Faculty

Tippie initiatives encourage more women to become business leaders

Under Dean Sarah Gardial, the Tippie College of Business has made it a priority to encourage more women to aggressively pursue business leadership positions.

UI TIER: Office 365 email upgrade near completion

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Benefits of the Office 365 upgrade include 50-times-larger storage capacity—nearly eliminating the need to delete messages to create inbox space—and one terabyte of cloud file storage through OneDrive, so employees can access files from anywhere, sync across devices, and share files with co-workers.
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How do you get high school students to eat better?

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
The University of Iowa Public Policy Center, the College of Public Health, the Iowa Department of Education, and five high schools across the state have teamed up to help students make healthier school-lunch choices by empowering them to assess and change their lunchrooms.
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What's shaking at Trowbridge Hall?

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
The University of Iowa has its first seismometer. The next time you walk around the first floor of Trowbridge Hall, check out the monitor outside Bill Barnhart’s office. You might just witness an earthquake.

How Trump's 'toxic masculinity' is bad for other men

UI College of Education’s William Liu, a professor of counseling psychology, describes how Donald Trump embodies “toxic masculinity” and how this is psychologically unhealthy.

We may know less than we thought about what helps or hurts students

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Nicholas A. Bowman, associate professor of higher education and student affairs in the UI College of Education, and two doctoral students share research from new studies that argue research on educational outcomes fails to fully account for students’ predispositions or the risks of too much of a good thing.
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Giving a voice to patients who can't speak

Monday, April 18, 2016
A University of Iowa spinout company that invented a device allowing physically impaired patients to communicate with health care providers expects to launch its product this summer after receiving significant investor interest during clinical trials.

Recent deaths

Monday, April 18, 2016
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

UI embarking on collaborative budget process

Monday, April 18, 2016
As Fiscal Year 2017 approaches, UI academic and administrative leaders embark on a new, values-based budget process intended to give deans and vice presidents greater decision-making power while also improving transparency.

How much do you know about the real 'Jungle Book' animals?

Russell L. Ciochon, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Iowa, says while Gigantopithecus, the King Louie ape is about 400,000 years old, he approves of its inclusion in the new Jungle Book film.

Wheeldon's new 'Nutcracker' for Joffrey announces Broadway artists

The all-new production of “The Nutcracker” for the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago will first be seen at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, where it will play Dec. 1-4 at the Hancher Auditorium.

Sigmund receives NIH grant to study blood vessel health

Friday, April 15, 2016
Researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, have been awarded a four-year $2.48 million NIH grant to study a molecular pathway that appears to protect blood vessels from damage caused by cardiovascular stressors, including high-fat diet and aging.