Faculty

UI writers attend African book fair

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Five award-winning writers are representing the University of Iowa International Writing Program at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair.
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Gardial explains business curriculum changes

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business Dean Sarah Gardial explains recent changes in the curricula of business schools.
Baby screening

Hygienic Lab promotes awareness of newborn screening

Monday, July 30, 2012
State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI has launched Putting Babies First, focusing on public awareness of the screening of newborns to identify and treat disorders.

Bills talks problematic higher ed model

Friday, July 27, 2012
David Bills, a professor of sociology of education at the University of Iowa, highlights some of the problems with the current higher education model.

UI collaborates on Italian excavation

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
UI Professor Glenn Storey is collaborating with European archeologists on excavations at a Benedictine Abbey in Italy (in Italiano).

UI research funding again tops $400 million

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The University of Iowa eclipsed $400 million in external funding for research for the fourth consecutive year. The UI's total share of external funding for fiscal 2012 was $438 million, up 3.2 percent compared to fiscal 2011, when excluding short-term stimulus funding. The UI also landed a record number of grant awards.
Illustration of a head in a vice, from Chronicle of Higher Education story

Fethke writes about presidency perils

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Business faculty member Gary Fethke, former interim president of the UI, writes about "The Precarious Profession of University President."

Malloy develops pediatric heart 'maps'

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
UI Children's Hospital researcher Lindsey Malloy led a project that developed three-dimensional "maps" of electrical signals in children's hearts.

A new heart 'map' for child patients

Tuesday, July 24, 2012
UI researchers presented their latest findings on creating 3D heart "maps" for children at an American Heart Association meeting this week. The technique would allow cardiologists to more rapidly identify and correct irregular heart rhythms in children. It's also radiation free.
Sacha Perez Acevedo talks with a fellow researcher

Summer of opportunities

Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Pigeons with iPads, olfactory functions and Alzheimer’s disease, smoking behaviors of stroke patients, and Ralph Ellison and The New York Times are all areas of research being pursued by students involved in the Summer Research Opportunities Program and the McNair Scholars program (SROP/McNair Scholars) through the University of Iowa Graduate College.
Picture of friends

UI study shows friendship aids ovarian cancer survival

Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Women with ovarian cancer may have somewhat better survival odds when they feel emotionally supported by family and friends, a new study led by University of Iowa psychology professor Susan Lutgendorf suggests.

UI research: Police need sleep

Monday, July 23, 2012
Research by nursing faculty member Sandra Ramey and her UI colleagues showed that police officers who get less than six hours of sleep daily are at an increased risk for chronic fatigue and other health problems.