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Hagle agrees Obama won third debate, but not a knockout
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
University of Iowa political science professor Timothy Hagle says that Obama was on the attack from the start during the third debate while Mitt Romney seemed more subdued. He agrees that Obama will be seen as the winner, but it wasn't a knockout.
Cooking up a crowdsourced digitization project
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
University of Iowa Libraries recently launched DIY History, a new initiative that crowdsources the transcription and tagging of primary sources including everything from recipes to diaries and correspondence from the Nile Kinnick Collection.
Bills discusses factors that fuel graying faculty trend
Monday, October 22, 2012
David B. Bills, a sociologist and associate dean at the University of Iowa College of Education, says the trend of universities and colleges having more professors who are 60 and older is driven by mandatory faculty retirement ages disappearing and the post-World War II baby boom.
Kirkwood, UI forge new ground with joint facility
Monday, October 22, 2012
A planned joint building between Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa will bring together educators from the university, community college, and kindergarten through 12th-grade levels, in a model that officials say is something completely different on the national scene.
UI's Kletzing explains 'chorus' of space sounds
Monday, October 22, 2012
A NASA spacecraft captured the clearest recording yet of what space sounds like inside Earth's radiation belts. Craig Kletzing, a University of Iowa physics and astronomy professor, explains what causes these eerie chirping noises, and what we can learn from them.
Education professor says kids' basic needs must be met before they can learn
Monday, October 22, 2012
Ann Santos, a University of Iowa College of Education clinical assistant professor practicum coordinator, says children who are hungry or who lack nutritious food will most likely struggle to improve in the classroom until their basic needs are met.
UI expert comments on simple way to reduce excess of antibiotics
Monday, October 22, 2012
Dan Diekema, M.D., director of the Division of Infectious Diseases with University of Iowa Health Care, comments on a new study showing that a simple education program for pediatricians can halve the number of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions.
Vote of No Confidence
Monday, October 22, 2012
University of Iowa computer science associate professor Doug Jones, author of the new book Broken Ballots, lifts the curtain on the dirty secrets of the polling booth.
UI researchers find antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' in wildlife
Friday, October 19, 2012
A new study by researchers in the University of Iowa College of Public Health has found methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in two rabbits and a shorebird, raising questions about how the wildlife came to be infected.
Mason calls for sportsmanship ahead of Penn State game
Friday, October 19, 2012
University of Iowa President Sally Mason says she hopes to see an increase in good sportsmanship, not only for Saturday's football game against Penn State, but for the rest of the season.
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