Faculty
Time Warner-Comcast seen getting approval with conditions
Friday, February 14, 2014
Law professor and antitrust expert Herbert Hovenkamp analyzes the proposed merger of Time Warner with Comcast.
Future pharmacists learn health care teamwork
Friday, February 14, 2014
UI College of Pharmacy students are learning to collaborate with other health care professionals to benefit patients, thanks to an 18-month pilot course, Interprofessional Skills and Team Based Health Care, that was launched last fall.
Recent deaths
Friday, February 14, 2014
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.
Once a Hawkeye, always a Hawkeye
Friday, February 14, 2014
University of Iowa head volleyball coach Bond Shymansky knows the value of a well-rounded experience for a student-athlete and believes whole-heartedly in the Hawkeye way of life. He should know, since he lived it.
Stone cold racing
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Layne Anderson, UI's head track and field coach, is among those sharing tips on how to run a marathon in cold weather.
New twists for love in age of big data
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Kang Zhao, professor of management sciences in the Tippie College of Business, led a team of University of Iowa researchers that created an algorithm to improve the chances for successful online dating site matches.
New-and-improved ICON coming May 29
Thursday, February 13, 2014
UI students and instructors can look forward to a significant upgrade to Iowa Courses Online (ICON) this spring. The latest version of the course-management system will include a more modern interface, along with new conveniences and features.
Excitement found within art's questions
Thursday, February 13, 2014
What's behind the title of Alan MacVey's Feb. 23 Presidential Lecture, "What Made It So Exciting?" “It’s hard to assess what art does when it asks questions, because its questions do not have answers,” MacVey says. “They lead to other questions, and that’s what makes them exciting."
Museum director to share repatriation experiences
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Rubie Watson, former director of Harvard’s Peabody Museum, will discuss her experiences in repatriating Native America objects and human remains Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in 240 Art Building West on the University of Iowa campus. Her talk is part of the UI Museum of Art’s “SmartTalk” series.
Revealing history's greatest mass theft
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
As the Nazis murdered millions of people, they also perpetrated the greatest mass theft in history, says former congressman and UI faculty member Jim Leach. He’ll offer his perspective on the topic during a Feb. 25 talk in Des Moines.
Busy week begins with Bluder's 270th UI win
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
It was a matter of time, University of Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder said of her quest for milestone victory No. 270 leading the Hawkeyes.
UI researchers develop probe to find staph infections
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
UI assistant professor of internal medicine James McNamara and colleagues have developed a probe that can detect an enzyme given off by the staph bacteria, allowing doctors to find staph infections in 90 minutes rather than waiting up to 24 hours for lab analysis.
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