Faculty

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.

Voices of compassion, courage, and concern

Friday, February 28, 2014
More than 200 University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered for a listening session on sexual assault and misconduct Thursday, Feb. 27, at the Iowa Memorial Union, where many, including UI President Sally Mason, shared personal experiences about sex assault.
woman in virtual crosswalk

Students attend STEM symposium at University of Iowa

Friday, February 28, 2014
About 150 Iowa students attended the 2014 Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium hosted Thursday and today by the UI College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center; 15 of the students presented original research, and nine UI colleges, departments, or facilities gave lab tours.
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Humans have a poor memory for things they hear

Friday, February 28, 2014
When it comes to memory, we don't remember things we hear nearly as well as things we see or touch, scientists say. Researchers at the University of Iowa found our memory for sounds is significantly worse than our memory for visual or tactile things.

Recent deaths

Friday, February 28, 2014
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

Virtual medicine

Friday, February 28, 2014
A University of Iowa Alumni Association event in Dubuque on Tuesday, March 11 features a 3D anatomy program in a discussion about the human pelvis.

University of Iowa community should talk about problems and solutions

Thursday, February 27, 2014
University of Iowa shared governance presidents share an op-ed that encourages talking about both problems and solutions related to sexual assault.

Sexual assaults must stop

Thursday, February 27, 2014
UI President Sally Mason outlines what the University of Iowa is doing to confront the problem of sexual assault—educating students, supporting survivors, and holding offenders accountable.