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Vaughan Institute ranked among top university insurance and risk management education and research programs
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
The University of Iowa’s Vaughan Institute for Risk Management and Insurance was ranked among the top 20 undergraduate insurance and risk management programs in the country by Best’s Review, an industry trade publication.
UI named top producer of US Fulbright students for third consecutive year
Monday, February 19, 2018
The University of Iowa has again been named a top producer of Fulbright students for 2017–18 with 16 recipients, marking the third year in a row the university has achieved the elite ranking.
Researchers honored for study connecting domestic violence, low birth weight babies
Monday, February 19, 2018
A UI College of Public Health study that found intimate partner violence can double the risk of some types of birth complications for pregnant women has been honored by the Royal Academy of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
From Writers’ Workshop graduate to world-renowned choreographer
Monday, February 19, 2018
Lin Hwai-min came to the University of Iowa as an International Writing Program participant, then joined the Writers’ Workshop. A few years later—and after a life-altering dance class—he founded Taiwan’s first professional dance company.
UI announces third candidate for College of Law dean
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Jonathan Cardi, executive associate dean for academic affairs and professor of law at Wake Forest University School of Law, is the third finalist for the next University of Iowa College of Law N. William Hines Dean. He will visit campus Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 19 and 20.
UI study finds that a surprise stimulus helps people stop an action
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that an unexpected sound causes people to stop an action more often than when they heard no sound at all. The finding could lead to new treatments for motor-control disorders, as well as address aging-related decline in motor control.
Digital treasure trove: UI makes avant-garde works accessible to the world
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Learn how the University of Iowa brings art movements such as Dada and Fluxus to life in classrooms and homes across the world.
UI announces second candidate for College of Law dean
Sunday, February 11, 2018
A university search committee has announced the second finalist for the next University of Iowa College of Law N. William Hines Dean. Lincoln Davies, associate dean for academic affairs at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, will visit campus Feb. 12 and 13.
MBA students help Oak Ridge National Lab commercialize process that converts carbon dioxide to ethanol
Thursday, February 8, 2018
A team of UI MBA students is working with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee to determine the commercial viability of a process the scientists at the lab discovered by accident that turns carbon dioxide into ethanol and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
NASA astronaut to speak at UI Quad Cities center
Thursday, February 8, 2018
NASA astronaut and Iowa native Peggy Whitson will discuss leadership when she speaks at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business Quad Cities center in Davenport at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12. Whitson holds the U.S. record for most days in space and commanded the International Space Station.
UI’s Coffey honored for top neurological study of 2017
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
A study of the impact of medication on children’s migraine headaches, co-led by Christopher Coffey, has been named one of the leading developments in neuroscience in 2017 by the journal “Neurology Today.”
Dance Marathon tops $3M mark
Monday, February 5, 2018
It’s another year to remember for the University of Iowa Dance Marathon community. Dance Marathon 24 raised $3,011,015.24 to help fund pediatric cancer research at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.
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