College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

UI flood update for July 2, 2014

Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Here is the latest official information about flood preparation efforts at the University of Iowa.

Opera Theatre to present 'Patience' July 10-13

Wednesday, July 2, 2014
The University of Iowa Summer Opera will present Gilbert and Sullivan’s "Patience" at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, July 10-12, and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 13, at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts.

UI students named to President's List for spring 2014

Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Some 300 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the President's List for the 2014 spring semester.
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UI graduate premiers documentary in Council Bluffs about children of meth users

Monday, June 30, 2014
Recent UI graduate Katie Kuntz knew that three minutes wasn't enough to tell the story of the children of methamphetamine users, so she expanded her journalism class project into a senior thesis documentary, which will premier in Council Bluffs this week.

UI students named to Dean's List for spring 2014

Thursday, June 26, 2014
Some 3,800 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the Dean's List for the 2014 spring semester.

Bad learning

Wednesday, June 25, 2014
University of Iowa researchers have discovered a new form of neurotransmission that influences the long-lasting memory created by addictive drugs, like cocaine and opioids, and the subsequent craving for these drugs of abuse. Loss of this type of neurotransmission creates changes in brains cells that resemble the changes caused by drug addiction.
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Student finds her ideal summer activity in UI creative writing workshop

Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Hamilton High School’s Hannah Miao is spending part of her summer in a creative writing workshop at the University of Iowa called Between the Lines, a program that brings together young, talented writers of various cultural backgrounds.
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Durham discusses news preferences among readers

Wednesday, June 25, 2014
UI journalism professor Frank Durham joins two Iowa State colleagues for a discussion of the disconnect between the types of news people say is important (international, business, political) and they types of stories the click on online; is reading hard news coverage like eating your vegetables?

Student's essay yields year's tuition at UI

Monday, June 23, 2014
Seven high school sophomores from across Iowa will receive scholarships for their entries in the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization’s 2014 Paul Engle Day: Glory of the Senses Essay Contest. The University of Iowa partnered with the Iowa City organization to offer the top prize winner one year of free tuition to the UI.

Blumberg honored with a MERIT Award

Monday, June 23, 2014
Mark Blumberg, F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology, has been honored with a MERIT Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, becoming only the second faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to ever receive this honor.
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UI camp helps children who stutter improve their speech

Wednesday, June 18, 2014
This week the UI Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Clinic is hosting its annual camp for children who stutter, during which participants receive five hours of group and individual therapy a day for nine days—far more intensive than anything they receive while in school.
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Always stressed? Beware—it'll affect your short-term memory in old age

Wednesday, June 18, 2014
In older adults, an excess of the stress hormone cortisol has been linked to increased short-term memory loss—that's according to a new study by researchers at the University of Iowa.