Faculty

two wrestlers on gold IOWA mat

Rolling out the welcome mat

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Goodbye cross trainers, hello wrestling shoes and head gear. The University of Iowa wrestling team opened the 2014-15 season with its first official practice Oct. 10, and more than one week into training the Hawkeyes unanimously agree, it's great to get into a mat routine.
portrait of Brandi Janssen

Cultivating a culture of safety

Tuesday, October 21, 2014
University of Iowa faculty member Brandi Janssen brings a unique blend of agriculture and anthropology to her new role as director of Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH). The center collaborates with a number of partners to improve agricultural safety and health across Iowa.

Achievements: UI faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news

Monday, October 20, 2014
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.
An abstract profile of a person's face over a body of water with lightning striking in the person's head, illustrating seizures in the brain

Eyes on the storm

Monday, October 20, 2014
Several University of Iowa experts share their insights to help better understand Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, or SUDEP.
Dr. Daniel Diekema, University of Iowa Health Care

UI's Diekema discusses efforts to control the spread of Ebola

Monday, October 20, 2014
Dr. Dan Diekema, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases with UI Health Care, and president of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, discusses the new Ebola "Czar" and efforts to control the spread of Ebola.

Driving and parking restrictions on Tuesday, Oct. 21

Monday, October 20, 2014
Setup and safety for Tuesday's campaign visit by first lady Michelle Obama will affect access to University of Iowa facilities Tuesday, Oct. 21, between approximately 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Screen capture of the new UI event page

New source to keep you in the know

Monday, October 20, 2014
A new online resource makes it easy to keep track of everything happening on campus. The UI Events Calendar—located at events.uiowa.edu—provides a one-stop shop for information about what’s current and what’s popular.

UI service helps Iowa small businesses go global

Monday, October 20, 2014
The University of Iowa's Institute for International Business and John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center have partnered with the Iowa Association of Business and Industry to begin a consulting service for small and mid-sized businesses in Iowa that want to enter global markets.
Assistant professor Daryl Cameron

UI professor discusses psychology behind political ads

Monday, October 20, 2014
The Gazette asked Daryl Cameron, UI assistant professor of psychology, to analyze the tactics used in political ads that have been blistering the Eastern Iowa airwaves.
UI School of Music rendering, courtesy of LMN Architects

Investing in the arts

Monday, October 20, 2014
For more than seven decades, the West family has supported and serviced music education for countless people of all ages throughout Iowa, the region, and internationally. Now, with a recent gift to the University of Iowa, the family is providing crucial support to one of the area’s most ambitious ever arts initiatives.
Roof work

'Sustainability through historic salvage'

Monday, October 20, 2014
A day-long symposium focusing on the process and benefit of historic architectural salvage will be held Saturday, Nov 8, at Art Building West, 141 N. Riverside Dr. on the University of Iowa campus. Though free, registration for the conference is required by Nov. 6.

Iowa Flood Center to install 50 new stream stage sensors statewide

Friday, October 17, 2014
The Iowa Flood Center is installing 50 new stream stage sensors statewide this fall, giving more Iowans the ability to monitor their local waterways in the event of a flood.