Faculty

UI external research funding sees uptick despite challenges

Monday, July 17, 2017
Fiscal year 2017 saw an estimated 1 percent increase in both total external funding and funding that supports research and scholarship at the University of Iowa.

Iowa Young Writers’ Studio attracts high schoolers from around the world

More than 140 high school students from around Iowa, the U.S., and countries like Italy, China, South Korea, and Canada have come to the University of Iowa to learn at the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio. The students spend two weeks honing their craft and immersing themselves in Iowa City culture.

Teaching world religions to Iowa elementary school students

Jessica Graff, a spring 2017 graduate of the University of Iowa with degrees in English and engaged social innovation, wrote an essay about her honors thesis project, “The Interfaith Initiative.” Graff taught K-6 students about world religions and tolerance in after-school programs in the Iowa City, Iowa, area.

Recent deaths

Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.
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Finding inner strength in personal training

Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Margee Miller came to the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in late 2011 for health coaching, a visit that would lead her down a path of mindfulness and fitness.

UI makes progress on revising, streamlining intellectual property policies

The university recently completed the first part of an intellectual property policy revision process. The policy ensures that inventions by faculty and staff are clearly identified, adequately protected, and leveraged in a way that benefits the inventor, the university, and the public.

What can bird brains teach us about human cognition? Plenty

Pigeons, UI researcher Edward Wasserman has shown, can do a lot of what humans can do, including learning many new object categories simultaneously, selectively ignoring irrelevant information, and learning to recognize human emotional expressions, even on unfamiliar faces.

UI graduate student’s mural brings abstract art to downtown Clinton

Ali Hval, a UI graduate student in art, helped officials from the city of Clinton, Iowa, and the UI’s Office of Outreach and Engagement unveil the mural she designed and painted at a ribbon cutting July 6. Hval’s mural adorns the historic Jacobsen Building in downtown Clinton.

Using tele-ERs can save patients money

A study from the College of Public Health finds that patients in rural areas can save money if their local hospital has a tele-ER service, which helps them avoid an expensive transfer to a better-equipped hospital in a larger city.

Kaskie has front-row seat to health care reform debate

College of Public Health professor Brian Kaskie has a unique vantage of the U.S. Senate's health care reform debate, spending the year in Washington, D.C., working as a fellow on the staff of the Special Subcommittee on Aging.

UI’s Patterson chosen for national HR professional development program

Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Shamika Patterson, human resources coordinator at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, is one of six participants selected for the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) 2017–18 Wildfire program.

Peek-Asa, Janssen talk about how to stay safe while having summer fun

Faculty members Corinne Peek-Asa and Brandi Janssen of the College of Public Health talk about how to stay safe and avoid injury while having summer fun.