College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Visas scarce for foreign actuaries

Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Elias Shiu, senior faculty in the University of Iowa Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, says immigration law makes it difficult for U.S. companies to hire foreign actuaries.

Mahatma Gandhi and his anti-tea campaign

Monday, May 7, 2012
New research by University of Iowa professor Phillip Lutgendorf explains how tea became increasingly popular in India during the 20th century.

Gangsta rap conspiracy goes gangbusters

Monday, May 7, 2012
University of Iowa professor Michael Hill explains that rap became an increasingly popular form of music when white suburban kids started listening to it as a form of rebellion in the 1990s.

Brochu identifies crocodile that could swallow a human whole

Monday, May 7, 2012
University of Iowa professor Chris Brochu has identified the largest crocodile ever found, at 27 feet long it would have been able to swallow a human whole.

UI celebrates Voxman

Friday, May 4, 2012
The University of Iowa will host a special Himie Voxman Celebration at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union.

UI professor identifies largest known crocodile

Friday, May 4, 2012
A crocodile large enough to swallow humans once lived in East Africa, according to University of Iowa researcher Christopher Brochu whose paper on the discovery of a new crocodile species that was published in the May 3 issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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.

'Screen Capture'

Thursday, May 3, 2012
'Screen Capture,' a multimedia art exhibition that uses the screen as a medium for the creation and presentation of contemporary art, runs May 3-9 in the Media Theater of Art Building West.
University of Iowa senior Colorado Reed

Different but the same

Thursday, May 3, 2012
University of Iowa students Suzanne Carter and Colorado Reed are inspired by different areas of math and physics. Both will further their studies at Cambridge University as Churchill Scholars.

Minnesota New Music Ensemble to perform free concert May 6

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The University of Minnesota New Music Ensemble will present a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 6, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

Gurnett listens to sounds of space

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
University of Iowa physicist Donald Gurnett has been listening to the sounds of space since Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter more than 30 years ago.