of higher-level cognition
february 9
Gurnett to discuss Iowa exploration of space in Presidential Lecture Feb. 15
february 6
UI's Ke receives grant to research learning Chinese as second language
February 5
Study finds education and money attract a mate; chastity sinks in importance
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February 19
UI researchers win $899,401 grant to identify air pollutants in U.S. cities
february 16
Iowa student engineers develop hand-held water sanitizer for a thirsty world
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february 27
Provost's forum examines immigration exploitation and human rights March 5-6
february 23
Convocation takes look at 'Europe in the World' Feb. 26-28
february 16
Eko and Lillios win Stanley International Programs-Obermann Fellowships
february 6
UI's Ke receives grant to research learning Chinese as second language
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february 27
Tippie makes big jump in BusinessWeek undergrad rankings
UI student wins Hearst award and scholarship for sports writing
Kraft to serve on disaster preparedness planning group for cultural entities
Museum of Natural History offers family activities March 14-22
Museum of Natural History hosts storytime March 15
Register for UI Recreational Services' March 16-20 Chickadee Camp
February 26
Davidson receives Mathilde Solowey Lecture Award in the Neurosciences
Donohue reading will be streamed on Writing University Web site
Ceramic artists Wilson and Adler to speak at UI March 5
UI master's program in Urban and Regional Planning hosts open house March 5th
Visiting artist Trenton Doyle Hancock will speak at UI March 5
Farmers invited to farm equipment/vehicle crash prevention sessions March 16-18
february 25
'Climb for a Cause' to help UI student with spinal cord injury
Class on 19th-century photography offered March 4
Tisch Jones to speak at March 6 'Finding God' Forum
february 24
UI mathematician wins prestigious 2009 Sloan Research Fellowship
UI scientist receives award for free-radical research
Sonka named editor of leading electrical engineering journal
Navajo printmaker Yazzie to give lecture Feb. 26
West Court Street closed near UI Power Plant Feb. 26
Lillios to discuss archaeology in Portugal March 2
Nachte Raho Indian dance competition set for March 7
SCOPE Productions presents Girl Talk on April 13 and 311 on April 18
february 23
Careers for Change series, KRUI to feature UI alumna Feb. 24
Campana to discuss 'The New Cinema-Lyric Art' Feb. 27
Stephanie Nilles on Iowa Public Radio's 'Java Blend' Feb. 27
February 19
Tippie MBA team wins regional case study competition
UI physiologist receives March of Dimes research grant
UI to host career and job fair Feb. 25
Small Business Center hosts disaster tax seminars for businesses Feb. 26
Public invited to UI 'Brain Awareness' events Feb. 28 and March 10
Violin and cello guest recital will be March 2
february 18
UI chosen as part of collaborative to increase pool of science, math teachers
West Court Street closed near UI Power Plant Feb. 19
Bijou Theatre to host Oscar Party Feb. 22
International Mondays series begins with Peace Corps discussion Feb. 23
Registration deadline for Osher memoir writing class is Feb. 23
Law professor to discuss free market fixes to environmental problems Feb. 23
february 17
UI to study coenzyme Q10 for Parkinson's disease
Talk on medical aspects of Lincoln's assassination is Feb. 24
Free fitness assessments available Feb. 24
february 16
UI to study coenzyme Q10 for Parkinson's disease
Talk on medical aspects of Lincoln's assassination is Feb. 24
Free fitness assessments available Feb. 24
february 13
Community seminar to focus on 'What's New In Heart Surgery'
West Court Street closed near UI Power Plant Feb. 18
Native American activist Frank LaMere to speak Feb. 19 at UI
New play about art and healing premiers Feb. 27
'Piano Sundays' concert at Old Capitol March 1
february 12
College of Nursing students receive new scholarships
UI author speaks on emancipation's impact on the North Feb. 19
She Swings, She Sways on Iowa Public Radio's 'Java Blend' Feb. 20
February 11
Law symposium examines economic meltdown
UI researchers receive population science pilot grants
UI Honors Program hosts Symposium on Learning in Service to Iowa Feb. 13
Immigration rights, detention focus of film screening and talk Feb. 22
february 10
UI Dance Marathon exceeds $1 million for second consecutive year
University of Iowa Health Care cancer tip: Learn about estrogens in lotions
Conference to focus on confronting today's health challenges Feb. 13-14
'Religion and Secularism in the Muslim World' topic of Feb. 17 luncheon
february 9
Momentum Plus grants encourage diversity outreach, disability awareness
UI Center for Human Rights seeks applications for funded internship program
UI pharmacy students participate in leadership conference
Law school to host workshop on working with Latino law clients Feb. 19
february 6
Toronto Stock Exchange CEO to speak at Tippie Feb. 10
Darwin Day events scheduled Feb. 11-13
Eichstaedt to discuss child soldiers of Uganda at Feb. 13 luncheon
Heart Friends hosts Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day party Feb. 14
Physics and astronomy open house to feature demonstrations, family fun Feb. 17
february 5
Agricultural health, safety research project proposals sought
UI pharmacy student selected for national committee
Usher-Syndrome expert speaks at Capitol Hill Feb. 5
Indian Student Alliance presents Gathe Raho Feb. 14
Harpsichordist Vinikour presents UI guest recital Feb. 21
February 4
Alumni win technology start-up award for business developed as Tippie students
UI Arts Share program receives Alliant Energy grant
William Elliott Whitmore performs on 'Java Blend' Feb. 13
Volunteers needed for annual diversity festival Feb. 22
february 3
American Cancer Society grant funds liver cancer research
UI Swing Dance Club hosts Valentine's Day dance Feb. 14
february 2
College of Engineering holds annual Spring Job and Internship Fair Feb. 3
Culver to visit radiothon at UI, meet Dance Marathon participants Feb 6
Tippie Women in Business to hold speed networking event Feb. 25
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