Impact

UI bike simulator provides insight on children's decision making

Thursday, June 28, 2012
Researchers in the University of Iowa Departments of Computer Science and Psychology bring in children to ride a realistic virtual course in the UI bike simulator. The information gathered gives insight into a child's decision making process while riding a bike.

Iowa health care organizations launch new partnership

Thursday, June 28, 2012
University of Iowa Health Alliance unites more than 50 hospitals and 160 clinics to share expertise, support services, and information technology.
UI alumna and bookmaker Marybeth Slonneger sits at the counter of the Hamburg Inn No. 2 in Iowa City.

Alumna boils down the Burg

Thursday, June 28, 2012
In her book on the Hamburg Inn No. 2, UI alumna and bookmaker Marybeth Slonneger wove together essays, poems, reminiscences, photos both past and present, drawings, and old advertisements gathered from an assortment of folks, many of them associated with UI writing programs—and all of whom share a fondness for the legendary Iowa City diner.

UI pioneers commercial composting practices

Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The University of Iowa has been a pioneering institution in the commercial composting program and a positive example for local businesses interested in the effort, says Jennifer Jordan, Iowa City recycling coordinator.
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Picture perfect

Tuesday, June 26, 2012
A collaboration with the Getty in Los Angeles will provide new technical insight into Jackson Pollock’s painting Mural (1943) and give the West Coast a chance to see up close one of Iowa’s cultural treasures.

UI pioneers commercial composting practices

Tuesday, June 26, 2012
The University of Iowa has been a pioneering institution in the commercial composting program, and it has been a positive example for local businesses interested in the effort, says Jennifer Jordan, the city's recycling coordinator.

Making the ordinary extraordinary

Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Iowa artist Judy Bales will host a lecture and workshop Saturday, July 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Supreme Court Chamber of the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum. The talk features examples of her work and a discussion on the creative processes of these works of art.
Kay Oskvig, a rising second-year law student, in Garner, Iowa, where she is a summer clerk.

Go rural, young lawyers!

Monday, June 25, 2012
The University of Iowa College of Law is among a small but growing number of law schools that are sending a new message to their graduates: look beyond the lure of the big city to rural communities for good jobs.

Thankful for hospital robot on duty

Monday, June 25, 2012
Clinton resident Gerri Nichols says she is grateful for a remotely-manned robot that helped detect her stroke in Clinton, likely saving her life—thanks to a partnership between Mercy Medical and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Jones assesses primary voting recommendations

Monday, June 25, 2012
Computer voting expert Douglas Jones says recommendations for managing GOP primary voting are "sensible."

The shrinking vacation

Friday, June 22, 2012
University of Iowa leisure studies faculty member Benjamin Hunnicutt explains what's behind the shrinking of the American summer vacation.

With a little help from my friends

Friday, June 22, 2012
Kevin Chamberlain’s art exhibit, “Insects: A Collection in Multiple Dimensions,” was inspired by nature and personally rewarding thanks to a group of talented preschool students.