Nearly 5,200 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees during spring 2013 commencement ceremonies May 16-18 and June 7, including dual ceremonies for liberal arts and sciences graduates. Story
2013.05.10 | By University Communication and Marketing | 11:20 AM
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more. Story
Despite the expectation of a large environmental exposure difference, UI researchers report that mothers and children in East Chicago, Ind., and Columbus Junction, Iowa, had similar concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in their blood. Story
Jennifer Fiegel, assistant professor in the Colleges of Pharmacy and Engineering, has received a $405,652 two-year R21 research award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Story
Muscatine area school children enjoyed a wide range of hands-on activities Saturday as part of a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Festival, offered by area businesses and representatives from the UI.
Story from: Muscatine Journal
NASA and the University of Iowa's Iowa Flood Center are partnering on research that test how well satellites in space measure rainfall on earth.
Story from: Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Global Precipitation Measurement mission is an international satellite project that will set a new standard for precipitation measurement from space—in Iowa first, during the UI testing phase, and later, around the world—by providing estimates of rainfall and other precipitation events every three hours. The mission's Core Observatory, provided by NASA and mission partner Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, will launch in early 2014. Story
2013.04.26 | By Sara Steussy and Jackie Stolze | 10:32 AM
Iowa’s K-12 students are invited to experience firsthand how much fun science and math can be at the free, public iExploreSTEM Festival planned from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at the Lucille A. Carver Mississippi Riverside Environmental Research Station on the banks of the Mississippi River near Muscatine. Story
A UI Alumni Association networking event on Friday, May 10 will show how the UI College of Engineering is using science, technology, education, and mathematics education to prepare the workforce of the future. Story
