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Rand, Round receive Humanities Without Walls grant

Monday, February 19, 2018
University of Iowa professors Jacki Rand and Phillip Round have received funding from Humanities Without Walls for a research project related to humanities work in a changing climate.

Researchers honored for study connecting domestic violence, low birth weight babies

Monday, February 19, 2018
A UI College of Public Health study that found intimate partner violence can double the risk of some types of birth complications for pregnant women has been honored by the Royal Academy of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

UI alumnus Tuma Basa setting the trends in hip-hop

Monday, February 19, 2018
UI alumnus Tuma Basa determines what hip-hop songs Spotify plays, breaking acts nationally.

UI’s Coffey honored for top neurological study of 2017

Tuesday, February 6, 2018
A study of the impact of medication on children’s migraine headaches, co-led by Christopher Coffey, has been named one of the leading developments in neuroscience in 2017 by the journal “Neurology Today.”

Two UI students selected as Humanities Without Walls fellows

Monday, February 5, 2018
Two University of Iowa graduate students have been named as Humanities Without Walls consortium 2018 pre-doctoral workshop fellows.

UI Public Policy Center ‘Health Affairs’ article selected in editor’s top 10 of 2017

Friday, February 2, 2018
A journal article submitted to Health Affairs by University of Iowa Public Policy Center researchers Natoshia Askelson, Brad Wright, Suzanne Bentler, Elizabeth Momany, and Peter Damiano was selected as one of editor-in-chief Alan Weil's editor's picks. Each year, Weil selects the 10 most noteworthy pieces of the year.

UI students named to president’s list for fall 2017

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
More than 300 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2017 fall semester.

UI students named to dean’s list for fall 2017

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
More than 5,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2017 fall semester.

UI students receive degrees after 2017 fall semester

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
The University of Iowa awarded more than 1,200 degrees at the close of the 2017 fall semester.

'Forbes' ranks UI Health Care among ‘Best Employers for Diversity’

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
University of Iowa Health Care has been named one of the nation’s top employers for diversity by “Forbes.”