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CAMPBELL LAB HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 4283 CBRB Campbell Lab 285 NEWTON RD. IOWA CITY, IA 52242 Survival Guidebook Welcome Cedar Rapids, just 20 miles to the north, The Univer- is the second largest city in the state. sity of Iowa has many traditions Iowa City has some of the best that make is a schools in the state; it is a safe commu- unique place to nity, and the population is well educated study. Every and friendly. As a result, Iowa City is University of often placed on “best-place-to-live” list- Iowa student/ ings in numerous national magazines. In faculty member February 2010 Men’s Health magazine should know: Welcome to Iowa, the University of voted Iowa City the “Healthiest town in Iowa, and the Campbell Laboratory. This the United States.” Iowa City prides • School colors: is a place where you can enjoy the com- itself on its diverse population and intel- Black and Old pany of people from 109 different coun- Gold Playing chess in the tries! You will be working in one of the • Nickname: Pedestrian Mall United States’ top medical colleges. Hawkeyes This guidebook can help you answer • Mascot: Herky the Hawk many questions and alleviate any con- cerns that you may have about your • School Songs: On Iowa; Iowa Fight Song; recent move; Roll Along, Iowa including housing, • Annual Celebrations: Family Weekend, transportation, Sailing on Lake MacBride dining, entertain- Riverfest, Homecoming, Cultural Di- ment, and travel. lectual resources. The Writers’ Work- versity Festival, and Martin Luther King, All of these top- shop at the University of Iowa is a world Jr. Human Rights Week ics and more are renowned writing program that pro- From everyone in the Campbell Lab, covered in this duces many well-know writers, including “Welcome! We hope that you enjoy guide. Robert Penn Warren and Kurt Vonne- your stay with us, and we are looking In Iowa you gut. forward to knowing you better.” will be able to The University of Iowa has had many work and relax. Notable Alumni over the course of its The Iowa City history in fields like literature, psychiatry, community offers theatre, physics, justice, and many more. Cultural Diversity free live concerts According to the University of Iowa Fact Festival in the summer, Book, Fall 2005, “Our 1,713-member cultural events, faculty includes three Pulitzer Prize win- and collegiate athletics. You can also ners, five former clerks to U.S. Supreme enjoy relaxing outdoors in one of the Court justices, and numerous members many parks in the Iowa City area. Iowa of the nation’s most prestigious scholarly Riders in the annual Old Capitol City is the sixth largest city in Iowa, and academies.” Criterium bike race Page 2 Campbell Lab Table of Contents 3 Housing 12 Weather 3 Groceries 13 Other places to see 4 Getting around town 14 Taxes 4 Why didn’t they 14 The comforts that make it home warn me? 5 Entertainment in 15 Religious Observances Iowa City 6 Dining 15 English classes 7 Hidden Places & Things to do 15 Difficult things about in Iowa City moving 8 Traveling in Iowa 15 Lab Parties 10 Semi-professional sports in Iowa 16 Recommended banking institutions 10 Children 16 List of helpful websites 11 Health Care Services 16 Important contact information 11 What to like about Iowa City If text is blue and underlined it is a link to a website Campbell Lab Survival Guide Page 3 Housing The Iowa City/Coralville Coralville Area Online Re- agreement has area has many housing op- source website for more ended. Remember tions. Renting an apartment information about the area, to ask the land- or house, living in University local realtors, financing, and lord what utilities of Iowa housing, or purchas- more. are included in ing your own home are just The University has hous- your rent, and some of the options that are ing available for graduate what utilities you available. students, generally at a de- will be responsible The Daily Iowan, the creased rate. University for paying sepa- Press Citizen, and the Ce- Housing: The Family Hous- rately. Some apartments The Brown Street Inn, dar Rapids Gazette (all local ing and University apart- also have an extra fee for where many Campbell Lab visitors spend a night newspapers) are some of ments are generally for parking. or two the best places to start your graduate students and for- Subletting an apartment housing search. eign scholars. is allowed by most landlords One bedroom apart- It is usually a good idea in the Iowa City/Coralville ments that are located near to compare several different