Faculty
ICTS wins $6.9 million to continue research and training
Friday, August 10, 2012
The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science has won $6.9 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue academic, educational, and research programs for researchers throughout the university.
Morphew on education shopping
Thursday, August 9, 2012
UI College of Education policy specialist Christopher Morphew stresses careful shopping when choosing among new multi-disciplinary masters programs.
UI helps strengthen Tajik law schools
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
A team from the University of Iowa College of Law is working with law schools in Tajikistan to strengthen the Central Asian country’s form of legal education and, ultimately, its entire legal system.
Biology prof elected to Academia Sinica
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Chun-Fang Wu, professor of biology in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was elected as a prestigious academician of Academia Sinica, the most preeminent academic institution in Taiwan.
Tranel explains Neurological Patient Registry
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
University of Iowa neurologist Daniel Tranel explains the value of the UI's Neurological Patient Registry, as part of a story about Tara Fall's "face blindness."
The issue of rape in U.S. military
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
To help raise awareness of the issue of sexual assault in the U.S. military, the American Legion Post 29 in Washington is hosting a free screening of the new, award-winning documentary The Invisible War at The Englert Theatre in Iowa City at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Icelandic scholars to converge at UI to discuss economic meltdown Aug. 12-14
Monday, August 6, 2012
More than two dozen Icelandic social scientists from Iceland, Canada, and the United States will converge on the University of Iowa campus Aug. 12-14, to debate, discuss, and dissect the Icelandic economic meltdown.
Bulls and boars and Herky, oh my!
Monday, August 6, 2012
Volunteering at the University of Iowa exhibit at the State Fair is a great way to connect with Iowans from all over the state or even right in your own department. UI staff member Amy Green talks about these engaging experiences.
Discoveries in the lab
Monday, August 6, 2012
More than 30 students from around the world converged on the University of Iowa campus this summer for six weeks doing innovative research in a biology lab. Their experiences were part of the University of Iowa College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center's Secondary Student Training Program.
Infants of overweight mothers grow more slowly
Monday, August 6, 2012
Babies born to overweight mothers gain less weight and grow more slowly than those born to normal-weight mothers, a University of Iowa study has found. But they do catch up, meaning that pediatricians should refrain from boosting their nutrition, which could make matters worse. Results appear in the Journal of Pediatrics.
Did You Know?: Weather talk
Monday, August 6, 2012
What weather term was coined at the University of Iowa?
UI State Fair exhibit offers posters, tattoos, and more
Friday, August 3, 2012
Picture yourself as Napoleon Bonaparte or sit for a photo of yourself with a Hawkeye background. Dissect a virtual cadaver. Learn how to participate in biomedical research and actually do so. It’s all part of the University of Iowa booth at this year’s Iowa State Fair, Aug. 9-19.
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