Academics

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Inside Iowa: Classroom excellence

Thursday, October 13, 2016
Sarah Fisher Gardial, dean of the Henry B. Tippie College of Business, explains how her team is preparing students for the real world. From TILE classrooms to "flipped" courses to new experiential learning requirements, Tippie's students are embarking on new frontiers in business education.

Four UI faculty members win top teaching award

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Anton Kruger, Dan Matheson, Daniel Weeks, and Rachel Williams have won the 2016 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching.

UI opens new Steven Holl–designed Visual Arts Building

The university dedicated its new Visual Arts Building on Oct. 7. The building, designed by renowned architect Steven Holl, is both technologically advanced and artistically inspiring.
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Modern art

Monday, October 10, 2016
Hundreds of art students and faculty joined dancers, musicians, and local dignitaries in the brilliantly lit central foyer of the Visual Arts Building on Friday to dedicate the new building.

UI Academic Technologies Advisory Council presenting $100,000 in awards

Wednesday, October 5, 2016
The UI Academic Technologies Advisory Council will accept proposals for the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards through Oct. 17. The council encourages the nomination of projects that promote collaborative learning strategies and student use of emerging technologies for teaching and learning.
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Let there be light

Tuesday, October 4, 2016
The new Visual Arts Building is filled with cutting-edge technology to help artists create, but it rests on a foundation of one basic element: light.
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Back home

Monday, October 3, 2016
The Studio Arts Division of the School of Art and Art History is pleased to be back on campus and to have one of the best academic art buildings designed anywhere in decades as its new home.

Fred Boehmke receives NSF grant for U.S. policy diffusion database

Thursday, September 29, 2016
The three-year, $202,820 grant will help to create a database that includes information on policy actions by all 50 state legislatures, administrative branches, and courts to track the spread of policies adopted throughout the United States.
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Cwiertny to serve House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Thursday, September 29, 2016
His appointment is a part of his role as a 2016–17 Congressional Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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Trowbridge’s topo pro

Thursday, September 22, 2016
One University of Iowa senior has channeled her love for geology to produce highly detailed topographical maps of earthquake-prone areas in Southern California. Terryl Bandy will present the results of her summer project at the Geological Society of America meeting on Sept. 25.
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Breaking through the shell

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Insects are tough animals to study. One reason is their armor-like coating, called an exoskeleton, which protects their organs. Researchers have discovered a technique to open the exoskeleton in order to study living organs and cells.

Tippie business analytics undergrads have almost 100 percent placement rate

The field of business analytics is growing so fast that almost all of the students graduating from the Tippie College of Business' undergraduate Business Analytics and Information Systems (BAIS) program in its first three years have found jobs.