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The Purple Pen
2026
Ever wondered what UNI students were writing during the 1900s? The Purple Pen captured the creative works of students for over two decades, providing an outlet for expression during the Great Depression and World War II.
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UNI Alumni Magazine
2026
Want to know what's been going on at UNI since your graduation? Check out our collection of UNI Alumni Magazines. The collection spans from 1917-2025 and contains six different magazine names!
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UNI Campanile Images
2026
Learn about the UNI Campanile through our historic UNI Campanile Image collection. Find something interesting and want more information? All materials in this collection are from UNI Special Collections and University Archives.
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RodCon 2026
2026
As we prepare for our 2026 RodCon, take a look through our collections of photos and flyers from RodCons past.
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UNI Open Access Faculty Publications
2026
A collection of all 1,000+ Open Access publications by faculty and staff at the University of Northern Iowa in one convenient location.
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History of Education Book Gallery
8-2025
Celebrate UNI's Sesquicentennial with us and learn more about the history of the University of Northern Iowa through Open Access historical books in the History of Education Book Gallery.
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Open Textbooks @ UNI
8-2025
UNI supports Textbook Equity, the idea that students have access to course materials that are: affordable, accessible, and inclusive. Check out some newly published Open Textbooks written by UNI Faculty!
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UNI Impact Volume 3
8-15-2025
Interested in the works published by University of Northern Iowa Faculty and Staff? Check out the UNI Impact Newsletter to see what they published in 2024.
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University Archives Photograph Collection
8-2025
Celebrate UNI's Sesquicentennial! Learn more about the history of the University of Northern Iowa through a growing collection of historic photographs from University Archives.
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A Century of Leadership and Service
8-2025
Learn more about the history of the University of Northern Iowa through the Open Access books "A Century of Leadership and Service, Vol. 1 and 2" by William C. Lang and Daryl Pendergraft.
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Celebrating 8 Million Global Downloads!
9-30-2025
University of Northern Iowa Students and Staff are creating global connections - See the reach and impact of UNI's departments and programs!
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Open Access Week 2025
10-2025
October 20th - 26th is Open Access Week! Open Access Week is an effort to inform authors, students, and more about the benefits of Open Access materials. Click the link to celebrate with us!
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UNI Faculty Projects
5-20-2025
Explore the diversity of faculty projects completed here at University of Northern Iowa. Professor Philip Hopper has created the Macrophotography at the UNI Botanical Center Exhibit.
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INSPIRE Student Conference
5-20-2025
Explore the diversity and depth of the undergraduate student research at UNI by taking a look through the recent Inspire Student Conference presentations.
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Iowa Journal of Communication
5-20-2025
The Iowa Journal of Communication's digital archive was recently added to UNI ScholarWorks. Take a look through over 90 issues of the Journal spanning from 1969 to 2023.
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Proceedings of the Jepson Conference
2025
Check out the Proceedings of the Jepson Conference, a selection of papers presented at the Annual Undergraduate Research Conference on International Economics. The proceedings run from 2019 to 2024.
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UNI Commencement Programs
5-20-2025
As we wave goodbye to the Class of '25, take a second to peruse our collection of historic UNI Commencement programs, spanning from 1878 - 2025!
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UNI Course Projects
2025
The Course Projects collection holds projects developed by faculty at the UNI for their courses. Check out the wide variety of types of student projects from video presentations to books to posters.
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UNI Theatre Department Photos
2025
Take a trip to the past viewing the newly digitized UNI Theatre Department Photos from the Special Collections and University Archives 'UNI Theatre Files' collection.
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Iowa Academy of Science
8-13-2024
Look through the archives of the Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science. The journal dates back to 1887 and covers a wide variety of scientific topics. There are also newsletters, conference programs, annual reports, and meeting minutes.
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Student Publications at UNI
8-14-2024
Check out our collection of Student Publications produced at UNI. From historic titles like, dead letter, to current titles like Prolific - first published last in Spring 2024, there are a wide variety of subjects and writings.
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Celebrating 5 Million Downloads
2-14-2024
University of Northern Iowa Students and Staff are creating global connections - See the reach and impact of UNI's departments and programs!
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Iowa Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education
1-31-2024
Trying your hand at writing lesson plans or starting your classroom journey with student teaching? Check out the Iowa Regent's Center for Early Developmental Education's open access lesson plans, activities, and games designed for infants through 3rd graders!
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Open Educational Resources @ UNI
8-12-2024
Explore the variety of Open Educational Resources created by the staff, faculty, and students at the University of Northern Iowa.
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UNI Conferences and Events
5-31-2024
Stay up to date with the research happening at UNI by taking a look through our conferences and events collection. The Research in the Capitol, INSPIRE conference, and others have updated 2024 collections ready to view!
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UNI Yearbooks
1-31-2024
Take a trip to UNI's past by looking through our collection of historic yearbooks spanning from 1905 - 1997!
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Faculty Projects
1-31-2024
Explore the diversity of faculty projects completed here at University of Northern Iowa. Biology Professor Carl Thurman has created image galleries of the extant works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis H. Sullivan, and several architects prominent in the Prairie School Movement.
