Faculty

Missing the woods for the trees

Friday, March 8, 2013
H.S. Udaykumar and Meena Khandelwal will discuss their efforts to trace the linkages among forests, energy, gender relations, health, consumption, and culture, and between the local and global processes at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, 111 Church St.
University of Iowa sophomore Jessica Fischels stands in the remains of her apartment in Iowa City, Iowa, April 14, 2006, after it was destroyed by tornado. (Matthew Holst/Iowa City Press Citizen/AP Photo)

UI's Suls discovers tornados survivors are more optimistic

Thursday, March 7, 2013
UI psychologist Jerry Suls was part of a research team that looked at how people get on with their lives following harrowing experiences after he was unscathed when a tornado hit downtown Iowa City in 2006.
A lab specimen of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacter cloacae, which belongs to a family of infectious bacteria, known as CRE. / Handout

UI expert comments on spread of deadly 'superbugs'

Thursday, March 7, 2013
Eli Perencevich, a UI professor and infectious-disease doctor, says he is concerned that there aren't a lot of methods in the tool kit that are significantly effective in curbing the spread of certain bacteria-resistant infections.

Achievements

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
University staff and faculty are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.
Salisbury House & Gardens is hosting the first Iowa Humanities Festival partly as a way to highlight its own collection of art and artifacts, including these Native American beaded accessories. / Salisbury House & Gardens/Special to the Register

UI's Mangum: humanities festival allows researchers to 'show and tell'

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Teresa Mangum, director of the UI's Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, recruited scholars to "show and tell" their research at the inaugural Iowa Humanities Festival this Saturday at Salisbury House & Gardens in Des Moines. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

UI launches new online journal for MFA in Spanish Creative Writing program

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
"Iowa Literaria," the electronic journal of the MFA in Spanish Creative Writing program at the University of Iowa, is online as of Tuesday, Feb. 26.
Photo of a pregnant women's bare stomach from the perspective of looking down at her feet

UI research finds that foot size changes with pregnancy

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The majority of women who participated in a new University of Iowa study saw their feet grow during pregnancy.
Illustration of a man trying to give the wrong directions to a female colleague, Marta Antelo for The Chronicle

Perlmutter: How to avoid bad advice from colleagues

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, shares how to avoid bad advice from colleagues as part of his "Career Confidential" advice column for The Chronicle.

UI researchers developing 3D printer, 'bio-ink' to create human organs

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMTech) group at the University of Iowa is engaged in a variety of novel manufacturing activities that include the goal of creating a functioning human organ some 10 or 15 years from now.
Dan Lose, left, and Frank Gedney work on a pretend patient at a nursing training facility at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics on Friday. / Benjamin Roberts / Iowa City Press-Citizen PHOTOS

Ingram says there are still stereotypes about male nurses

Todd Ingram, UI associate professor of nursing, says there are still stereotypes about male nurses, despite the fact that a recent U.S. Census Bureau report shows the proportion of males working as nurses is slowly climbing. (Note: A paid subscription is required.)
Illustration of baby feet next to an adult woman's feet, Image Credit: RedKoala / Shutterstock

UI study proves that pregnant women's feet grow

Monday, March 4, 2013
A University of Iowa study published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation proves a phenomenon that has long been observed—that pregnant women's feet really do grow along with their tummies.
Matt Gilcrest poses by a globe in a TILE classroom

The Iowa Narratives Project: A life beyond the classroom

Monday, March 4, 2013
UI rhetoric instructor Matt Gilchrist says he enjoys helping students enhance their writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills in a TILE (Transform, Interact, Learn, and Engage) classroom, and he especially enjoyed the Iowa Narratives Project.