Honors UI names 2017–18 BTAA ALP fellows
By: Office of Strategic Communication | 2017.06.22 | 08:53 am
The University of Iowa has named five faculty recipients of 2017–18 Big Ten Academic Alliance Leadership Program fellowships.
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The key to virtual team leadership? Fast typing
By: Tom Snee | 2017.06.22 | 08:49 am
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that to the fastest typist go the leadership spoils. The study suggests that the fleet-fingered are more likely to emerge as the leaders of virtual work teams that have members scattered among different offices.
Budget update: Raising salaries to remain competitive
UI invests tuition revenue in faculty pay
By: Office of Strategic Communication | 2017.06.22 | 08:31 am
The University of Iowa is allocating $4.9 million to boost faculty pay. The funds will help reach a goal of raising the average faculty salary for full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty to 95 percent of the median of the university’s peer group.
Iowa City Press-Citizen Hans Breder, artist, founder of UI’s Intermedia program, dies at 81
External Media | 2017.06.21 | 12:02 pm
Professor emeritus Hans Breder passed away Sunday at age 81. Breder founded the internationally renowned and highly influential Intermedia program in the UI’s School of Art and Art History in 1968; Breder directed Intermedia from its establishment until his retirement in 2000 and remained a prolific artist throughout his life.
Men’s Fitness UI study finds food container chemical does not cause obesity
External Media | 2017.06.21 | 10:24 am
A study from the UI College of Public Health finds that chemicals used to manufacture plastic food and water containers in recent years do not cause obesity. The chemicals replaced another chemical that was found to cause a host of endocrine-health issues.
Radio Iowa UI study shows farmers still take own lives at a high rate
External Media | 2017.06.21 | 10:22 am
A study from the UI College of Public Health finds farmers and farmworkers in the United States continue to take their own lives at a rate higher than that of people who work in other professions and industries.
Des Moines Register UI-developed app lets I-Cubs fans buy food and drink without standing in concession line
External Media | 2017.06.21 | 10:19 am
A new business at Principal Park that delivers concessions to Iowa Cubs fans at their seats was developed by University of Iowa students in the Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory, the UI’s student business incubator.
Iowa Law alumnus ‘at home’ as he prepares to practice law in Iowa
’17 grad excited to start career as assistant Greene County attorney
By: Hayley Bruce | 2017.06.21 | 08:36 am
Thomas Laehn decided to apply to law school at the University of Iowa so he could return to his home state, where he knew there was a shortage of attorneys. Even though he also had a job offer in New York City, he’s staying in Iowa.
Honors Writers’ Workshop student wins New American Fellowship
By: Cristobal McKinney | 2017.06.20 | 09:41 am
Sanjena Anshu Sathian, who will be a student in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop starting in the fall 2017 semester, was named a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow for New Americans.
NSF grant helps UI Museum of Natural History upgrade important ornithology collection
Students get hands-on experience with museum collections management
By: Chris Peters and Justin Torner | 2017.06.20 | 08:50 am
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.
