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Murray named president-elect of American Society of Human Genetics

Friday, May 11, 2012
The American Society of Human Genetics has elected Jeffrey C. Murray, M.D., professor of pediatrics, epidemiology, nursing, and biological sciences at the University of Iowa, to serve as the society's president starting Jan. 1, 2013.

Faculty/staff wellness program honored

Thursday, May 10, 2012
The University of Iowa’s wellness programs for faculty and staff are receiving some national and regional recognition for their innovative initiatives to improve campus health.

A champion for students

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A knack for identifying problems and creating solutions earns Helena Dettmer the Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy.

Bridging academic content for ESL

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Through a $1.87 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, three University of Iowa College of Education faculty plan to improve the quality of education for K-12 English Language Learners (ELL) in Iowa’s schools.

Farm manuals no longer a book of the past

Monday, May 7, 2012
First-year University of Iowa student Tyler Finchum operates a business in the university's Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory that sells operator manuals for agricultural implements over the internet.

Miss Iowa ready to take on the nation

Monday, May 7, 2012
University of Iowa elementary education student Rebecca Hodge will represent the state in this year's Miss USA competition.

TV pioneer Edwin Kurtz inducted into UI Legacy of Engineering May 8

Friday, May 4, 2012
The University of Iowa College of Engineering will induct television pioneer Edwin B. Kurtz posthumously into its Legacy of Engineering on May 8. The first public demonstration of a television broadcast developed by Kurtz and his team took place in March 1933 over television station W9XK.

Two Iowa students win Goldwater Scholarship

Friday, May 4, 2012
Two University of Iowa undergraduate researchers in the UI Honors Program and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS)—Allyson Mayer and Nicholas Rolston—have been named 2012 Goldwater Scholars.

UI's Spinks named Truman Scholar

Friday, May 4, 2012
Conner Spinks, a University of Iowa junior from Des Moines, is one of only 54 Truman Scholars.

UI Department of Mathematics honored for minority doctoral work

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The UI Department of Mathematics will write another chapter in its renowned history of supporting minority doctoral degrees when it, in coordination with the UI Graduate College’s Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences program, awards seven doctorates to members of underrepresented minority groups during 2012.