Faculty

Mastering big data in Des Moines

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business will begin offering a Master of Science degree in business analytics starting this fall in Des Moines, providing flexible opportunities for advanced study in a rapidly growing career field.

Leadership program makes big leap

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The UI College of Education’s Master of Arts in educational leadership program ranks No. 17 in the 2016 edition of the 'U.S. News and World Report’ Best Online Graduate Education Programs and the 16th-best program for veterans, thanks to an excellent job placement rate and the flexibility online learning provides.

Hand, McDermott publish chapter

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Mark A. McDermott and Brian Hand publish "Modeling Scientific Communication with Multimodal Writing Tasks: Impact on Students at Different Grade Levels" in "Using Multimodal Representations to Support Learning in the Science Classroom."

Linebarger publishes chapter in new book

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Deborah Linebarger publishes chapter "Scientific Concepts, Multiple Modalities, and Young Children" in "Using Multimodal Representations to Support Learning in the Science Classroom."

A fair shake for faculty

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld pushes for increased faculty compensation despite state budgeting constraints.
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Honoring the human values that the King holiday epitomizes

Monday, January 11, 2016
Join the campuswide celebration! Faculty, staff, students, and community members will participate in lectures, discussions, and cultural arts presentations. All events are free and open to the public.
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Get to Know…Sam Watkins

Monday, January 11, 2016
The "Get to Know" series asks University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students a few questions about their work and outside interests. Meet senior graphic design student Sam Watkins, who painted eight portraits of Martin Luther King Jr. that comprise an Iowa Memorial Union exhibition called "Keep Moving Forward."

Recent deaths

Monday, January 11, 2016
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

UI recognized for excellence in pain education

Monday, January 11, 2016
The UI is one of  11 Centers for Excellence in Pain Education selected by the National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium. The  centers will help improve pain education for undergraduate and graduate health professional students. 

Boosting mothers' moods

Monday, January 11, 2016
A University of Iowa researcher is working with the Veterans Administration on a pilot program to help female veterans suffering from postpartum depression.

Pieper elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation

Monday, January 11, 2016
Andrew Pieper, professor of psychiatry and member of the Pappajohn Biomedical Institute, has been selected for membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected medical honor societies
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UI photographers select best of 2015

Monday, January 11, 2016
Photographers in the University of Iowa's Office of Strategic Communication submitted a gallery of some of their favorite work from 2015.