Academics

Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History is upgrading the storage of its ornithology collection, which features more than 31,000 bird, nest, and egg specimens. Meanwhile, students are getting valuable experience in museum collections management.

The University of Iowa Museum of Art has been without a building since the flood of 2008. However, as officials await a new structure, the museum staff has kept UIMA relevant through outreach and lending works of art to other museums, bringing its collection to Iowa and the world.

Lori Pedelty, UI alumna and CEO of Pedelty Enterprises, recently led a workshop at the University of Iowa’s 2017 Tippie Women Summit. “Iowa Now” sat down with Pedelty to talk about how her experience at the UI influenced her and what the phrase “Always a Hawkeye” means to her.