Faculty
UI experts, students discuss impact of Facebook coming to Iowa
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Facebook will soon make a home in central Iowa while Google is also adding a new data center in the state, inspiring UI experts and students to discuss what impact this will have on the economy and future employment opportunities.
UI's Brands, Klaus share book titles at UNESCO event
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
UI wrestling coach Terry Brands and UI Nonfiction Writing Program Founder Carl Klaus were among residents sharing books that were meaningful to them at the third Community Book Talk hosted by UNESCO City of Literature as part of World Book Day.
Public engagement in higher education
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
University of Iowa faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to participate in a workshop, Public Engagement in Higher Education, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 26 at the UI College of Public Health.
Achievements
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.
UI research finding may lead to better understanding of inner ear development
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
University of Iowa research has resulted in a discovery that may help physicians and other researchers to better understand normal inner ear development as well as diseases of the inner ear.
UI health experts among Iowans who volunteered in Haiti
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Chris Buresh and Casey Panko, a UI Hospitals and Clinics emergency-medicine physician and emergency department nurse respectively, served as team leaders when traveling to Haiti in March along with other Community Health Initiative volunteers, bringing health care to rural villages in Haiti.
Preventing student suicide
Monday, April 22, 2013
University Counseling Service Director Sam Cochran says the University of Iowa community suffers an average of two to three student suicides annually. To bring the campus and local community together to prevent future student suicides, Cochran is leading the three-year $270,970 grant, “Leveraging Campus-Community Collaborations to Enhance Suicide Prevention at the University of Iowa.”
Distress Signals
Monday, April 22, 2013
You might be able to save a life if you learn to recognize the warning signs of suicide and know how to steer a student exhibiting these signs to appropriate resources for help.
Sims to read from forthcoming novel May 1
Monday, April 22, 2013
Bennett Sims, graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will read from "A Questionable Shape" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.
Hancher-commissioned song to be performed on 'Glee'
Thursday, April 18, 2013
A song first performed at the University of Iowa in a Hancher performance will be heard on the popular Fox television show "Glee."
UI students announce vegan food truck as downtown project
Thursday, April 18, 2013
After spending spring break in Las Vegas, UI students in a class that focuses on downtown Las Vegas have come up with something they believe will enhance the area as part of David Gould's "Reimagining Downtown" project—a vegan food truck.
Matheson provides insights on NCAA infractions
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Dan Matheson, who spent nine years as an NCAA investigator before joining UI’s faculty as a recreation and sport business lecturer, comments on the release of information about the University of Oregon’s ongoing NCAA infractions case.
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