Faculty

A champion for students

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A knack for identifying problems and creating solutions earns Helena Dettmer the Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy.

Kids and TV

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
University of Iowa associate professor of education Deborah Linebarger talks about her new study that examines the impact on children of television playing in the background. (Starts at 31:30 mark.)

Biggest crocodile found—species ate humans whole?

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
University of Iowa paleontologist Christopher Brochu has discovered the fossilized remains of a 27-foot ancient crocodile that may have eaten humans whole.

Bridging academic content for ESL

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Through a $1.87 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, three University of Iowa College of Education faculty plan to improve the quality of education for K-12 English Language Learners (ELL) in Iowa’s schools.

Studies shed light on 'twice exceptional' students

Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Susan G. Assouline, associate director of the University of Iowa College of Education's Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education, comments on the importance of comprehensively evaluating twice exceptional students.

Mahatma Gandhi and his anti-tea campaign

Monday, May 7, 2012
New research by University of Iowa professor Phillip Lutgendorf explains how tea became increasingly popular in India during the 20th century.

Gangsta rap conspiracy goes gangbusters

Monday, May 7, 2012
University of Iowa professor Michael Hill explains that rap became an increasingly popular form of music when white suburban kids started listening to it as a form of rebellion in the 1990s.

Brochu identifies crocodile that could swallow a human whole

Monday, May 7, 2012
University of Iowa professor Chris Brochu has identified the largest crocodile ever found, at 27 feet long it would have been able to swallow a human whole.

Driving up insurance premiums

Monday, May 7, 2012
Consumers pay as much as 31 percent more for insurance because insurance companies have to comply with regulations from multiple states instead of just a single regulator, according to new research by a University of Iowa insurance expert.

UI celebrates Voxman

Friday, May 4, 2012
The University of Iowa will host a special Himie Voxman Celebration at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union.

UI professor identifies largest known crocodile

Friday, May 4, 2012
A crocodile large enough to swallow humans once lived in East Africa, according to University of Iowa researcher Christopher Brochu whose paper on the discovery of a new crocodile species that was published in the May 3 issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Gurnett listens to sounds of space

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
University of Iowa physicist Donald Gurnett has been listening to the sounds of space since Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter more than 30 years ago.