College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Encouraging women in science
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Shreya Ahuja and Emily Wechsler, 16-year-old high school students at The Hockaday School in Dallas, received an intensive two-week introduction to neuroscience at the University of Iowa last July. Melissa Duff, faculty member in the UI’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, hosted the students in her laboratory as part of this pilot program.
The sounds of steel
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Experience the sights and sounds of Steel Bands II and III during rehearsal in this multimedia presentation, and then go check them out when they perform Thursday, Dec. 6, on the UI campus.
UI Afro-Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble performs Dec. 9
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The University of Iowa Afro-Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble will perform at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9, in the Space Place Theatre of North Hall on the UI campus. The performance is free and open to the public.
UI's Harris says earlier identification of disabled students drives college enrollment growth
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Mark Harris, director of University of Iowa disability services, says that earlier identification of disabled students in K-12 schools is helping to drive the enrollment growth of disabled students at all three state universities including students like Justin Wittrock of Algona.
Audition Dec. 8 for Ten Minute Play Festival productions
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Auditions for the 2013 Ten Minute Play Festival, presented by the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts, will be held from noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, in 206 Theatre Building.
Electronic Music Studios to host Dec. 9 concert
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The Electronic Music Studios, housed within the University of Iowa School of Music, will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in 101 Becker Communication Studies Building on the UI campus.
New UI master's degree aimed at effective communication in world of Twitter, Facebook
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Don McLeese teaches classes for the new UI Master of Arts in Strategic Communication offered in downtown Des Moines and to distance learners via a virtual classroom with a focus on helping students stay afloat in a flood of information via Facebook, Twitter, and other online media.
Infants learn to look and look to learn
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Researchers at the University of Iowa have explained how infants learn by looking, and the crucial role these activities play in how infants gain knowledge. Their computer model of babies aged 6 weeks to one year shows how infants use looking to create knowledge and to sear that knowledge into memory. The model also explains how infants' looking and learning changes as they develop. Results appear...
UI student appointed to Board of Regents
Monday, December 3, 2012
Hannah Walsh, a University of Iowa sophomore political science major from Spirit Lake, says she looks forward to representing her peers' interests and concerns as the newly appointed student member of the Iowa Board of Regents, pending Iowa Senate confirmation.
UI researchers help find way to protect historic limestone buildings
Monday, December 3, 2012
Buildings and statues constructed of limestone can be protected from many of the effects of environmental degradation by applying a thin, single layer of a water-resistant coating, according to University of Iowa researchers and their Cardiff (U.K.) University colleagues. The paper is published in "Scientific Reports," a new online, open access journal from the publishers of "Nature."
Historic gift finds a home on UI campus
Monday, December 3, 2012
The complete work of one of the University of Iowa’s famous alumni has found its home in the University of Iowa Special Collections and University Archives.
Dance department presents graduate, undergraduate concerts
Friday, November 30, 2012
The University of Iowa Department of Dance will present a graduate and undergraduate dance concert at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 6-8, in Space Place Theater of North Hall.
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