Faculty

Rural Communities Fall Further Behind In COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Keith Mueller, director of the University of Iowa's Rural Policy Research Institute in the College of Public Health, discusses concerns over rural communities outside America's cities falling behind in the race to vaccinate against COVID-19.

Jennings receives Doug Trank Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Will Jennings, associate professor of instruction, received the Rhetoric Department’s Doug Trank Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring.
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Iowa Department of Education, UI to launch new pre-K-12 school mental health center

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Iowa Department of Education and the University of Iowa today announced a partnership aimed at expanding support for mental health, including training, resources and outreach to educators and schools across the state.

PhD student Cecilia Fasano wins three-year NASA research grant

Cecilia Fasano, a PhD student in the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy, has earned a three-year Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) fellowship from NASA's Astrophysics Division to advance her research into making and assessing UV/X-ray diffraction gratings, which will be used in future NASA missions.

McMillan selected for prestigious residential fellowship in ballet

Professor Christopher-Rasheem McMillan of the University of Iowa has been selected by the New York University Center for Ballet and the Arts for its prestigious Resident Fellowship.
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Durham named faculty ombudsperson

Thursday, June 17, 2021
University of Iowa Interim President John Keller has appointed Meenakshi (Gigi) Durham faculty ombudsperson in the Office of the Ombudsperson. Durham will replace Rachel Williams, who served in the role for three years.
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7 collaborative projects approved for P3 funding

Thursday, June 17, 2021
After a rigorous proposal and selection process, the University of Iowa has awarded seven interdisciplinary projects with more than $12 million in funding generated by the public-private partnership (P3) with its utility system.
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Researchers find human infant brains, bodies unexpectedly active during second, major sleep stage

Wednesday, June 16, 2021
A University of Iowa team has found that babies twitch during a sleep stage called quiet sleep, not just during REM sleep. The results may show there’s more communication between snoozing infants’ brains and motor systems than previously known.

Physicists solve how auroras are created

Physicists led by the University of Iowa demonstrated through experiments how auroras – the famed northern and southern lights -- are created.
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Future of Work@Iowa shares final report for campus

Thursday, June 10, 2021
The University of Iowa’s Future of Work@Iowa committee has shared its final report as campus prepares to resume in-person, face-to-face instruction in the fall 2021 semester.

Whaley co-authors book on comics studies

Wednesday, June 9, 2021
University of Iowa Professor Deborah Whaley has co-authored a new book about the field of comics studies.
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Physicists determine how auroras are created

Monday, June 7, 2021
Physicists led by the University of Iowa report definitive evidence of how auroras are created. In experiments, the physicists demonstrated the physical mechanisms for the acceleration of electrons by Alfven waves under conditions corresponding to Earth’s auroral magnetosphere.