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It takes a lot of money to run a Big Ten school. Who spends it best?
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Factoring in various cost and performance metrics, the University of Iowa leads the way among Big Ten schools when it comes to effectively spending public dollars and tuition funds on educating its students, according to The Center Square's analysis of the publicly available data.
UI ranked on list of top higher education patent producers worldwide
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
The University of Iowa is ranked for the first time among the top 100 producers of utility patents among higher education institutions.
Micropreemie who survived risky birth 18 years ago graduates from high school
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Eighteen years ago, Courtney Jackson was born at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics weighing less than a pound. Doctors said she had a 50-50 chance of survival, but against all odds, she’s now celebrating a major milestone—graduating from high school.
Faculty members win UI Libraries OpenHawks grants
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
The University of Iowa Libraries has awarded 15 grants for Open Educational Resource (OER) projects for the 2019-2020 academic year. OpenHawks is a campus-wide grant program that funds faculty efforts to replace current textbooks with OERs for enhanced student success.
Why crocodiles are not just living fossils
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Christopher Brochu, a paleontologist at the University of Iowa, weighs in on a recent study published in Paleobiology in which researchers found signs that the ancestors of the crocodile family had remarkably active metabolisms — and that the creatures evolved them far earlier than expected.
UI research highlights synergies between indoor, outdoor air pollution and increased asthma
Monday, June 3, 2019
New University of Iowa research demonstrates that interactions between indoor and outdoor air pollution contribute to increased emergency room visits for asthma in both children and adults. The research is the first nationwide study to examine children and adults co-exposed to house dust endotoxin and outdoor air pollutants.
Crooks named Pentacrest Museums director
Monday, June 3, 2019
Liz Crooks has been named University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums director, effective June 1, after a year in the role on an interim basis.
UI art museum to build on decades of brilliance
Monday, June 3, 2019
Every Iowan, in a sense, owns masterpieces by the likes of Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, Joan Mitchell, and Henri Matisse, as well as ancient artifacts from across the globe. Fifty years ago, those publicly owned works of art found a home in a new museum at the University of Iowa.
UI honored by Iowa Architectural Foundation for leadership in community enhancement through architecture and design
Friday, May 31, 2019
The University of Iowa is one of three recipients recognized by the Iowa Architectural Foundation (IAF) for embracing architectural excellence to advance its community over the past 30 years.
Legendary UI space physicist retires
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
University of Iowa physicist Donald Gurnett retired May 31 after more than 60 years as a student, teacher, and researcher at the UI. Gurnett’s career in space research and exploration began at the dawn of the Space Age and includes seminal discoveries about Earth and other planets.
Iowa dentistry goes to Adana, Turkey
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Less than two years after studying together at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Lucas Borg and John Lorenz found themselves last fall reuniting 6,000 miles from Iowa City as they began separate, yearlong assignments at Incirlik Air Base near the city of Adana, Turkey.
New program requires suicide prevention training for all
Thursday, May 23, 2019
A new part of the orientation program at the University of Iowa will require new and transfer students to be trained in how to identify suicidal tendencies in their peers.
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