Sarah Gardial, dean of the UI Tippie College of Business, says role models are important for underrepresented groups so organizations attract more diversity as part of a story on how despite more business schools having female deans, most MBAs are still men.
Story from: Bloomberg Business Week
"U.S. News & World Report" ranks 26 University of Iowa graduate programs and colleges among the 25 best in the country among all public and private schools. Story
Dafna Lemish, a leading scholar on children and the media, will present a lecture Friday, March 15, at 3 p.m. titled, “Communicating with Children: Principles and Practices to Nurture, Inspire, Excite, Educate, and Heal.” The talk is free and open to the public. Story
Ahmi Dhuna, a 10th grader at Burlington High School, earned top prize for her research examining antibacterial benefits of the Neem tree at the 2013 Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS). The symposium drew middle school and high school students from across Iowa to campus where the top five researchers received scholarships and the opportunity to present at the national competition. Story
The class surveys a selection of the various types of law that govern the approximately 60 countries in the world where the majority or a sizable minority of the people are Muslims and looks at how those countries incorporate Islam into their law. Only a few use shari'a. Story
UI rhetoric instructor Matt Gilchrist says he enjoys helping students enhance their writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills in a TILE (Transform, Interact, Learn, and Engage) classroom, and he especially enjoyed the Iowa Narratives Project.
Story from: UI TILE Website
Wilton High School junior Maxwell Roth will spend his senior year of high school living at the UI pursuing a career in biomedical engineering thanks to an early entrance honors program through the UI Belin-Blank Center's National Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering.
Story from: Muscatine Journal
Iowa’s top high school math and science students will visit the University of Iowa campus Feb. 28 and March 1 to present research at the annual Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The event is hosted by the UI College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center. Story
Three University of Iowa College of Education leaders have received Better Futures for Iowans grants to support projects in dentistry, disability, and world language education. Through the outreach work of Saba Ali, Nicholas Colangelo, and James Stachowiak, Iowans benefit across the state. Story
Graduate students in the University of Iowa School of Urban and Regional Planning have received national recognition from the American Institute of Certified Planners for their groundbreaking sustainability project in the City of Dubuque.
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