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University of Iowa PhD student talks about how free and once-captive African Americans came together in Colored Conventions during the 1800s

Wednesday, May 15, 2019
University of Iowa PhD student Dwain Coleman talks about how in the 1800s, free and once-captive African Americans came together in what were called Colored Conventions. Coleman is involved in the first pilot satellite partner of the acclaimed national Colored Conventions Project.

Searching for arrowheads in Iowa, teen finds prehistoric jaw bone

Wednesday, May 15, 2019
The jaw bone of a juvenile mastodon was donated to the UI Paleontology Repository by the southern Iowa farmers who found it on their land. Tiffany Adrain, collections manager at the repository, said these remains are somewhat common, particularly along waterways in Iowa.

How the University of Iowa Recovered From the ‘Unfathomable’ Flood That Ruined It

Friday, May 10, 2019
The story of the University of Iowa’s effort to restore its campus after the 2008 flood shows how hard it is to come back from a disaster, even with the university’s myriad resources.

Addressing a mental health care crisis

Thursday, May 9, 2019
UI College of Nursing Dean Julie Zerwic discusses changes that need to be made in health care to address the mental health care crisis.

UIowa’s Afro House, A Safe Space for Black Students

Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Since 1968, the Afro-American Cultural Center at the University of Iowa has served as a welcoming and empowering space for the university’s Black students, faculty and staff to find community, engage in activism, receive support and culturally engage with others on and off campus.

The narrative experiment that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Friday, May 3, 2019
University of Iowa professor Corey Creekmur weighs in on the storytelling used in the Marvel Universe and Avengers: Endgame.

UI seismologist discusses "Mars quake"

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Bill Barnhart, seismologist and assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, talked about the first-ever detection of tremors on Mars.

UI Science Boosters Club visits Muscatine

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Graduate students at the University of Iowa visited with children in Muscatine, Iowa, to introduce them to science concepts, as part of a collaboration between the UI and the Musser Public Library in Muscatine.

UI seismologist talks about "Marsquake"

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Bill Barnhart, a seismologist and assistant professor in earth and environmental sciences, appeared on Iowa Public Radio's "River to River" program to talk about the first-ever detection of a quake on Mars.

Kalnins discusses the challenges of merging multiple organizations

Thursday, April 25, 2019
Arturs Kalnins, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship in the Tippie College of Business, looks at the challenges faced by two churches with distinctly different cultures when they decided to merge.