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Budget woes may endanger sabbaticals
The UI is accepting 40 percent fewer applicants for sabbaticals than it did three years ago.
Remaining stimulus money to fund several new projects
With more than $2 million dollars in stimulus funds not allocated to employee salaries and benefits, the UI will look to improve campus and recruiting efforts.
UI explores reasons students drop out
Previous studies have indicated financial reasons and a sense of not fitting in contribute to poor retention.
The Best Buddies program is seeing more students interested in working with mentally disabled community members.
A new program allows holiday lights to be recycled.
Spotlight Iowa City: Breathing multicultural air
Cultural interaction is more than a career path for UI senior Isabella Santoro.
Miles asks schools for further savings
On Wednesday, state Board of Regents’ President David Miles asked UI President Sally Mason, along with the other regent schools’ leaders, to examine their operations to find more efficiencies and cost-saving measures.
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