Faculty

'Iowa Law Review,' 'Journal of Corporation Law' earn plaudits

Monday, May 9, 2016
Iowa Law’s journals are all student-edited, and these rankings provide an important example of student achievement.

Tippie team places third in challenge to develop farming model using data analytics

Monday, May 9, 2016
A team from the Tippie College of Business captured third place in the Syngenta Crop Challenge in Orlando April 11.

Iowa Law student places second in writing competition

Monday, May 9, 2016
The annual competition honors the memory of Louis Jackson, a founding partner in Jackson Lewis LLP, which “pioneered the concept of preventive employee relations to help employers shape a positive and productive workplace.”

UI College of Law Trial Advocacy Team Competes at National Finals

Monday, May 9, 2016
Iowa Law’s Trial Ad team made it to the quarter finals, where they finished in the top eight.

Voice mail getting a facelift

Monday, May 9, 2016
Write down those saved messages! The University of Iowa will upgrade its campus telephone voice mail system May 19 through June 2. The new voice mail system will function exactly as the previous version, but old messages cannot be transferred to the new system.

Domann receives Distinguished Scientist Award

Monday, May 9, 2016
Frederick Domann, professor in the UI Carver College of Medicine, received a Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine at the organization's annual meeting April 2 through 6 in San Diego.

Iowa faculty, graduate students win digital humanities support

Monday, May 9, 2016
The UI Studio Scholars Program steering committee has selected 10 UI faculty members and five graduate students for Digital Humanities (DH) support.

Study suggests bipolar disorder has genetic links to autism

Monday, May 9, 2016
A new study by researchers from the University of Iowa, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory suggests there may be an overlap between rare genetic variations linked to bipolar disorder (BD) and those implicated in schizophrenia and autism.
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Author Bill Bryson to receive honorary degree from UI

Monday, May 9, 2016
Bill Bryson is the author of 21 nonfiction books, his most recent being "The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island."

Third finalist named for director of public safety position

Sunday, May 8, 2016
On Sunday, May 8, the UI announced the third candidate for the position of assistant vice president and director of public safety. Douglas Tripp, senior director of safety and security for Orange County Public Schools in Florida, will visit campus May 9 and 10.
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Welcome to Springfield

Friday, May 6, 2016
UI driving researchers have developed a 285-square-mile virtual city to offer a safer, faster, and more cost-effective way to test vehicles, including driverless cars.

Why are so many great black TV shows missing from streaming services?

Tim Havens, a communications studies professor at the University of Iowa who studies the intersection of race, ethnicity and the media, says it’s been hard to pin down a definitive answer to the lingering question of why so many black TV shows are missing from streaming services.