News & Features
Belonging: Pt. 2
Monday, March 20, 2023
This series was reported by Emily Kestel, Michael Crumb, Sarah Bogaards and Nora Felder.
Editor’s note: This is part two of a three-part series looking at how the state’s history and values play a role in workplace inclusion. As businesses continue looking to recruit and retain top talent, understanding the nuances of diversity, equity and belonging at work is paramount. Part one focused on Iowa’s history of inclusion, this part focuses on how this affects the workforce, and part three will talk about how leaders can approach solutions.
– Emily Barske, Business Record editor
Iowa History Month: Iowa’s Juneteenth roots run deep
Monday, March 6, 2023
Message to the HR Community (including all UI Health Care org units)
Friday, March 3, 2023
Message to the HR Community (including all UI Health Care org units)
Quarterly Harassment Prevention Education
Join LGBTQ+ activist Jim Obergefell at the IMU
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Join Jim Obergefell at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Iowa Memorial Union for a lecture sponsored by the University Lecture Committee. Obergefell draws from his unique experience at the heart of the Supreme Court marriage equality ruling to move and empower audiences to stand by their beliefs and prove that love always wins.
UI faculty member's new book presents stories of joy amid slavery
Thursday, February 23, 2023
In a recent PBS installment of Amanpour and Company, Tara Bynum, professor of English and African American Studies at Iowa, talks about her new book, Reading Pleasures: Everyday Black Living in Early America, which explores the ways that four early Black writers named and expressed happiness and joy despite living during slavery.
Campus safety tips and resources following tragedy at MSU
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Last week’s tragedy at Michigan State University hit close to home for many members within the University of Iowa community, and it’s natural to have questions about what campus and local authorities are doing to train for, prevent, and respond to a similar incident here. Read about the UI Department of Public Safety’s protocols and procedures and steps you can take to be informed and prepared.
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Official Statements
A message from UI leaders on the shooting of Jacob Blake
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Official Statement from the University of Iowa
A message from UI leaders on next steps following George Floyd demonstrations
Friday, June 5, 2020
Official Statement from the University of Iowa
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