Impact

Professor Gerard Rushton stands outside Jessup Hall on Wednesday. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

UI geography professor retires after 44 years

Monday, May 13, 2013
UI Geography Professor Gerald Rushton is retiring after 44 years of teaching and conducting research that created awareness of the privacy policies of cancer patients' health records, just to mention one of his many achievements and contributions.
University of Iowa College of Public Health faculty member Barbara Baquero.

Baquero builds connections to improve health of rural communities

Monday, May 13, 2013
University of Iowa College of Public Health faculty member Barbara Baquero is building connections to improve the health of rural Iowans, with a focus on Iowa's growing Latino population.

Be a part of the healing journey

Monday, May 13, 2013
One in three women and one in six men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes. To help them on their healing journey, the University of Iowa’s Rape Victim Advocacy Program seeks volunteers for its 32-hour Volunteer Training Program, which begins June 10. The deadline to apply is May 31st.
A graduate of the REACH Program accepts his diploma from Nick Colangelo, interim dean of the UI College of Education

UI REACH graduation marks fifth year

Monday, May 13, 2013
The REACH program—Realizing Educational and Career Hopes—celebrated its fifth anniversary May 10 with a graduation ceremony. The program is in the UI College of Education and serves 18- to 25-year-old students who have intellectual, cognitive, or learning disabilities.

Stories of Iowans' Civil War experiences

Monday, May 13, 2013
The Civil War experiences of six eastern Iowans, including two with links to the University of Iowa and its Old Capitol building, are the focus of a free public lecture set for Thursday, May 16, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hanson Family Humanities Gallery of the UI’s Old Capitol Museum.
Portrait of VInce Nelson

Get to Know…Vince Nelson

Monday, May 13, 2013
The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty and staff a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today we visit with UI Alumni Association CEO Vince Nelson.

Donation Drive to be held during residence hall move-out May 15, 16

Friday, May 10, 2013
Students living in the University of Iowa residence halls can help reduce the amount of landfill waste at move-out by participating in a Year-end Donation Drive on Wednesday, May 15 and Thursday, May 16.

Achievements

Friday, May 10, 2013
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.
Creighton University student Brianna Baca pours liquid nitrogen as she and her teammates — Chris Rogge, left, and Erin Cheese, at center in blue — lead a demonstration in their materials science class.

UI example of campus providing climate for sustainability initiatives

Friday, May 10, 2013
The UI's undergraduate certificate in sustainability is recognized in an article on how more universities offer a good climate for both sustainability efforts and academic programs to meet growing student interest.
Image of hearing-loop technology being adopted at UI

UI adopts hearing-loop technology on campus

Thursday, May 9, 2013
The University of Iowa has plans in the works to install hearing-loop technology in several buildings around campus, and while more expensive than older technology, official say the quality is worth it.

A blind man's daily journey

Thursday, May 9, 2013
The University of Iowa has produced a multimedia package chronicling a day in the life of Jerry Jackson, a 66-year-old Burlington man whose family suffers from a rare, inherited eye disease called ADNIV. Specialists at the UI's ophthalmology department have been studying the disease for more than two decades and now believe they've found the first genetic cause for it.

Sioux City social work pioneer

Thursday, May 9, 2013
UI alumna Meg Bessman-Quintero is the only bilingual, master's-level mental health therapist practicing in the Sioux City area who counsels primarily Spanish-speaking immigrants and their families, filling a critical mental health niche in western Iowa.