University employees banding together to Live Healthy in 2009

	Photo by Tom Jorgensen.

The winter weather doesn’t stop Annabelle Hullana from exercising over her lunch hour. Not now that she has a team of health-minded office mates to rally and motivate her.

Hullana, a counselor in the University of Iowa Office of Admissions, and her coworkers were among the more than 400 University of Iowa employees who signed up for Lighten Up Iowa—now Live Healthy Iowa—in 2008. The statewide program challenges teams of two to 10 adults to help each other form healthy habits in order to achieve fitness and weight loss goals.

Many of the admissions team’s participants kept up their healthy habits all year long, and are signing up for the challenge again in 2009. This year, they’re setting new fitness goals, including training for RiverRun, a 5K or 10K run/walk held annually on the UI campus in late April.

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Does the University ever take a snow day?

Chances are pretty good you’ll wake up on an Iowa winter morning to find there’s a foot of snow on the ground, the white stuff is still coming down, and the mercury in your thermometer has fallen way below zero. Local elementary and secondary school classes have been canceled.

How do you find out about University cancellations?

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Photo feature: Mammal Hall

Where can you see animals from almost every continent and order? In Mammal Hall, located in the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History. Specimens from aardvark to zebra are represented, with many animals collected by University of Iowa faculty and students during expeditions around the world.

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News in brief

AROUND CAMPUS…

• UI community encouraged to volunteer on Day of Service
• Reconnect with old friends at Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration of Staff by Staff
• University sponsors Jan. 15 program on collaboration during the flood crisis
• Staff members encouraged to apply for committees
• Honorary degree nominations sought
• See which Learning and Development courses are right for you

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DISCOVERIES…

• Rare disease provides clues about enzyme role in arrhythmias
• Sex difference on spatial skill test linked to brain structure
• Study shows need for standardizing nursing home social workers' credentials

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TRANSITIONS…

• Shaw promoted to UI Foundation chief operating officer
• UI Health Care hires new human resources associate vice president
• Fitch named UI associate dean of International Programs
• Leslie named head of UI Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Recent deaths

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