Faculty

Arnone, Eckey to give free recital Oct. 14

Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Anthony Arnone, associate professor of cello in the University of Iowa School of Music, will perform with pianist Martha Eckey, a UI School of Music alumna and current UI College of Pharmacy student, at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 14, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Hagle says third party candidates can be race spoilers

Monday, October 8, 2012
Tim Hagle, a University of Iowa political science professor, says that if a third-party candidate has a national profile, the person can play spoiler in the race.
Janet Roberts, the director of education at Aristotle Circle, tutors a 3-year-old in pattern-completion questions for the gifted-and-talented exam. Photo by Lauren DeCicca for The Wall Street Journal

Lohman comments on new test for gifted students in New York City

Monday, October 8, 2012
David Lohman, a University of Iowa professor of educational psychology, says that students often don't understand what they are supposed to do as part of a new test for admission into New York City's gifted and talented program.
Kevin Leicht

Leicht says middle class more of a cultural category versus economic

Monday, October 8, 2012
Kevin Leicht, director of the Iowa Social Science Research Center at the University of Iowa, says that in the United States, the term middle class is more of a cultural category than an economic one.
UI retired women's studies professor Linda Kerber. File photo by Tom Jorgensen

Kerber celebrated as pioneer in women's studies

Monday, October 8, 2012
Linda Kerber has arguably been the most influential pioneer in the field of women's studies in the past 41 years, say those who organized a weekend event in celebration of the retired UI professor's career.

Grant to bolster Smith’s research on late life depression

Monday, October 8, 2012
Marianne Smith, assistant professor in the University of Iowa’s College of Nursing, was recently awarded a five-year Research Project Grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health.

Iowa Museum Association honors Boyd

Monday, October 8, 2012
Former University of Iowa president Willard “Sandy” Boyd has been chosen to receive the inaugural Leadership Award offered by the Iowa Museum Association Board of Directors.
Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Pat Neshek's first son, Gehrig, died, Oct. 3, 2012, just 23 hours after he was born. (Bill Kostroun/AP Photo)

UI's Bell comments on death of Oakland A pitcher's infant son

Friday, October 5, 2012
Edward Bell, M.D., a neonatologist at UI Children's Hospital, comments on the story of an Oakland A’s pitcher whose son died just 23 hours after he was born.

Hancher seeks singers for 'It Gets Better'

Thursday, October 4, 2012
Hancher is presenting "It Gets Better," an anti-bullying performance based on the video project of the same name and featuring members of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles. Local vocalists will have the opportunity to be part of the performance.
(Image: Dragos Vasilescu, University of Iowa and the University of British Columbia)

Lung maze modelled in 3-D thanks to UI research team

Thursday, October 4, 2012
A University of Iowa-led research team created the most detailed three-dimensional model of a region of the mouse lung where breathed air collects. The team thinks the model can be used to track how inhaled gases move through the complex system of airways in the lungs and how some lung diseases, such as emphysema, originate and develop.
Exterior of Iowa River Landing

UI Hospitals and Clinics celebrates new clinic

Thursday, October 4, 2012
The leadership of University of Iowa Health Care, joined by government officials, business leaders and other guests, will formally dedicate the state’s newest ambulatory care clinic in the Iowa River Landing development in Coralville on Friday, Oct. 5.
Group photo of vocal ensemble Anonymous 4

Hancher to present Anonymous 4 performing 'love fail' by UI alum David Lang

Thursday, October 4, 2012
The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present vocal ensemble Anonymous 4 performing love fail by UI alumnus and Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lang Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 228 East Jefferson St. in Iowa City.