Faculty

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Academic Panoramic: What is public health?

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Fundamentals of Public Health is an introductory course offered by the UI College of Public Health. Beginning in fall 2016, the UI will also offer a public health bachelor’s program. The Fundamentals course will be part of the undergraduate curriculum.
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Academic Panoramic: Sports as statistical springboard

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Should a football team “go for it” on fourth down or punt the ball away? How in the world do you build the optimal fantasy football team? Jeff Ohlmann uses these scenarios as springboards toward better understanding of mathematical techniques and statistical probability in his first-year seminar, Sports Analytics.
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Academic Panoramic: What's new about getting old?

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
There are some undeniable truths in life. One of them is that we will get older. Yet we don't really know how and why we age. It’s those central questions that Veena Prahlad is tackling in her undergraduate class, Mechanisms of Aging.

Academic Panoramic: Follow the nose

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Students participating in the theatre class Movement Styles: Clown learn to "follow their nose," or confront their vulnerabilities, to create a unique clown character.
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Academic Panoramic: Build, manage, win

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
During the Building and Managing Winning Political Campaigns class, UI Adjunct Instructor Joseph Gaylord emphasizes the five key elements of a winning campaign: the candidate, organization, adequate finances, a believable contrast with the opponent, and a base of support on which to build.

Academic Panoramic: Breaking out of injustice

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Controversy yields conversation. Conversation generates action. Action sculpts the future. The University of Iowa explores these ideas with the fall 2015 course Race and Social Justice After Ferguson.
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Academic Panoramic: Work that leads to jobs

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
In the UI College of Engineering's Program for Enhanced Design Experience, students learn social skills while solving engineering problems.
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Academic Panoramic: Research, at a glance

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Anyone who’s walked through the Pappajohn Business Building in recent months has been a part of the Tippie College of Business’s Contemporary Topics in Marketing class.
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Academic Panoramic: Let's talk giving

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
The weekly class gives students a chance to learn about nonprofit organization branding and donor communication and gain practical experience planning and writing fundraising materials. It’s also a core course in the Fundraising and Philanthropy Communication certificate program.
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Academic Panoramic: The technical art of teaching science

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
"It is not enough anymore to simply lecture to students," says Sophia Klingenberger, a student in Instructional Issues in Teaching Science, a class offered at the new Kirkwood Regional Center at the University of Iowa. The course covers the most effective ways to engage youth in science.

Reminder: UI-owned laptops and tablets must be encrypted by Dec. 31

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
If you have a university-owned mobile device (laptop, tablet, or external storage) that has not yet been encrypted, the Information Security and Policy Office recommends reaching out to your local technology support provider to help the university meet its Dec. 31 deadline.
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Zigging your way to profitable investments

Tuesday, November 10, 2015
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that so-called contrarian investment funds far outperform their herd-fund rivals in several performance measurements and that their managers have found ways to gather information that other managers haven’t figured out.