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Bauer mines Dylan for lessons

Friday, August 24, 2012
Law School faculty member Patrick Bauer mines the lyrics of Bob Dylan for lessons.

UI great place for people who love the outdoors

Friday, August 24, 2012
The University of Iowa is among the best places in the country for people who like the outdoors, according to a new list called "Outdoor University." The list comes from Outside Magazine, which assembled "the top 25 colleges for Outside readers."

Locating the 'gullibility center'

Friday, August 24, 2012
Research at the UI identified the brain's "gullibility center."

Alumna Zmolek wins outstanding educator award

Friday, August 24, 2012
Alumna Gloria Zmolek, who teaches at Linn-Mar, has been honored with the 2012 Outstanding Secondary Art Educator of the Year Award by the Art Educators of Iowa.

UI 'Patient R' challenges self-awareness assumptions

Friday, August 24, 2012
Psychological concepts and the theories of evolutionary development of self-awareness have been called into question by research with "Patient R" at the UI.

Jones identifies the pitfalls of database matching

Thursday, August 23, 2012
Computer scientist Doug Jones identifies the ways in which database matching could disenfranchise qualified voters.

UI student business sells farm manuals online

Thursday, August 23, 2012
University of Iowa sophomore Tyler Finchum discusses Farm Manuals Fast, his business that sells ag implement owners manuals in PDF form online to farmers around the world.

Anthropology class takes on bad language

Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Students examine cultural roots of language taboos, from 'dirty words' to scorned dialects.

Move will save historic barn

Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Working with neighbors, the University of Iowa will relocate an historic structure currently on the site of a planned parking lot.

Damiano discusses child health

Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Pete Damiano of the UI Public Policy Center discusses the new UI children's health and wellbeing survey.