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UI plans stalking awareness campaign for spring
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
The UI also has a stalking awareness campaign planned for this spring, with the goal of better educating people on what stalking can look like and how to avoid becoming a victim.
New online look for UI
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
The new University of Iowa home page, unveiled Tuesday, is meant to better share the university's story while connecting users with the information they want to know.
Beyond basketball
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
For student-athletes at the University of Iowa, there is more to the story than athletic success, and that was never more evident than during the Jan. 4 women's basketball practice inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
UI research shows unintended impact of college rankings
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Michael Sauder, a UI associate professor in sociology and fellow-in-residence with the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, spent the last semester analyzing the unintended consequences of rankings—especially those in the educational realm.
How cold is it when the economy breaks?
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
A lot of things we take for granted daily—from starting the car to turning on the faucet—were a little harder today: “Things just break when it’s cold..they’re under more stress, and it’s when you need them most,” says UI professor Wilf Nixon.
Possible vaccine to combat staph infections shows value of research
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
If upcoming tests verify the efficacy of a staph vaccine developed by UI microbiologist Patrick Schlievert's research team, that would be a remarkable scientific achievement for the University of Iowa, and it would be an immense contribution to world health.
The unintended consequences of rankings
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
During his time as an Obermann Fellow-in-Residence, UI sociology associate professor Michael Sauder is examining one of the most influential measures in the world of education—the U.S. News & World Report college rankings.
UI to report over 51% graduate in 4 years
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
The University of Iowa is the first state supported school to pass a significant milestone in student retention: a little more than 51 percent of UI students who graduated last year completed their studies in four years.
UI archaeologists create new online curriculum
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Archaeologists from the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist partnered with a diverse team of Iowa and national educators and scholars to develop an archaeology curriculum, Investigating a Midwestern Wickiup, available free online through Project Archaeology beginning Jan. 31.
New interactive campus maps site
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
A new University of Iowa maps website—maps.uiowa.edu—promises to make finding your way around campus a lot easier.
New UI home page goes live
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
The University of Iowa introduces a more flexible and functional home page, one of the biggest evolutions since the university opened its first online front door nearly 20 years ago.
Home page history
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
This week, the University of Iowa launches a new home page that's a far cry from its first, and from many of the pages that have come in between. Take a look back at home pages from the past 20 years.
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