Parents & Families
A year-round undertaking 'For the Kids'
Monday, February 8, 2016
Dance Marathon 22 culminated with the Big Event Feb. 5–6. It all takes a tremendous amount of planning, preparation, and fundraising—and everyone involved works 365 days “For the Kids,” or FTK. Here’s a look at events, milestones, and interactions that took place throughout this academic year.
Studying abroad could give you an edge in the job market
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Want to impress an employer during an interview? A story about tackling the language barrier during your study-abroad experience in Spain could very well have your interviewer going from apathetic to absorbed. It doesn't hurt that the story showcases valuable skills at the same time.
What's Supplemental Instruction?
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Supplemental Instruction is a free, peer-driven resource that helps students figure out how to achieve in historically challenging courses.
CEOs can't control the future
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Publicly traded firms often issue earnings forecasts that miss the mark, and a new study from the University of Iowa suggests CEO overconfidence is the reason for the poor predictions.
Startups should wait three years before beefing up their employee benefit packages
Friday, January 29, 2016
Research from UI assistant professor of management and organizations Ernest O'Boyle finds startups risk losing badly needed revenue if they offer enhanced employee benefit packages too soon, but they may lose their top employees if they wait too long.
Durnev studies links between elections, economic volatility
Friday, January 29, 2016
Tippie finance professor Art Durnev discusses his research that finds countries experience greater economic volatility during a national election campaign because it creates political uncertainty that businesses don't like. Durnev's portion of the program starts at 17:50 on the audio file.
From mother to child, passing on disease
Thursday, January 28, 2016
UI researchers are reminding U.S. doctors to watch for two vector-borne and potentially life-threatening diseases that can be passed from mother to child. Though Chagas' disease and Leishmaniasis are generally found in other parts of the world, global travel and migration have made the U.S. vulnerable.
UI chemists uncover how key agent allows diseases to reproduce
Thursday, January 28, 2016
University of Iowa chemists have revealed the chemistry behind how certain diseases, from anthrax to tuberculosis, replicate. The key lies in the function of a gene absent in humans, called thyX, and its ability to catalyze the DNA building block thymine. Results published in the journal 'Science.'
Nathan Holton comments on a real chin-scratcher
Thursday, January 28, 2016
UI orthodontics professor Nathan Holton comments on the evolution of the human chin.
Putting the 'move' in 'the environmental movement'
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Senior Sophia Finster is utilizing art's powerful potential for communication, moving people to change their impact on Earth every day.
McCarty selected for 2016 Phi Beta Kappa Society internship
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
University of Iowa student, Nicholas McCarthy, to write for prestigious academic honor society.
UI Press book collects caucus work of cartoonist
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
In an age when political cartoonists, and indeed all journalists, are feeling the pinch of tightening newspaper budgets, the University of Iowa Press has come out with a title that highlights both the editorial format and the state of Iowa.
Pagination