Faculty

Schmidt comments on IQ’s relation to on-the-job success

Frank Schmidt, emeritus professor of management and organizations, comments on his landmark study that finds intelligence is the most important factor in determining if a person is successful in their job.

UI expert offers policy suggestions for addressing opioid addiction crisis

Carri Casteel, associate professor of occupational and environmental health in the UI College of Public Health, offers five suggestions for policy makers to consider as they look to address the state’s prescription opioid addiction crisis.

UI report suggests policy recommendations to address state’s opioid crisis

A report from the University of Iowa’s Injury Prevention Resource Center offers five program recommendations for policy makers to consider as they address the prescription opioid addiction crisis in the state.

UI’s art history masters program listed among 15 leading programs in the US

Artsy lauds the University of Iowa’s art history master’s program for its ability to give students a “broad, comprehensive grounding in global art history.”
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Homecoming 2017, in pictures

Monday, October 9, 2017
From performances by the Iowa Spirit Squad and Alumni Band to homecoming royalty cruising in Corvettes, Hawkeye pride was on display at the 2017 homecoming parade and game. Check out a gallery of the festivities that led up to Iowa’s victory over Illinois.
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UI announces second finalist for vice president for medical affairs and dean of medicine

Sunday, October 8, 2017
A university search committee has announced the second final candidate for the next University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

Co-chairs named for vice president for research and economic development search committee

Thursday, October 5, 2017
University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld has named faculty members David Gier and Aliasger Salem co-chairs of the search committee tasked with selecting the next vice president for research and economic development.

President Harreld: Resilient UI looks to the future

Thursday, October 5, 2017
University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld considers the UI’s resiliency and its forward-thinking stance on everything from creative writing to computer engineering.

UI’s nonprofit resource center adds to services offered at Des Moines’ Iowa Higher Education Center

The Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center is expanding the services it offers to Iowa nonprofit organizations and opening a second office in Des Moines, adding to the university services offered at the Iowa Center for Higher Education.

UI's Fluharty, Dustin Gordon look at why fewer rural students are going to college

Fewer and fewer graduates of rural high schools are going to college. Charles Fluharty, director of UI's Rural Policy Research Institute, and Tippie College of Business student Dustin Gordon, from Sharpburg, Iowa (population: 89), look at possible reasons why.

Schott discusses how rural Iowa towns are responding to larger Latino populations

Jeff Schott, director of the UI's Institute of Public Affairs, says increased Latino immigration has revived many Iowa towns, but the change can prove difficult.
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Iowa Women’s Archives turns 25

Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Iowa Women’s Archives (IWA) has been preserving the history of Iowa women, their families, and their communities for a quarter-century.