University Communication and Marketing ended regular updates to the fyi website on March 2, 2012.
Information for faculty and staff now appears on Iowa Now, particularly under the “Campus” heading.
UI history Archive
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Event celebrates historic strike led by Iowan
Posted on 02/29/2012One hundred years ago this March, 17-year-old Iowa labor activist Pearl McGill played a leading role in the work stoppage of 25,000 New England textile workers, famously known as the “Bread and Roses” strike. The Iowa Women’s Archives will celebrate this centennial Tuesday, March 6. -
It’s called the Herdbook because…???
Posted on 02/21/2012Almost all UI faculty and staff know what the Herdbook is (the university directory); how it became known as the Herdbook isn't common knowledge. Kelli Andresen attempts to wrangle the answer. -
UI Libraries finishes yearbook digitization project
Posted on 01/23/2012The University of Iowa Libraries has recently completed a project to digitize the entire run of Hawkeye yearbooks, comprising more than 38,000 pages documenting UI history from 1892 to 1992. -
The tree Dutch elm disease would leave behind
Posted on 01/23/2012Once, more than 100 American elm trees graced the Pentacrest. A wave of Dutch elm disease reduced the Pentacrest population to a single tree. May it long inspire poets, artists, and Frisbee-throwers. -
10 years ago: Old Capitol fire destroys dome
Posted on 11/18/2011On Nov. 20, 2001, a blaze caused significant smoke, water, and soot damage at Old Capitol, but thanks to firefighters' quick actions and a firewall installed in the 1920s, the damage could have been much worse. -
College of Law to celebrate Iowa Supreme Court Day
Posted on 09/12/2011An Iowa legal tradition will be renewed Friday, Sept. 16 when the UI College of Law hosts the 2011 Supreme Court Day. -
My favorite photo: Oil and water
Posted on 06/16/2011Three years ago, floodwater inundated the University of Iowa campus. Today, the "My favorite photo" series revisits an uncommon shot from that event, one that captures a certain beauty amid devastation. -
“Old Capitol: Past, Present, and Future” lecture set for May 25
Posted on 05/18/2011Shalla Ashworth, director of operations at the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums, will share stories of Old Capitol through a lecture, "Old Capitol: Past, Present, and Future," at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 25, in the Old Capitol Museum's Senate Chamber. -
Triangle Club unites faculty from all corners
Posted on 05/11/2011For more than a century, the Triangle Club has promoted a high quality of University life, both intellectually and socially, uniting faculty and bridging the gap between UI and its surrounding community. -
The enduring exhalations of The Whistle
Posted on 04/18/2011The Whistle is one of the University of Iowa’s longest-lived and loudest traditions, a holdover from the days when many towns sounded whistles to signal the start and end of the workday and lunch break.