Academics

New UI TV spot airs this weekend

Friday, August 29, 2014
The University of Iowa will introduce a new promotional spot tomorrow (Saturday, Aug. 30), during the Hawkeye football broadcast, which will be carried nationally on the Big Ten Network.
A mother and her infant "talk" with each other.

Parents, listen next time your baby babbles

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Parents who try to understand their baby's babbling let their infants know they can communicate, which leads to children forming complex sounds and using language more quickly. That’s according to a new study by the University of Iowa and Indiana University.
Beverly Scott of Chicago adds to the makeshift memorial in Ferguson, Missouri, for Michael Brown. Joe Raedle / Getty Images

UI professor explains demographic shifts in Ferguson

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Colin Gordon, a UI history professor who has studied housing in St. Louis, has emerged as an authority on demographic shifts and zoning restrictions in Ferguson, Missouri.

Training Iowa Leaders - UI ROTC

Friday, August 22, 2014
The University of Iowa Army ROTC provides individuals with the tools, training, and experiences they need to become officers in the U.S. Army. The curriculum challenges students who want to excel and get more out of the college experience.
portrait of Sarah Hansen

Student Success Team coordinator: Immersion program working

Monday, August 18, 2014
Sarah Hansen coordinates the Student Success Team, which formed in 2006 as a small, interdisciplinary group to talk about how the UI could help students be successful. It has grown to include more than 250 people, and many projects that originated from early team discussions, such as On Iowa!, have become part of campus culture.
Riot police clear a street with smoke bombs while clashing with demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri August 13, 2014. (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni) Read more at http://thegazette.com/subject/news/iowa-professor-sheds-light-on-racial-tension-in-ferguson-20140821#

UI professor sheds light on racial tensions in Ferguson

Friday, August 15, 2014
UI history professor Colin Gordon has emerged as a national authority on the demographic shifts in Ferguson, Missouri, and the larger St. Louis area, that some say underlies the boiling tensions between mostly black residents and predominantly white authorities.

Educating Iowa students: Alex Bartlett

Friday, August 15, 2014
Alexandra Bartlett of Clive, Iowa, considered leaving her home state for college, but the opportunities the University of Iowa offered her were too good to pass up.
UI opera performance

The show goes on

Friday, August 15, 2014
From the latest issue of Iowa Alumni Magazine, a look at the UI Opera Theatre program.

UI camp helps Cedar Rapids students prepare for school

Thursday, August 14, 2014
A two-day boot camp sponsored by the UI College of Education’s Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research (ICATER) teaches kids how to use a talk-to-text software program to help them get ahead in school.
Blues Clues characters in front of a house.

UI professor: What's on the screen affects baby and toddler language

Tuesday, August 12, 2014
The UI College of Education's Deborah Linebarger says screen media can be a tool for learning for infants and toddlers, if parents pick the right programs. Linebarger presented her most recent study over the weekend at the American Psychological Association's annual convention.
A group of UI students in the Irish Writing Program climb on stone structure in Ireland

Iowa in Ireland—a glimpse into the Irish Writing Program

Monday, August 11, 2014
Experience the Irish Writing Program through the eyes of the program's director and some of the UI students who participated in the summer 2014 study abroad program by watching this video.
Brian Hand discusses science education

UI's Brian Hand helps improve Iowa's performance on the 'nation's report card'

Friday, August 8, 2014
Students in classrooms across Iowa and around the globe who use UI science education professor Brian Hand’s teaching approach, not only improve their learning of science and math, but improve their critical-thinking skills, which leads to better jobs and having more success.