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The University of Iowa will be back in business in the fall, and that will include the departments most affected by the flooding: the School of Music, the Department of Theatre Arts, and the School of Art and Art History, all of which are located next to the Iowa River on the arts campus.
"This university is known for its commitment to the arts, and we will honor that commitment to the fullest," says University of Iowa president Sally Mason.
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Experience the sights and sounds of the vast cleanup efforts taking place on the University of Iowa arts campus. Whirring drills, thudding hammers, and powerful water pumps provide the soundtrack to the work being done to remove flood-damaged materials from Art Building West and the UI Museum of Art.
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Flood of 2008: Your stories of hard work, unity, sadness
At the Main Library, saving UI history
University Book Store settles into another temporary home
Preserving film from around the world
Emergency efforts on arts campus made a difference
Facilities Management's invaluable army of volunteers
News keeps flowing at the Daily Iowan
Rescuing, mourning pianos in School of Music
News in brief
AROUND CAMPUS…
- Flood updates continue on UI flood blog
- University offers resources to faculty, staff, and students for teaching, learning in times of crisis
- College of Pharmacy faculty earn teaching awards
- Regents approve Carver-Hawkeye Arena revitalization
- State Fair booth needs volunteers
- See which Learning and Development courses are right for you
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DISCOVERIES…
- UI team helps discover how measles virus spreads within a body
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TRANSITIONS…
- Barron named UI Health Care associate VP for marketing and communications
- Recent deaths
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"Dear Faculty and Staff,
Your response to the Flood of 2008 has been and continues to be magnificent. You have worked tirelessly to protect our campus. You have continued providing essential services throughout this unprecedented natural disaster. You have provided and continue to provide shelter for friends and neighbors whose homes were flooded. You have helped those same friends and neighbors as they begin what will be a long process of grieving and recovery."
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“Our losses will be huge, but what we have saved will be even greater."
Donald Guckert
(Chronicle of Higher Education, June 27)
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