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New UNI projection art festival to feature local artists

The first-ever Cedar Valley Illuminate Art and Light Festival will debut this weekend in the College Hill area, a projection art showcase featuring 15 installations from local artists, students and community organizations conceived around a theme of promoting social justice and societal change.

United Way, UNI Center for Educational Transformation and Waterloo Schools partner on trauma-informed project

The everyday demands of school life can be difficult for many students – but some carry more than a backpack full of books when they show up for class each day. 

New UNI grant to provide summer job opportunities to at-risk high school students

A new grant awarded to the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Urban Education will provide 15 summer internship opportunities to local high school students from historically marginalized populations.

First UNI Provost candidate announced

The University of Northern Iowa has announced the first finalist in the search for its next Provost.

UNI wins community engagement awards

University of Northern Iowa won several awards for community engagement announced Monday. A UNI professor who created a community project, a sophomore social work major who works with refugees  and several UNI projects were among the five award winners recognized by the Iowa and Minnesota Campus Compact. The awards go  to individuals and organizations whose accomplishments exemplify and celebrate the public purpose at the heart of higher education.

UNI announces program’s first-ever virtual fashion week

The University of Northern Iowa’s Textiles and Apparel Program will hold its first-ever completely virtual fashion week for students’ designs.  Catwalk 29 is a six-day event (running April 26 - May 1) with five shows featuring garments designed and produced by UNI students using  traditional,non-traditional and upcycled materials. Local high school students in the Cedar Valley also assisted in the production. 

UNI to host virtual conversation with NBA championship coach Nick Nurse

The University of Northern Iowa, in partnership with the University of Iowa, will host a virtual conversation Friday with NBA coach Nick Nurse, a UNI Hall of Fame basketball star who led his Toronto Raptors to a 2019 championship.  

UNI statement on the guilty verdict in George Floyd’s murder

UNI President Mark A. Nook released the following message to campus today after a jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict on all charges in the murder of George Floyd: