Impact

Gerontological policy expert is Ida Cordelia Beam Visiting Professor Sept. 9-11

Monday, August 19, 2013
Claudia Beverly, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, has dedicated her career to ensuring that all older adults receive the highest quality health care. She will be visiting the Iowa City area, including the University of Iowa, as part of the Ida Cordelia Beam Visiting...
Iowa Voyagers 2014 Tour Catalog

Iowa Voyagers 2014 tour catalog available

Friday, August 16, 2013
The Iowa Voyagers new tour catalog opens up a world of travel opportunities.

Feeling the love at the State Fair

Friday, August 16, 2013
People visiting the University of Iowa booth in the Iowa State Fair's William C. Knapp Varied Industries Building love more than just the free football posters and the temporary Tigerhawk tattoos. Want proof? UI sophomore Sam Wampler asks a variety of fair-goers what they love about the UI.
Vice President Joe Biden

Joe Biden's polling problem

Friday, August 16, 2013
Hillary Clinton is topping all polls in hypothetical 2016 match-ups against Republicans, but Vice President Joe Biden isn't faring as well. “If they don’t want Hillary then they may be looking for sort of the next generation politician,” UI professor Tim Hagle said.
x-ray of deformed feet

How the Ponseti Method caught on

Friday, August 16, 2013
In the 1940s, Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, a pediatric orthopedist at the University of Iowa, developed a method of treating clubfoot by stretching the tendon and casting to straighten the foot gradually. In the 1990s, parents searching for the best treatment for their children shared tips online. A Yahoo group, nosurgery4clubfoot, sprang up.

Detours for residence-hall traffic

Friday, August 16, 2013
With construction on Interstate 80 exit 244 to Dubuque Street, drivers are advised to take alternate routes, especially as incoming University of Iowa students move into campus residence halls Aug. 18-25.

UI recognized as one of top Iowa colleges for future service members

Friday, August 16, 2013
The College Database has recognized the University of Iowa as a top college in Iowa for students interested in military service based on both affordability and the offering at least two ROTC programs—Army, Navy, or Air Force.

UI center offers assistive technology app

Friday, August 16, 2013
The University of Iowa College of Education’s Iowa Center for Assistive Technology (ICATER) has made its daily assistive technology tips and weekly assistive technology app reviews available in one handy place: an app for the iPad called the ICATER Toolkit. The app is free and accessible on iTunes.
UI alumnus, Alec Whitters, talks about the app he created along with two of his friends who were also UI grads

UI alumni create innovative apps for higher education

Friday, August 16, 2013
Three college buddies and UI alumni from dentistry, nursing, and business—Alec Whitters, Ben O'Connor, and Adam Keune—have created some of the most innovative tech products in 2013 through their company, Higher Learning Technologies, located in the UI Research Park.

UI Helping Professionals Workshops draw repeat customers

Friday, August 16, 2013
More than 130 Iowa and Illinois helping professionals attended the 33rd annual UI College of Education's IHelp Summer Workshops where they received continuing education credit and networking opportunities for community, agency, and education practitioners in helping fields.

UI professor says droopy economy helps explain lagging birthrate

Thursday, August 15, 2013
Alice Schoonbroodt, a UI economics professor, says it makes sense that birthrates continue to be unusually low since many Americans remain uneasy with the slow recovery from the Great Recession in 2009.
University of Iowa mascot Herky visits with Collin Wheat, 12, a seventh grader at Roosevelt Middle School as Collin shows what he has learned from the new software he has been using during an Iowa Center for Assistive Technology camp at the school Wednesd

UI experts help Cedar Rapids students master assistive technology software

Thursday, August 15, 2013
UI mascot Herky visited Roosevelt Middle School in Cedar Rapids to watch students share what they had learned during a three-day camp offered through the UI College of Education's Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research.