College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UI computer simulations to mitigate military injuries
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
The Virtual Soldier Research Program at the University of Iowa has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to create a simulation program to predict and prevent musculoskeletal injuries in U.S. Marines—one of the leading medical problems impeding military readiness.
Building bikes and a world-class reputation
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
The University of Iowa is the only academic institution ever to exhibit student work at the North American Handmade Bike Show.
UI Symphony Orchestra live stream, Feb. 17, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Can't make it to the Feb. 17 Symphony Orchestra performance? The University of Iowa School of Music will live stream the concert.
UI students named to President's List for fall 2015
Friday, February 12, 2016
The University of Iowa is recognizing the students named to the President's List for the 2015 fall semester.
UI students named to Dean's List for fall 2015
Friday, February 12, 2016
The University of Iowa is recognizing the undergraduate students named to the Dean's List for the 2015 fall semester.
UI students receive degrees after 2015 fall semester
Friday, February 12, 2016
The University of Iowa awarded about 1,350 degrees at the close of the 2015 fall semester.
The UI's science guides
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
For 16 years, the Iowa Biosciences Academy has helped UI undergraduates from groups underrepresented in the sciences navigate their academic paths, including paid research work with faculty mentors, career counseling, and help with graduate school applications.
ROTC from the rafters
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
To help the Iowa ROTC Detachment celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, the UI Army ROTC cadre conducted a rappelling demonstration in Carver-Hawkeye Arena during the UI wrestling meet on Feb. 5.
UI's Cohen brings music to prisons
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Mary Cohen, an associate professor of music education, created a graduate seminar in 2009 based at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville—known locally as the Oakdale Prison, which is about restorative and transformative justice.
Everything you need to know about the caucuses, from two people who know
Monday, February 1, 2016
UI political scientist Tim Hagle discusses why Iowa gets to vote first and other common questions about the Iowa caucus process.
Tool created by UI professors tracks political news, sentiments
Monday, February 1, 2016
The group spent at least two years designing the site's algorithms which search social media and find the top trending stories, tweets and more about the ten highest polling candidates.
Beyond the shiny new toy: Next frontier for digital humanities
Monday, February 1, 2016
Two University of Iowa faculty members and a Grinnell professor are using Mellon Digital Bridges funding to take a national lead in humanities/computer collaborations. They aim to see how two datasets could be combined to answer a host of questions about the history of published literary texts.
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