Faculty

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Iowa Regents to consider tuition and UI budget

Wednesday, July 13, 2016
The Board of Regents will consider the University of Iowa’s proposed fiscal year 2017 budget and decide new tuition levels for fall 2016. If the proposed tuition increase is approved, UI’s general university budget is expected to grow by 4.4 percent in FY 2017 to $736 million.

Wurster assumes national institute's chair-elect post

Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Dale Wurster, professor in the UI College of Pharmacy, has been elected the next National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education (NIPTE) Faculty Committee chair-elect.
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Hawkeye hails academic access close to home

Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Bonnie Brown is a mother with a full-time job, studying social work and taking newly offered courses through the Des Moines campus of the University of Iowa.
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Cavity-fighting liquid lets kids avoid dentists' drill

Arwa Owais, associate professor of pediatric dentistry at the UI College of Dentistry, talks about a liquid called silver diamine fluoride (SDF), which is an alternative to having a cavity drilled and filled by a dentist. SDF can be brushed on cavities to stop decay painlessly.

IEM traders not fully convinced GOP will nominate Trump

A week before the start of the GOP national convention and traders on the Iowa Electronic Markets believe there's still a 10 percent chance the party will nominate someone other than Donald Trump.

A tasty tradition

Monday, July 11, 2016
A cool tradition—elementary school students inventing a new flavor of ice cream for sale at Iowa City’s Heyn’s Ice Cream—turns 20 this year.
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Charting a course

Monday, July 11, 2016
Meet the UI College of Education's new dean, Dan Clay, who combines academic chops with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Young African leaders visit Quad Cities organic farm as part of UI program

A group of 25 young African business leaders toured an organic farm near Davenport on July 8 as part of their participation in the U.S. State Department's Young African Leadership Initiative, offered through the University of Iowa.

Young African leaders tour Quad Cities as part of UI program

A group of young Africans looking to start businesses in their homelands toured the Quad Cities on July 8 as part of their fellowship at the University of Iowa through the U.S. State Department's Young African Leadership Initiative.

UI secures National Science Foundation research grant

Friday, July 8, 2016
Two faculty members from the Colleges of Education and Liberal Arts and Sciences were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation in the amount of $137,893 for a study in engaged learning.
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New self-cleaning culvert design wins recognition

Thursday, July 7, 2016
UI research engineer Marian Muste’s innovative self-cleaning culvert design has received a national award from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Research Advisory Council (RAC).

Leach looks at world after Brexit vote

Law professor and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Jim Leach looks at how the world might change after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.