Faculty

Software aids flood plans

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
New software developed by UI student and faculty will aid in preparations for evacuation during future floods.

Fethke asks, why does tuition go up?

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Gary Fethke of the Tippie College of Business asks why college tuition goes up. And the answer is because taxpayer support goes down.

Fethke writes about the B-school model

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Gary Fethke of the Tippie College of Business co-wrote an opinion piece about the challenges facing public education in the United States as state support dwindles.

Souaiaia writes about Iran sanctions

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
UI religious studies professor Ahmed Souaiaia writes about Obama's attempts to communicate directly with the Iranian people.
Colorful abacus.

Actuaries, actually

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Actuaries are expected to be in demand in coming years. But what do actuaries do? Beyond something that involves math and insurance, explanations always seem mysterious and bizarre, something that only other practitioners of actuarial science can really understand.
a globe sits on financial papers

Going global

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
A class offered this spring by the University of Iowa is helping entrepreneurs from around the state learn how to take their businesses global.

Field warns of radon threat, lack of funding

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Bill Field, a professor of occupational and environmental health at the UI, writes about the danger of radon, and why he believes the EPA shouldn't be allowed to drop the ball by eliminating funding to help states promote radon awareness.

CLAS names 2012 dean's, collegiate scholars

Monday, April 2, 2012
Five faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been honored for their excellence in teaching and scholarship or creative work.

Morphew comments on fixed tuition

Monday, April 2, 2012
Christopher Morphew, chair of the department of educational policy and leadership studies at the UI, says fixed tuition pricing plans, which guarantee the price of tuition for several semesters, function "largely as a marketing ploy."

Perlmutter on the difficulty of service

Monday, April 2, 2012
David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, writes that service is a good deed that gets punished for many junior faculty.

UI experts comment on the battle against lung cancer

Friday, March 30, 2012
A trio of UI experts say tobacco company spending and cuts in prevention funding make it difficult to combat lung cancer.

Don't forget: A talk about memory

Friday, March 30, 2012
Neuroscientist André Fenton will give a lecture titled “Erasing, Tracing, and Harnessing Memory” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, in Shambaugh Auditorium in the University of Iowa Main Library.