Faculty
Longevity Awards, November 2018
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.
Longevity Awards, October 2018
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.
Longevity Awards, September 2018
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.

UI physicist hunts for mysterious force behind universe’s expansion
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
A postdoctoral researcher at the University of Iowa is hot on the trail of dark energy, the mysterious force thought to be behind the universe’s accelerated expansion. Spyridon Argyropoulos is leading particle-collision experiments establishing boundaries for where dark energy might be found.

UI professor’s program linking jazz, civil rights movement spreads across Iowa
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Damani Phillips, University of Iowa associate professor of jazz studies and African American studies, created “Jazz in the Fight for Civil Rights” for a campus event five years ago. Since then, it has toured Iowa and the world.
UI team helps find gene integral to animal and human hearing
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
A team of biologists co-led by the University of Iowa has found a gene that is integral to animal and human hearing. The gene, called Neurod1, orchestrates a sequence of gene expression activities that are essential for forming the frequency-specific connection between the ear and the brain.

25th annual UI Dance Marathon raises nearly $3M
Monday, February 4, 2019
The University of Iowa’s student-led Dance Marathon raised nearly $3 million for the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital in its 25th year.
UI researcher finds the pros and cons of the office "extra miler"
Monday, February 4, 2019
Recent studies by Ning Li, management professor in the UI's Tippie College of Business, find that the the person in the office who is always working a little harder, the so-called “extra miler,” can provide extra leadership for a firm, but might also stifle employee creativity.
Preparing senior citizens to survive and rebuild after a disaster
Monday, February 4, 2019
UI College of Public Health professor Sato Ashida has developed an easy to understand checklist for elderly people and their caregivers to complete that will help them survive a disaster, such as a tornado or flood, and help them get back on their feet afterward.

UI develops leaders who inspire innovation in Iowa’s K–12 schools
Monday, February 4, 2019
Three-time UI student Laura Williams trains Iowa teachers in best practices and curriculum she learned at the College of Education.
CLAS junior Charlie Ellis leads Dance Marathon 25
Friday, February 1, 2019
As the executive director of the University of Iowa Dance Marathon, junior Enterprise Leadership major Charlie Ellis has made a big impact on the direction of Dance Marathon for years to come.

Iowa students learn about law in London
Friday, February 1, 2019
The London Law Program comprises 10 days of coursework and tours of important British law locations such as Parliament and the United Kingdom Supreme Court.
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