Faculty
Ted Abel to present UI’s 38th Presidential Lecture
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Ted Abel, professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and director of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute at the UI, will deliver Iowa’s 38th Presidential Lecture on Nov. 7 in the Iowa Memorial Union.
Epic MegaGrant aims to pair Iowa’s virtual human model with Unreal Engine
Thursday, October 7, 2021
The University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI) has received an Epic MegaGrant that will be used to explore the integration of its virtual human, Santos, with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine.
NWP Professor Melissa Febos's book lights up the media in 2021
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
The University of Iowa—renowned worldwide for creative writing—has struck literary gold again, thanks to Melissa Febos, associate professor of English in the Nonfiction Writing Program.
New UI Anti-Violence Plan addresses findings from 2021 Speak Out Iowa survey
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Through its latest comprehensive anti-violence plan, the University of Iowa continues to enhance efforts to combat sexual misconduct (sexual harassment, technology-facilitated harassment, stalking, dating violence, and sexual violence) on our campus.
UI alum Daniel Alarcón receives MacArthur ‘genius grant’
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Writer and radio producer Daniel Alarcón, who received a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2004, was named a recipient of a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship, also known as the “genius grant.”
Iowa researchers awarded $4M to further renewable energy industries
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Researchers led by the University of Iowa have been awarded $4 million in funding to support renewable energy industries in Iowa and Kansas. The funding, from the U.S. National Science Foundation, seeks to bolster the nation's competitiveness in renewable energy.
UI physicist part of team receiving DOE grant
Thursday, September 23, 2021
University of Iowa physicist Michael Flatté is part of a national research team that has won funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue to advance quantum science and technology.
Museum zebra gets X-ray
Thursday, September 23, 2021
The Department of Radiology at University of Iowa Health Care along with University of Iowa Health Care Information Systems teamed up with the Museum of Natural History to help conservators learn more about the methods used to prepare a historic Zebra specimen on display in Mammal Hall.
University of Iowa increases biofuel acres with miscanthus
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
The University of Iowa met its goal of 40 percent renewable energy by 2020, with help from tall grasses
Hollingworth named to Big Ten Equality Coalition Executive Committee
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Liz Hollingworth, educational leadership professor and interim DEO in the University of Iowa College of Education, has been named to the Big Ten Equality Coalition Executive Committee for 2021-22.
UI seeks state funding to modernize MacLean Hall
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
The University of Iowa is seeking state funding to modernize an iconic building on campus that is home to one of the fastest-growing undergraduate programs.
UI mechanical engineering professor receives DARPA Young Investigator Award
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Caterina Lamuta, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Iowa, has taken a keen interest in cephalopods and has found new ways to mimic their tentacles in the lab. Lamuta was recently awarded a prestigious Young Investigator Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop new self-morphing, stretchable soft skins for use in...
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