Academics

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Facilitating student success in Sport and Recreation Management

Thursday, February 2, 2017
Dan Matheson, director of the UI’s Sport and Recreation Management program and recent winner of the University of Iowa President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence, discusses how the SRM team equips Iowa students for success.

Thein publishes article in ‘Innovations in English Language Arts Teacher Education’

Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Amanda Haertling Thein has published “Rethinking Identity and Adolescence in the Teaching of Literature: Implications for Pre-Service Teacher Education.”
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UI College of Engineering partners with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for annual design challenge

Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Hong Kong University students are working with UI students as part of the Virtual International Project Team program, a year-long design challenge that prepares students to work across borders. Long-standing partner Aix-Marseille University in France will continue to participate.

CPH student paper wins American Statistical Association prize

Friday, January 27, 2017
Yaohui Zeng, a doctoral student in biostatistics in the College of Public Health, has been selected as a winner of this year’s student paper competition sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Statistical Computing.

UI ranked No. 2 in US for its entrepreneurial programs

Thursday, January 26, 2017
The University of Iowa has been ranked No. 2 in the country for its entrepreneurial programs by a higher education financing organization that praised its wide array of programs and reasonable tuition.
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Helping high schoolers manage money

Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Finance majors in the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business meet every week with students from Iowa City High School and Iowa City West High School to mentor and to teach financial-literacy skills.
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What role do supermassive black holes play when galaxies merge?

Thursday, January 12, 2017
Galaxies are merging all the time, even our own galaxy, the Milky Way. But how these mergers occur isn’t entirely clear. University of Iowa astrophysicist Hai Fu will use a National Science Foundation grant to find and characterize supermassive black holes associated with merging galaxies.

Kivlighan awarded grant from American Psychological Foundation

Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Martin Kivlighan has been awarded the American Psychological Foundation’s 2016 Division 49 Group Psychotherapy Grant.

Sunstein receives Community Impact Grant

Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Bonnie Sunstein has received a Community Impact Grant from the Office of Outreach and Engagement.

Datchuk receives an Innovations in Teaching with Technology Award

Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Kim Datchuk has received an Innovations in Teaching with Technology Award (ITTA).

UI students create football art

Two University of Iowa art students will exhibit work that was inspired by Hawkeye football games.

Business majors teach financial literacy to Iowa City high school students

Finance majors in the Tippie College of Business teach financial literacy skills to at-risk students in Iowa City high schools.