An analysis by a group of University of Iowa business students suggests that Iowa City focus its efforts to redevelop the Towncrest neighborhood on a piece of city-owned vacant land at the corner of First Avenue and Muscatine Road. Architectural rendering provided by Iowa City Department of Planning and Community Development. Story
A student from Waterloo Columbus High School was recently named the state’s top high school entrepreneur in a contest sponsored by the University of Iowa and the accounting firm Ernst & Young. Story
Twenty-five LGBTQ students were recognized at the University of Iowa’s 13th annual Rainbow Graduation on Tuesday, and the community took the opportunity to honor the graduates and recent strides made at the UI.
Story from: The Daily Iowan
Social shifts, along with cultural differences, are among the top reasons unmarried parenting has become more common, says UI associate sociology professor Mary Noonan in a story on the rise of unwed parenting nationally and locally.
Story from: The Gazette
Twenty one future teachers will enter their classrooms armed with iPads and big ideas for using them thanks to an award created by University of Iowa College of Education alumna Linda Baker, who earned her English and secondary education degrees at the UI in 1968. Story
Understanding the concept of morphogen gradients—the mechanism by which a signal from one part of a developing embryo can influence the location and other variables of surrounding cells—is important to developmental biology, gene regulation, evolution, and human health. Story
Junior Anthony Ferguson initially came to the University of Iowa in the fall of 2011 to play for the Hawkeye football team. However, after one season, he felt a calling to something greater. He left the team and created a community organization, Young, Black, and Educated. Story
2013.05.14 | By Bill Adams and Tom Snee | 11:37 AM
Video by Bill Adams, interview and text by Tom Snee
If you've been to a Hawkeye athletic event over the last four years, chances are good that you've seen Nils Thorson perform. Not as an athlete, but as the guy who sings the national anthem before the start of the game. Video
