Faculty
Finding Joy in Early Black Writing
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
In a recent PBS installment of Amanpour and Company, Tara Bynum, professor of English and African American Studies at Iowa, talks about her new book, Reading Pleasures: Everyday Black Living in Early America, which explores the ways that four early Black writers named and expressed happiness and joy despite being enslaved.
DK Nnuro on his debut novel 'What Napoleon Could Not Do'
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
In this interview with NPR, Derek (DK) Nnuro talks about his debut novel, What Napoleon Could Not Do, a book that depicts how America is seen through the eyes of three characters with African ties. Nnuro is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, teaches writing at Iowa, and is curator of special projects at the Stanley Museum of Art.
Data for decades: Cancer registry has profound impact
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
For 50 years, the Iowa Cancer Registry, at the University of Iowa, has served the state of Iowa as the trusted source for high-quality cancer data. The registry’s efforts inform research and prompt prevention, screening, and treatment.
A new mindset on mental health
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
With demand for mental health services surging in Iowa and across the nation, especially among young adults, the University of Iowa is working to create a culture of well-being.
New residence hall, sale of Mayflower will support UI mission to improve student success
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Driven by research and feedback from its students, the University of Iowa is poised to make significant upgrades to its housing system in the next five years that will, in turn, improve student success and retention.
Biologists show how brain’s immune system response worsens epilepsy
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
University of Iowa biologists have definitively linked the brain's immune system to epilepsy, through a series of experiments with fruit flies, which share with humans an ancestral gene that, when mutated, leads to seizures. The findings could lead to more effective drugs to treat epilepsy.
UI named top producer of Fulbright U.S. students for seventh year
Friday, February 10, 2023
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has again named the University of Iowa a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students.
Iowa recruits national expert to lead top-ranked Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Thursday, February 9, 2023
The University of Iowa has made the first hire under its new Transformational Faculty Hiring Program, aimed at attracting world-class faculty to strategic programs and areas of excellence.
Dance Marathon 29 makes triumphant in-person return
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
After two years, Dance Marathon returned to an in-person event. The annual cancer benefit raised $1.1M toward pediatric cancer.
UI study: Pigeons use same basic learning process as AI
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Can a pigeon match wits with artificial intelligence? University of Iowa researchers tested pigeons’ learning abilities and concluded the birds employ the same basic process, called associative learning, as the most advanced AI technologies.
10 tips for beating the winter blues
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
When the days are short and the air is cold, finding the motivation and energy to get up and about can be difficult. Out-of-sync circadian rhythms can make even mundane activities challenging. “Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation,” Sinclair Lewis once wrote.
2 UI faculty named AAAS Fellows for 2022
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Two University of Iowa faculty members were named 2022 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general-scientific society and publisher of the journal, Science.
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