Faculty

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Study: For memory, hearing is worse than seeing or feeling

Tuesday, March 4, 2014
New research out of the University of Iowa, published in PLOS One, suggests that those moments when we forget something we were told are particularly human—that people’s memory for things they hear is just not that great.

We are Tippie. We are Phil.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Ninety-one percent of University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Business faculty and staff contributed to For Iowa. Forever More: The Campaign for the University of Iowa through We Are Phil.
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Uncertainty hits U.S., Russian, Ukraine markets

Tuesday, March 4, 2014
UI finance professor Art Durnev, who studies the intersection of foreign affairs and finance, notes that major corporations with stakes in Russia and Ukraine have seen stock prices drop: "We are facing this absolutely tremendous economic uncertainty in that part of the world," he says.
ITS: Connecting & Collaborating

ITS Biennial Report highlights technology milestones, plans

Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Through collaboration, Information Technology Services hit many milestones—bringing a new data center into production, launching a student information system, and more—learn about these and other projects in the 2012-13 ITS Biennial Report.
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Dancers in Company sparks Wieting Fine Arts Series on March 9

Monday, March 3, 2014
The Wieting Theatre and Opera House kicks off its inaugural Fine Arts Performance Series with Dancers in Company, the touring repertory dance company of the UI Dance Department, Sunday, March 9, at 2 p.m.

Choosing STEM excellence

Monday, March 3, 2014
More than 150 high school students from around the state came to campus to present original research and participate in hands-on learning labs during the 2014 Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium hosted by the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center.
John Prineas, UI associate professor of physics and astronomy, demonstrates a fan powered by light from a flashlight illuminating a semiconductor solar cell

Sharing STEM knowledge

Monday, March 3, 2014
Five of the more than 150 Iowa high school students from across the state were chosen to advance to a national conference after presenting their original research on the UI campus during the 2014 Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.

UI researcher: blacks face disparities in drug treatment

Monday, March 3, 2014
UI psychiatry professor Stephan Arndt published a paper last year that found blacks are an average of 10 percentage points less likely to graduate drug treatment than whites with similar addiction profiles.
Photo of exhibit of prehistoric fish in the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

'Dare to Discover' website connects campus, communities

Monday, March 3, 2014
Iowans are invited to “Dare to Discover” the research, creativity, and innovation the University of Iowa strives to achieve—from the screen of their computer, tablet, or smartphone—with the help of a new gateway website launched by the UI Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development called "Dare to Discover."

Class offers tips for family caregivers of older adults

Monday, March 3, 2014
Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a course designed to empower family caregivers of older adults to take better care of themselves. The tools learned in the six-week series benefit caregivers by helping them reduce stress, improve caregiving confidence, establish balance in their lives, communicate their needs, make tough decisions, and locate helpful resources.

UI website adds bigger link to report sexual misconduct

Friday, February 28, 2014
Within 24 hours of a listening session about sexual assault on the University of Iowa’s campus, UI administrators have responded by making changes to the home page for UI's website.

UI students named to President's List for fall 2013

Friday, February 28, 2014
Some 300 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the President's List for the 2013 fall semester. The UI is partnering with Merit, the flagship software created by read Media in New York, to promote and recognize outstanding student achievement on campus.