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.
UI pharmacy students participate in class called Interprofessional Skills and Team Based Health Care, which was launched last fall.

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.
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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.
People running in a race in California

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.
Employees of mobile dating application Hinge work at their office in Washington DC, February 11, 2014

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.
alan macvey, director of the division of performing arts and chair of the department of theatre arts

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.
Portrait of Jim Leach

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.
Lisa Bluder with an award basketball

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.