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UNI Tallgrass Prairie Center
10-21-2023
The UNI Tallgrass Prairie Center empowers people to value and restore resilient, diverse tallgrass prairie. They provide open-education resources and open-access books, as well as a variety of research, report, and news publications.
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Belonging and Inclusion Related Collections
10-18-2023
Interested in what UNI ScholarWorks has to offer on the topic of Belonging and Inclusion? Take a look at the Belonging and Inclusion Related Content page, where we gather different resources related to topic.
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Celebrating 4.5 Million Downloads!
10-26-2023
We are creating global connections - See the reach and impact of UNI's departments and programs!
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Explore Art on Campus
10-22-2023
Take the time this Fall Semester to get to know the current and historical UNI campus better by taking a look through our "Art on Campus" digital collection.
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Explore Historical UNI Class Schedules
August 2023
Curious about what academic life was like in the past here at the University of Northern Iowa? Take a look through our "Schedule of Classes" collection to find lists of course offerings for each semester going back to 1888!
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Open Access Week 2023
10-1-2023
October 23rd - 29th is Open Access Week! Open Access Week is an effort to promote and inform authors, students, researchers, and more about the benefits of Open Access materials.
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Open Educational Resources @ UNI
10-19-2023
Explore the variety of Open Educational Resources at the University of Northern Iowa.
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3.2 M Global Downloads UNI ScholarWorks
9-2022
Over 3.2 million global downloads created by the campus faculty and students showcasing their knowledgeable commitment to education. Rod Library supports Open Access by promoting a visible and comprehensive free open environment.
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Faculty Projects
June 2022
This page gathers faculty projects developed by faculty and staff at the University of Northern Iowa in one place. There are a wide variety of types of projects from image galleries to video interviews. To see the global reach and impact of UNI Faculty Works, go to the collection pages to view the global readership maps.
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Global Feedback from
March 2022
An Australian researcher says, "I am a agricultural researcher based in Australia who is interested in early studies of cereal physiology in this case oats. Often the early works establish important foundations for current understanding of cereal biology but, dating to a pre-digital era, these can be hard to access. Being able to easily access such seminal research from your institution is a wonderful thing. Many Thanks."
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ScholarWorks Game - Win Prizes
8-2022
Play the UNI ScholarWorks game this fall for a chance to win prizes! Go to the ScholarWorks escape room to locate clues. Submit your answers. Everyone with a set of correct answers will be placed in several drawings for prizes.
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UNI Clothesline Project Photo Archive
2022
The Clothesline Project is a visual display of violence statistics that often go ignored. Each shirt is made by a survivor of violence or by someone who has lost a loved one to violence. The color of each shirt represents a different type of violence.
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2022 Open Access Week Symposium
10-31-2022
Come join us in Rod Library during October 24-27, 2022 for a series of events about open access resources, publishing , copyright, and other topics in scholarly communication! These events are open to all!
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Faculty Publications @ UNI
January 2022
Explore the diversity in the faculty and staff scholarly publications at UNI.
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INSPIRE Student Research and Engagement Conference
January 2022
The CSBS INSPIRE Student Research & Engagement Conference is for undergraduate and graduate students to present their research projects and volunteer/internship experiences and club activities to the campus community.
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UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
January 2022
UNIversitas intends to generate interdisciplinary campus-wide communication and collaboration among faculty and between faculty and students, to further the University's contact with the world-wide scholarly and artistic community, and to serve as a resource for the people of Iowa and beyond.
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Aldo Leopold Distinguished Lecture Series
2021
The Aldo Leopold Distinguished Lecture Series engages the University of Northern Iowa community, providing opportunities throughout the academic year to interact with a dynamic set of visiting speakers focusing on our relationship with the natural world.
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Mary Ann Bolton Undergraduate Research Award
2021
The Mary Ann Bolton Undergraduate Research Award is given by Rod Library to students who demonstrate excellence in library research conducted for an undergraduate paper or project carried out under the guidance of a UNI faculty member or mentor.
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Summer Undergraduate Student Research Symposium
2021
The annual SURP Symposium provides a venue for student/faculty teams to present their projects in poster form each summer at the end of July.
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The Reach and Impact of UNI
6-2021
The reach and impact of UNI programs are demonstrated by the 2.5 million global downloads of works archived and preserved in UNI ScholarWorks!
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Access to Past Issues of the Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science
2017
The Rod Library and the Iowa Academy of Science are working on a collaborative project to provide previously unavailable digital access to past issues of the Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science (1887 to 2012).
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Graduate Research Located in UNI ScholarWorks
2017
UNI ScholarWorks provides access to graduate research. Our Theses and Dissertations @ UNI collection is making UNI scholarship more accessible worldwide.
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Moving Words: A 3D Concepts Service-Learning Project
2017
Students in the Three-Dimensional Concepts first-year art course partnered with a local non-profit, the Waterloo Writing Project (WWP), to create short films based on the writings of the k-12 WWP participants.
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