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Bills talks problematic higher ed model

Friday, July 27, 2012
Time Magazine
David Bills, a professor of sociology of education at the University of Iowa, highlights some of the problems with the current higher education model.

Mason: UI will continue building ties in Asia

Friday, July 27, 2012
News-Medical
UI President Sally Mason says the university will continue to pursue international relations and make connections with alumni and prospective students overseas.

Award-winning magazine goes digital

Friday, July 27, 2012
News Medical
A special issue of the Iowa Alumni Magazine—usually reserved for UI Alumni Association members—is open to everybody online.

'Mural' arrives at Getty conservation lab

Friday, July 27, 2012
India West
The University of Iowa-owned Jackson Pollock painting will undergo restoration before being displayed at L.A.'s Getty Museum.

Holdefer returns to the UI with new novel

Thursday, July 26, 2012
Daily Iowan
With a new novel just out, alumnus Charles Holdefer returns from France to teach in the Iowa Summer Writing Festival.

UI collaborates on Italian excavation

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Iowa City Press-Citizen
UI Professor Glenn Storey is collaborating with European archeologists on excavations at a Benedictine Abbey in Italy (in Italiano).

UI launches online immigration software

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Spacial Source
The UI has responded to the increase in international students with immigration software, additional staff, and other initiatives.

Fethke writes about presidency perils

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Business faculty member Gary Fethke, former interim president of the UI, writes about "The Precarious Profession of University President."

Writer Bloom responds to Aurora killings

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
This is Cornwall
UI writing fellow and International Writing Program alumnus Kevin Bloom from South Africa writes about the "tragic inevitability" of the Aurora killings.

Malloy develops pediatric heart 'maps'

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Daily Iowan
UI Children's Hospital researcher Lindsey Malloy led a project that developed three-dimensional "maps" of electrical signals in children's hearts.