Impact

UI Children's Hospital seeks art submissions for new facility

Wednesday, August 21, 2013
The University of Iowa Children's Hospital is seeking entries from artists living in Iowa and surrounding states whose work may be considered for purchase for the new UI Children’s Hospital.

UI nursing student helps human trafficking victims

Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Lillian Meyers, a UI nursing student, co-directs a 5K run/walk, Rescue Run, to raise money for building a shelter house in Cambodia for sex trafficking victims with disabilities. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)
a screen shot of a video that has a baby sucking its hand

UI doctor offers advice to parents to protect their children

Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Dr. Resmiye Oral, director of the Child Protection Program at the University of Iowa, offers advice for frustrated or tired parents to help them prevent shaken baby syndrome.
Photo of UI civil and engineering professor Hosin Lee in TV studio

UI engineering professor discusses U.S.-Korea research relations

Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Hosin "David" Lee, UI professor of civil and environmental engineering, was recently a guest on Arirang TV in Korea, discussing the U.S.-Korea relationship in research and Korea's creative economy.
Jacklyn Even, 20, a senior studying sociology at the University of Iowa. Even is an avid gamer, but often is teased by friends for playing games. (submitted photo) - See more at: http://thegazette.com/2013/08/19/women-fight-back-on-video-game-misogyny/#st

UI student, avid gamer says discrimination an issue in video games

Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Jackyln Even, a UI senior sociology student, says discrimination has been an issue for her, despite having played video games since childhood, in a story on women fighting back on video game misogyny.

Old Gold: Clicking through treasure troves of UI history

Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Whether they are searched to help settle an argument, to research a historical or genealogical question, or to simply satisfy idle curiosity, the online collections of the Hawkeye yearbook and The Daily Iowan are a fun resource for anyone with an interest in Iowa’s past.
Exterior photo of Hawkeye Court Apartments

Closing the doors on Hawkeye Court

Tuesday, August 20, 2013
The university-run Hawkeye Court Apartments have provided an affordable housing option for students since 1968, but the buildings in the complex are past their prime and will all be demolished by 2014. The units are simple, convenient, and cheap—but for many former residents, they meant much more.
Dan Reed, University of Iowa’s vice president for research and economic development, discusses entrepreneurship Thursday during a round-table discussion at Iowa Western Community College.

UI turns attention to economic development

Monday, August 19, 2013
Dan Reed, UI vice president of research and economic development, and David Hensley, UI interim associate vice president for economic development, participated in a discussion at Iowa Western Community College about the university's role in helping economic development in southwest Iowa.
Teresa Alesch

Hometown Hawkeye: Teresa Alesch

Monday, August 19, 2013
Teresa Alesch couldn’t wait to work as an educator. In 2005, the then-26-year-old and her husband, Cody, both Iowa natives, had moved back to northwestern Iowa after living in Nashville, Tenn., realizing there was no place like home.

Kids Day scores big with little fans

Monday, August 19, 2013
Hawkeye football fans young and old spent a lovely late summer afternoon watching the 2013 squad run through practice at the annual Kids Day at Kinnick on Saturday, Aug. 17.

UI's Gordon comments on union membership decline

Monday, August 19, 2013
UI history professor Colin Gordon, author of Growing Apart: A Political History of American Inequality, says the decline in union membership has taken political power away from workers and ceded ground to groups with other interests.
Male student studying on the Pentracrest on a fall afternoon

Must-see spots on campus

Monday, August 19, 2013
Did you spend countless hours on the Pentacrest cramming for exams? Propose to your wife on the IMU footbridge? Catch sunsets from the steps of Old Cap? Iowa Now wants to know: what are your favorite campus spots, and why?