area. campus can cost between apartments before settling If you think that you $500 and $700 per month. on one. Landlords should might want to live in the The prices tend to drop the not hesitate to schedule an same place for longer than a “Sublets are OK, I was further the apartment is appointment for you to tour year, ask your landlord if kind of [unsure about] from campus. Two bed- the apartment you are in- having a two year lease room apartments are gener- terested in renting. Deposits would be possible. By sign- subletting an ally in the $550-$800 per on rental properties are ing a two year lease you apartment when I got month range. often one month’s rent. The may be able to set your rent The University of Iowa actual price depends on the so that it will not increase here, as we don’t do has a Family Services Office property and the landlord. the following year. Housing and Relocation Your deposit ensures that that in Brazil.” department with many good when you move out your - Viviane Muniz resources for people who landlord will have some Helpful websites: are just moving into the money to pay for any dam- Co-Op Exchange Student Living Off-Campus Guide area. The Housing Clearing- ages or cleaning that needs 2006 house is a free service for to be done before the next Apartment Hunting Guide Brazil rental properties in the tenant moves in. The money Iowa City/Coralville area. that is left over from your Campus Information Center See also the housing infor- deposit should be returned mation on the Iowa City/ to you after your lease Groceries Lebensmittelgeschäft Alimentation Shokuryohin-ten Iowa City and Coralville have stores in the Iowa. Hy-Vee has nu- find many Asian specialty foods. Tay- quite a large selection of grocery merous locations in Iowa City and eeb Afro-Oriental Foods on 2nd Ave- stores. The New Pioneer Co-Op one store in Coralville. Cub Foods is nue in Coralville offers groceries from features organically and locally grown located on Highway 6, as is Aldi. Fare- the Middle East. There are also mid- foods. Another place to get locally way has two locations in Iowa City, dle eastern and Indian grocers in grown food is at the Iowa City one on the east side of Iowa City and Coralville. Farmer’s Market, which takes place one on the west side. Other places from May through October at for grocery shopping include the Su- Map of Grocers Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp. per Wal-Mart in Coralville and John’s Grocery in Iowa City. Chong’s, a Hy-Vee, Fareway, Cub Foods, and Korean grocery store, and East-West Aldi are some of the larger grocery Oriental Foods are good places to Page 4 Campbell Lab Getting around town Iowa City and its surrounding area. The Cambus is operated by the areas are easily accessible by foot, University of Iowa and is available free bike, bus, and car, so how to get to of charge for everyone traveling work in the morning is something to around campus. The Iowa City transit consider. If you ask around, you are and the Coralville transit systems sure to get many different answers. cover much of the area that the Some lab members choose to live Cambus does not, but for a small fee. close to the laboratory so that they City bus passes are available at a re- can walk or ride their bikes to work duced rate for University and HHMI each morning. Others will tell you employees. The Pedestrian Mall in Downtown that driving is the best way to get to Iowa City offers many shops and work, though the parking may leave Some of the conveniences to restaurants, as well as the Iowa City Public Library (on the far right) you a bit flustered. The rest of the walking, biking, or riding the bus are people will tell you to ride one of the that you do not have to worry about paying for parking on campus, trying For information concerning parking, many busses. to find a parking spot, or dealing with There are three different busses the rush hour traffic. However, it can bus passes, and the Cambus: that run in the Iowa City/Coralville be very useful to have a car for going http://www.uiowa.edu/~parking/ grocery shopping, going to see a movie, or so that you can leave town For information on Iowa City Transit: http://www.icgov.org/ to visit some of the attractions that Iowa and its neighboring states have transportation.htm to offer. If you do choose to drive to For information about the Coralville work, parking is available in the New- ton Road Parking Ramp (across the transit system: http://www.coralville.org/mod.php? street from the Carver Biomedical mod=department&did=29 Research Building) for a fee.