Parents & Families

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Making bicycling safer for kids with ADHD

Tuesday, December 15, 2015
UI researchers hope new avenues of study about why children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder have more accidents while crossing the street on their bicycles will help parents teach their children to better navigate busy intersections.

Profitability and sustainability

Monday, December 14, 2015
The Tippie College of Business has put in place a number of initiatives that educate business students about sustainability issues ... and also grows lettuce without soil in the middle of an Iowa winter.
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Universe’s birth just a detection away

Thursday, December 10, 2015
A high-energy physics group, led by Yasar Onel and Jane Nachtman at the University of Iowa, has designed and built a sub-detector to better understand what happened immediately after the universe's birth. The Zero Degree Calorimeter measures particles' shower, which mimics hot plasma created right after the Big Bang.
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University of Iowa celebrating winter commencement ceremonies

Thursday, December 10, 2015
The University of Iowa will honor December 2015 graduates in a series of commencement ceremonies and other events, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 18 and 19.
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Engineering their future

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
With the help of a robot developed by three UI undergrads, a neurosurgeon could complete a complicated, hours-long surgery without ever looking directly at the patient’s brain or the tumor that’s being removed.
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Gearing up for bike sharing

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Willy Tan, a UI accounting major and bike fanatic from Marshalltown, rides bikes, makes bikes, and is now helping to build a program to share bikes.

Video: College of Nursing winter commencement ceremony 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015
A video recording of the winter 2015 UI College of Nursing ceremony is now available for viewing.

Video: Graduate College winter commencement ceremony 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015
A video recording of the winter 2015 UI Graduate College ceremony is available for viewing.

Video: Teacher Education Convocation winter 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015
A video recording of the winter 2015 Teacher Education Convocation is available for viewing.

Video: Undergraduate winter commencement ceremony 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015
A video recording of the winter 2015 UI Undergraduate Ceremony, which includes students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tippie College of Business, University College, and the Bachelor of Science degree candidates in the Carver College of Medicine, is now available for viewing.

Video: College of Engineering winter commencement ceremony 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015
A video recording of the winter 2015 UI College of Engineering ceremony is now available for viewing.
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Following family precedent at Iowa Law

Thursday, December 3, 2015
Hannah Shirey's advocacy work made her realize her clients really needed a lawyer. As a result, she is adding to her family's ties to the UI—and the College of Law, specifically—which date all the way back to the late 1800s.