Faculty

Business school's eye in the sky

UI's Tippie College of Business is home to a unique study to measure the effectiveness of facial recognition devices.
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Creating memories, fulfilling dreams

Friday, January 1, 2016
They say everyone has a story, and it’s no different for the thousands and thousands of Hawkeyes who traveled to California for the Rose Bowl.
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Alumni represent, reflect in Los Angeles

Thursday, December 31, 2015
University of Iowa alumni all over the world are excited for the Rose Bowl Game. And for some who call Los Angeles home, it’s a time to celebrate their beloved team and reflect on how their time in Iowa City helped prepare them for where they are today.

UI students to help clinic in India expand services for the poor

January class offered by UI's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center is taking a group of students to an eye clinic in India where they will look for efficiencies and cost savings so the clinic can expand the vision services it offers to the poor.

Grassley, Ernst recognize 150th anniversary of UI College of Law

The U.S. Senate recognized the 150th anniversary of the University of Iowa College of Law by passing a resolution commemorating some of the school’s achievements. The resolution was introduced by Iowa’s two U.S. senators, Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst.

UI's MBA program in Quad Cities gets new building

Construction is almost finished on the Tippie College of Business' new building in Davenport that will house its part-time Professional MBA and other professional business education programs in the Quad Cities.

UI medical school alumnus goes from UNI basketball doctor to East Timor

Dan Murphy graduated from the UI medical school and eventually became team doctor for UNI's basketball team, but now he's providing desperately needed health care services in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation of East Timor.

Iowa City man donates kidney to wife

Monday, December 28, 2015
A UI music professor received an unique gift from her husband -- a kidney. Wayne and Kristin Thelander had the dual surgery around Thanksgiving. Doctors at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where the procedure was performed, said about 10 percent of living donations happen between spouses.

Liver-generated hormone regulates sweet tooth

Monday, December 28, 2015
A University of Iowa-led study shows a hormone produced by the liver, fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), suppresses the consumption of simple sugars. "This is the first liver-derived hormone we know that regulates sugar intake specifically," said Matthew Potthoff, assistant professor of pharmacology in the UI Carver College of Medicine.

Study identifies liver-generated hormone that regulates 'sweet tooth'

Monday, December 28, 2015
A new University of Iowa-led study, published in "Cell Metabolism," has identified a hormone that appears to be linked to sugar cravings and consumption. The research could improve diet and help diabetic and obese patients.

Young receives Faculty Service Award from Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities

Monday, December 21, 2015
Rachel Young, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, receives the first annual Faculty Service Award, presented by the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities.

Low-tech solutions provide breakthrough for UI professor

Monday, December 21, 2015
In much of the developing world, fossil fuels and electricity are too expensive to be options for cooking. Instead, people there use wood burning stoves that create environmental impacts of their own, including desertification of the forests that supply the wood, and soot released when the wood doesn't burn completely.