Faculty

Schwalm named a North American Teaching Partner with the Colored Conventions Project

Monday, September 9, 2019
Leslie Schwalm, University of Iowa professor of history and chair of the Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, has been named as a North American Teaching Partner with the Colored Conventions Project.
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Iowa moves up in latest ‘US News’ Best Colleges rankings

Monday, September 9, 2019
The University of Iowa is ranked 34th in the latest rankings of the nation’s public universities published by “U.S. News & World Report,” up four spots from last year.
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Iowa leaders encourage participation in strategic plan process

Thursday, September 5, 2019
In this letter to campus, UI leaders lay out their commitment to shared governance in the creation of a new strategic plan for the university.
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From Minnesota farm kid to CLAS dean

Thursday, September 5, 2019
Steve Goddard, the new dean of the University of Iowa's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, took a unique path from his parents' farm to a career in higher education. In this interview, Goddard discusses his life's trajectory, academic philosophy, and the first-gen student experience.

With ArTara license, UI hopes to translate 20 years of research into cyst treatment

In addition to licensing the UI research, ArTara has acquired its own IND approval and Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA. In partnership with Novex Innovations, ArTara also plans to build a U.S.-based manufacturing facility for TARA-002 and win regulatory approval to market TARA-002 in the U.S.
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NASA chief touts ‘transformational’ work done at Iowa

Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Not long after receiving the largest research award in its history, the University of Iowa welcomed top officials from NASA, who toured Iowa facilities and lauded the meaningful work being done by researchers and students.

NASA chief visits University of Iowa

Jim Bridenstine, the top administrator of NASA, and other high-ranking representatives from the space agency, visited the University of Iowa to learn about Iowa's legacy in space exploration and involvement in current NASA-funded missions, including TRACERS, a $115 million NASA contact award to Iowa — the largest in school history.

Iowa physicists win $3.5 million NASA grant to study auroras

Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Researchers at the University of Iowa have won $3.5 million from NASA to launch two rockets in late 2021 that will study electrical currents between the Earth’s magnetosphere and an active, upper layer of its atmosphere that can yield auroras.

Reetz completes Science Friday Educator Collaborative

Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Elizabeth Reetz, director of strategic initiatives at the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, was recently published by Science Friday as the culmination of her participation in the Science Friday Educator Collaborative.
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UI College of Nursing celebrates completion of renovated building

Tuesday, September 3, 2019
The University of Iowa College of Nursing is celebrating the completion of a major renovation project to modernize teaching spaces and create more interactive and collaborative spaces in which its students can learn. The 35,377-square-foot renovation project began in 2017.

Student-run success story: Q&A with Hawkeye Aldair Matias Garcia

Animation Career Review speaks with Aldair Matias Garcia, University of Iowa's president of Esports, about the program.

Huffman awarded a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship

Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Jane Huffman, grants and funding manager for the Iowa Youth Writing Project, was awarded a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation.