Faculty
UI TIER update: October 1
Friday, October 2, 2015
As the UI moves forward with the Iowa Board of Regents’ TIER project, campus leaders are committed to keeping colleagues informed. Here are the latest developments across academic and business cases.
UI College of Engineering students named Tau Beta Pi scholars
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Four UI engineering students were honored as Tau Beta Pi Scholars.
Fred Stern receives Department of Defense grant
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Engineering professor Fred Stern will conduct U.S. Navy research with $470,170 grant.
Get to Know...Kelli Haught
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today, we visit with Kelli Haught, assistant director of banquet and catering operations for University Catering.
UI's Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center awarded $7.4 million grant renewal
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The University of Iowa, Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center has received a five-year, $7.4 million grant renewal from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to advance its work on finding treatments for muscular dystrophies.
UI makes list of 'Best Value' for colleges of education
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The University of Iowa has some of the highest quality and most affordable teacher preparation programs in the state. The UI College of Education teacher preparation programs in elementary and secondary education made the “Best Value” colleges of education list in Iowa, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality.
Finding her voice
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Homeira Qaderi, a writer from Afghanistan who has exposed the Taliban's inhumane treatment of women, is a resident in the UI's International Writing Program. Despite threats and challenges, she remains steadfast in her cause to improve the lives of women under Taliban rule.
Throwing down, all the way to the top
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Melissa Myers has an easy way to deal with stress: she grabs people and throws them around. It's a disciplined form of release—the University of Iowa sophomore is a longtime judo competitor, one who will represent the U.S. in the upcoming World Judo Championships.
Hancher to present the Brentano String Quartet on Oct. 17
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present the Brentano String Quartet on Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Riverside Recital Hall (405 N. Riverside Drive) in Iowa City. The concert is a collaboration with the UI String Quartet Residency Program.
A remedy for success
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Enter Anderson’s Pharmacy in Preston, and you’ll be greeted by husband and wife, pharmacists Ken and Barb Anderson. They’ve operated their business in this small Jackson County town for almost 40 years. The two graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.
Mason City boy, 6, is Honorary Kid Captain when Hawkeyes travel to Wisconsin
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
When Logan Brown was just 20 hours old, his doctors noticed a blood clot near a large vein that carries blood to his heart. He was transferred to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, where pediatric specialists discovered other challenges.
All in a day's work
Monday, September 28, 2015
The University of Iowa's fall career fair provides myriad opportunities for hundreds of UI students and alumni. We followed Liz Skogerboe, a senior sociology major from Spirit Lake, as she sought out avenues for achieving her career goals.
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