Academics

Grad student's work ethic pays off in NIH award

Thursday, January 14, 2016
Brittany Williams, a student in the University of Iowa’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, received a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health, earning a perfect score from the NIH review committee on her grant application in the process.

Mastering big data in Des Moines

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business will begin offering a Master of Science degree in business analytics starting this fall in Des Moines, providing flexible opportunities for advanced study in a rapidly growing career field.

Leadership program makes big leap

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The UI College of Education’s Master of Arts in educational leadership program ranks No. 17 in the 2016 edition of the 'U.S. News and World Report’ Best Online Graduate Education Programs and the 16th-best program for veterans, thanks to an excellent job placement rate and the flexibility online learning provides.

A fair shake for faculty

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld pushes for increased faculty compensation despite state budgeting constraints.

Iowa Law's 3+3 program helps Mount Mercy students complete law school faster

The UI College of Law and Mount Mercy University have entered into an agreement that will give undergraduate students at Mount Mercy the opportunity to earn their bachelor’s and law degrees in six years, instead of the typical seven. Mount Mercy is the 14th school to join the program.
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Get to Know…Sam Watkins

Monday, January 11, 2016
The "Get to Know" series asks University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students a few questions about their work and outside interests. Meet senior graphic design student Sam Watkins, who painted eight portraits of Martin Luther King Jr. that comprise an Iowa Memorial Union exhibition called "Keep Moving Forward."

UI recognized for excellence in pain education

Monday, January 11, 2016
The UI is one of  11 Centers for Excellence in Pain Education selected by the National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium. The  centers will help improve pain education for undergraduate and graduate health professional students. 
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UI photographers select best of 2015

Monday, January 11, 2016
Photographers in the University of Iowa's Office of Strategic Communication submitted a gallery of some of their favorite work from 2015.

New UI class teaches financial literacy

A new class offered by the University of Iowa teaches students the basics of finance so they better understand topics like employee benefits, retirement accounts, the stock market, and debt after they graduate.

2015 in 2:17

Tuesday, January 5, 2016
2015 was a busy, fruitful year at the University of Iowa. Take a couple of minutes to reflect on the research, service, academic, and athletic endeavors that made the past year one to remember.

Business school's eye in the sky

UI's Tippie College of Business is home to a unique study to measure the effectiveness of facial recognition devices.

UI students to help clinic in India expand services for the poor

January class offered by UI's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center is taking a group of students to an eye clinic in India where they will look for efficiencies and cost savings so the clinic can expand the vision services it offers to the poor.