Faculty
Sharpen technology and business skills with Lynda.com tutorials
Thursday, April 10, 2014
An upgrade to the University of Iowa's Lynda.com service, which provides more than 100,000 online video tutorials to build technology and business skills, means all UI students and employees now have access to this resource.
UI research debuts on Twitter
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
The University of Iowa has created a Twitter account devoted to research. The @UIowaResearch account will act as the central node for research, broadcasting research news, events, and expert views from the university to myriad audiences central to the institution. The account launched today.
Jones comments on Iowa voting index
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
UI computer scientist and voting machine expert Doug Jones explains why mail, military, and overseas ballots may be rejected during an election.
From Jamaica to Rome in a day
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
From Bettendorf, Camanche, and Elkader to Jamaica and Rome, far-flung corners of the world have found their way into the names of Iowa cities and towns. At the second annual Iowa Humanities Festival, scholars from across the state will share the connections present between Iowa and the globe.
UI names David Ryfe new director of School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
David Michael Ryfe will be the next director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
UI cellist, pianist to perform in people's living rooms
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
UI cello professor Anthony Arnone has teamed up with pianist Grethe Nöthling, a musical arts doctoral student at UI, to offer a series of free concerts for small audiences in people's homes around the state.
Senior volunteers help nursing students hone skills
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Advanced patient simulators help University of Iowa College of Nursing students master clinical skills, but they can't replace the human element needed to learn consultation and teaching. That's where community volunteers come in.
Lessons from Cookie Monster
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
A University of Iowa Alumni Association event April 22 focuses on what children learn by watching television and other media.
RV to take UI 'mobile museum' on the road
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
The new UI Mobile Museum, sponsored by the Old Capitol Museum, Museum of Natural History, and Office of the State Archaeologist, features exhibits about Iowa's ice age mammals, the founding of Iowa, and the state's "ancient agriculturalists" based in the Loess Hills.
Alumnus to discuss publishing, share chocolate at UI Libraries event April 10
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
UI alumnus and craft-chocolate maker Michael Mast will speak about his new cookbook Thursday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m. The first 100 people to arrive at Shambaugh Auditorium for the presentation will receive a small sample of Mast Brothers chocolate.
New UI major track focuses on social innovation
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
A group of UI students will take their ideas from the classroom to the community through a new Engaged Social Innovation track within the interdepartmental studies major; up to 12 honors students will be selected for the three-year program.
UI study identifies most effective method for measuring radium in flowback water
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
UI graduate student Andrew Nelson examined the effectiveness of several methods of measuring radium levels in flowback water, including gamma-ray spectroscopy, emanation techniques, and EPA method 903.0.
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