Faculty

Campus Information Center, University Box Office merge

Thursday, July 12, 2012
University of Iowa students, staff, faculty, and visitors now have a centralized location for campus information, event tickets, Iowa Memorial Union building assistance, and more.
A student works on an ipad.

UI joins global wireless network eduroam

Thursday, July 12, 2012
If you’ve traveled to other schools to visit friends, collaborate in research, or take part in a conference, you’ve probably had to track down a guest ID for wireless service. You’ll have to do that less often thanks to a recent enhancement to the University of Iowa wireless network.

Nursing's Herr earns national honor

Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Keela A. Herr, professor and associate dean for faculty at the University of Iowa College of Nursing, will receive the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Gerontological Nursing Association.
Detail of digital portrait mosaic.

McLeod on the 'Chuck Close Filter'

Wednesday, July 11, 2012
UI communication studies prof Kembrew McLeod says an artist's digital appropriation of the portraitist's images constitutes fair use.

Holden Cancer Center seed grants

Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Leaders at the University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center have announced recipients of the first round of the 2012 American Cancer Society seed grant awards.

Poe writes about the future of university presses

Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Historian Marshall Poe, editor of the New Books Network, writes about the prospects for university presses.

Diversity legacy of Audrey Qualls lives on

Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The 2012 recipients of the University of Iowa College of Education's Audrey Qualls Commitment to Diversity Award—Jan Warren and Mitchell Kelly—both say that the award is extra special to them because of the woman it’s named after.
Photo illustration showing Eric Forsythe as part of a Clue board.

Eric Forsythe, prime suspect

Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Theatre arts faculty member Eric Forsythe, artistic director of the current Iowa Summer Rep season of "Thrills and Chills" mysteries, once learned how truly dangerous theater can be when he became the prime suspect in a criminal investigation.

Recent deaths

Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

Journalism faculty strengthen ties with Turkey visit

Monday, July 9, 2012
University of Iowa and state media experts hope a recent trip to the Middle East will strengthen relations with educational institutions in Turkey—a country they say is not so different from our own.
Bonnie Sunstein

Teaching the teaching of writing

Monday, July 9, 2012
Here in Iowa City, the words we cultivate are as famous and prolific as the corn we grow. Like our relationship with the local crops that feed the world, we’re conscious of this town’s writing heritage, but most of the time, it’s a fuzzy backdrop for our daily lives.
Police guard government offices in Shifang after authorities bowed to violent protests against a chemical plant.

UI's Tang discusses 'right to resist' in China's Internet age

Friday, July 6, 2012
University of Iowa political science professor Wenfang Tang says Chinese people know when to claim their right to resist the local government, especially effective in an Internet age using grassroots activism.