Faculty

David Gould in Las Vegas

Town meets UI gown as part of Las Vegas' Downtown Project

Thursday, June 12, 2014
Several UI faculty members participated in a faculty summit as part of the Downtown Project that's reviving downtown Las Vegas, headed by David Gould, public scholar in the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.
Medical students participated in a grain bin rescue training exercise at UI.

UI holds grain bin rescue training

Medical students participated in a grain bin rescue training exercise at the University of Iowa so they're more familiar with the kinds of injuries that can be associated with that kind of an accident.
UI law professor Lea VanderVelde discusses the legacy of the Dred Scott decision in the August chambers of the Supreme Court

VanderVelde speaks to U.S. Supreme Court about Dred Scott

Thursday, June 12, 2014
UI law professor Lea VanderVelde discusses the legacy of the Dred Scott decision in the august chambers of the Supreme Court of the United States, with an introduction by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
UI Children's Hospital partial logo

UI Children's Hospital receives national recognition

Thursday, June 12, 2014
The University of Iowa Children's Hospital has been ranked among the best in the country in the latest annual survey by U.S. News & World Report.
An Iowa corn field experience drought

Gannon says soil moisture levels look good in Iowa

Thursday, June 12, 2014
UI climatologist Mark Gannon says recent rains mean that most of Iowa is no longer in a drought.
Dad with young son sitting on his shoulders

Media tip sheet: Experts for Father's Day

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 15. To help honor dads, the University of Iowa is offering a list of experts who can talk about a range of topics from the role fathers play in society to how they communicate with their infant children.

Stock prognosticators?

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
A first of its kind study by researchers at the University of Iowa suggests Yahoo’s finance message boards have a small degree of ability to predict stock price movements.
Larry Wieczorek being carried by athletes after winning the Big Ten championship

Without regret, 'Wiz' bids farewell

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
After 50 years of running in circles, University of Iowa'a director of track and field and cross country, Larry Wieczorek, has decided to "stop and see what else is going on."

BTN announces UI programming as part of 'Summer Days'

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
BTN recently announced that today, Wednesday, June 11, will be the first of this summer’s two full days of Iowa programming as a part of “School Days.”

Coming together for healing and hope

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
The Rape Victim Advocacy Program at the University of Iowa is offering a Women’s Sexual Violence Support Group beginning Wednesday, June 18 and continuing until Wednesday, Aug. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the RVAP offices, located at 332 S. Linn St., Suite 100 in Iowa City.
two women in a scientific lab

Small colleges experience big-league research

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Now entering its sixth year, the FUTURE in Biomedicine program places faculty and students from Iowa's primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI) with research faculty in the UI Carver College of Medicine for nine weeks during the summer.

UI Children's Hospital nationally ranked by US News & World Report

Tuesday, June 10, 2014
U.S. News and World Report has ranked University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in eight out of ten specialty areas in its 2014-15 Best Children’s Hospitals listings.