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UI's Suls discovers tornados survivors are more optimistic

Published
2013.03.07
University of Iowa sophomore Jessica Fischels stands in the remains of her apartment in Iowa City, Iowa, April 14, 2006, after it was destroyed by tornado. (Matthew Holst/Iowa City Press Citizen/AP Photo)

UI psychologist Jerry Suls was part of a research team that looked at how people get on with their lives following harrowing experiences after he was unscathed when a tornado hit downtown Iowa City in 2006. Story from: ABC News

ABC News

Supporting undergraduate research

Six University of Iowa students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been awarded the first-ever John and Elsie Mae Ferentz Undergraduate Fellowships for Research. These fellowships were made possible by a gift to the UI Foundation from Kirk and Mary Ferentz in honor of Kirk’s parents. Story

Achievements

University staff and faculty are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more. Story

UI's Mangum: humanities festival allows researchers to 'show and tell'

Published
2013.02.28
Salisbury House & Gardens is hosting the first Iowa Humanities Festival partly as a way to highlight its own collection of art and artifacts, including these Native American beaded accessories. / Salisbury House & Gardens/Special to the Register

Teresa Mangum, director of the UI's Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, recruited scholars to "show and tell" their research at the inaugural Iowa Humanities Festival this Saturday at Salisbury House & Gardens in Des Moines. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.) Story from: Des Moines Register

Des Moines Register

UI launches new online journal for MFA in Spanish Creative Writing program

"Iowa Literaria," the electronic journal of the MFA in Spanish Creative Writing program at the University of Iowa, is online as of Tuesday, Feb. 26. Story

Perlmutter: How to avoid bad advice from colleagues

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Perlmutter: How to avoid bad advice from colleagues
Published
2013.03.04
Illustration of a man trying to give the wrong directions to a female colleague, Marta Antelo for The Chronicle

David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, shares how to avoid bad advice from colleagues as part of his "Career Confidential" advice column for The Chronicle. Story from: The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education

STEM experience draws high school students from across Iowa

Eight JSHS students and one teacher learn about a rain monitoring device in the Hydrology Lab.

Ahmi Dhuna, a 10th grader at Burlington High School, earned top prize for her research examining antibacterial benefits of the Neem tree at the 2013 Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS). The symposium drew middle school and high school students from across Iowa to campus where the top five researchers received scholarships and the opportunity to present at the national competition. Story

Spotlight: The Iowa Narratives Project: A life beyond the classroom

Published
2013.02.14
Matt Gilcrest poses by a globe in a TILE classroom

UI rhetoric instructor Matt Gilchrist says he enjoys helping students enhance their writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills in a TILE (Transform, Interact, Learn, and Engage) classroom, and he especially enjoyed the Iowa Narratives Project. Story from: UI TILE Website

UI TILE Website

Collectors, collections, and collecting

Iowa Humanities Festival poster

Jim Leach, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak at the first ever Iowa Humanities Festival in Des Moines on March 9. Collectors and collecting is the theme of this inaugural event, which brings together scholars, museum directors, librarians, and personal collectors from across the state. Story

UI Foundation, university receive ADDY Awards

Screen cap from Phil Was Here website

The American Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids-Iowa City has presented ADDY awards to the University of Iowa and the UI Foundation for marketing and communication projects Story

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