Articles Tagged: University of Iowa

Iowa Cancer Registry to ‘make people aware’ of alarming rate during community meetings in all the state’s 99 counties.

The University of Iowa for years has had the top writing program in the country among public campuses – competing at times for No. 1 nationally with Ivy League universities like Yale and Brown, and generating a stream of award-winning novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, and screenwriters.

Start small, reward yourself, University of Iowa prof advises

Iowa a leader in nation in insurance innovation, thought leadership

With a rich history in teaching and producing top-tier writing, the University of Iowa has gotten creative not just in the texts its students publish but the tactics its educators take to train them – turning from traditional textbooks for inspiration and education to society and culture, including pop-culture.

Medical researchers with the University of Iowa published a study last month which found that high doses of vitamin C, administered through an IV, increased the life-span of individuals diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.

The University of Iowa is planning to close its 50-year-old Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies and its Department of American Studies — both of which are replete with the kinds of courses and content that have been the target of Republican regent and lawmaker ire, directives, and legislation in recent months.

The University of Iowa has denied an appeal from a fraternity it placed on interim suspension in November for alleged hazing -- rejecting the organization’s argument that only two members were responsible and those two have been kicked out.

Two weeks after receiving a progress update on its public universities’ efforts to comply with 10 directives to scale back or eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives on campus, the Board of Regents in late November issued an 11th DEI mandate.

“There's much more demand than five or six years ago for delivery, which is part of why looking for efficiency is really important. Because how many trucks do you want in your downtown, circling around, looking for parking?”

After evaluating campus feedback to a trio of finalists under consideration to become the next University of Iowa College of Law dean, UI leadership has determined “none of the candidates was the right fit for the position.”

More than 4,100 students across Iowa’s three public universities are slated to graduate this weekend in fall ceremonies that, while smaller in size and hype than spring commencement, are no less momentous on a personal, professional, and workforce level.

The survey has worked on nearly 200 projects since 2014 dealing with the state’s geology and water resources.

Nearly a year after crews began work on the first new road on the University of Iowa campus in more than a decade — pouring pavement and removing 126 trees to make space for the 1,500-foot artery — a roundabout portion of the project is complete and began welcoming traffic Wednesday morning.

Robert Cargill adds ancient history expertise to History Channel shows, documentaries and YouTube channel