Faculty

Fethke comments on higher-ed funding

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
UI management professor Gary Fethke says public universities must accept that higher funding levels are never coming back and plan accordingly.

Kanellis assesses Iowa dental care

Michael Kanellis, the associate dean for patient care at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, says that while Iowa faces challenges due to the economy, the state’s dental care is ahead of other states with large urban populations. "With more people out of work, the first thing they will stop spending on is dental care, and so they can end up in the hospital, which isn't good because they...

Swimming with the sharks

Tom Casavant, director of the UI Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, who is working this semester with the Plant Energy Biology Center in Australia, took part in a 20-kilometer swimming race in the Indian Ocean.

Keller: Graduate education is critical

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
John Keller, associate provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate College, writes that graduate education plays a critical role in society.
portrait of Linda Kerber

'Take pride in what was accomplished'

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
As a young professor, Linda Kerber longed to discover more about the history of women in the United States. That interest has kept her busy throughout four decades.

Forbes to discuss 'Evolution in Iowa Backyards'

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
“Evolution in Iowa Backyards: What the Insects Eating Apples and Sunflowers Tell Us About Origins of Species” is the subject of a lecture by University of Iowa biology professor Andrew Forbes at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 22, in the Biosphere Discovery Hub of the UI Museum of Natural History.

Business student meet real world

Making industry connections is one of the primary goals of UI’s Marketing Institute, says the institute’s director, Rob Rouwenhorst. “The big thing is experiential learning, giving students the opportunity to have real-world consultation experience,” Rouwenhorst says.

Bring your own noisemaker

Monday, March 19, 2012
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free Improvisation for Classical Musicians concert—the second of three concerts this semester—at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.

Perlmutter explores a father's legacy

Monday, March 19, 2012
David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, explores the academic legacy of his father.

Learn to Row this spring with UI Rec Services

Monday, March 19, 2012
Registration is now available for UI Recreational Services' spring 2012 Learn to Row camps.

Policymakers need better pollution models

Sunday, March 18, 2012
Efforts to understand air pollution — especially in Asia — have yielded some answers, but an exceedingly complex problem demands more data and better predictions.

What's killing bats at wind farms?

Sunday, March 18, 2012
Some theorize it's low-pressure fields, but a UI pathologist and colleagues suggest a more basic problem.