Giant “I” Marks Start of UI Veterans Day Celebration
Posted On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Michael Considine, Pentacrest, University of Iowa, Veteran Education Specialist
IOWA CITY, Iowa - On the west lawn of the University of Iowa Pentacrest, a giant letter "I" signifies not only the sacrifices, but also a celebration, of veterans.
"We made about 6,000, and we did everything from the tags to the tying of the double knots with the ribbon," said ...
Ottumwa boy, 8, is Kid Captain when Hawkeyes host Wisconsin
Posted On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Des Moines, Dr.Liuska Pesce, laboratory, long-term treatment, Mason Shepherd
Mason Shepherd is a curious 8-year-old who spends his time playing with his younger brothers, Parker and Cooper, building LEGOs®, and conducting experiments in his basement “laboratory.”
When talking to Mason, his bright personality overshadows his small stature.
Before Mason was born, his mother, Cindy, went in for her 20-week ultrasound. Doctors ...
UI Alumna Recognized as Innovative Teacher
Posted On Monday, October 28, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: College of Education, Iowa Children’s Museum, Rachel DeMaris, Robert E. Yager, University of Iowa
University of Iowa College of Education alumna Rachel DeMaris has earned the Iowa Children’s Museum’s second-annual Robert E. Yager Active Learning Award, which recognizes Iowa teachers who provide students “opportunities to become engaged learners, innovative thinkers, and creative problem-solvers.”
DeMaris, a 1999 Science Education graduate, is one of four teachers recognized ...
Alumna Laura Thompson appointed Goodyear CFO
Posted On Friday, October 25, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Laura K. Thompson, University of Akron, University’s College of Business Administration.
Distinguished University of Akron alumna Laura K. Thompson '87, '92 has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The promotion was announced Oct. 14 by the Akron-based global tire manufacturer and becomes effective Dec. 1.
An Akron native, Thompson earned an undergraduate ...
UI commemorates naming of Wynn Institute for Vision Research
Posted On Monday, October 21, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Mr. Wynn’s inspirational, President Sally Mason, UI Stephen A. Wynn, University of Iowa
University of Iowa President Sally Mason presided over the Oct. 18 naming ceremony for the UI Stephen A. Wynn Institute for Vision Research on the campus of the UI, one of the nation’s top public research universities.
The institute was renamed in honor of Wynn’s $25 million gift commitment, which has ...
UI, Kirkwood break ground on new STEM-focused regional center
Posted On Monday, October 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Kirkwood President MickStarcevich, President Sally Mason, Provost Barry Butler, StephenMurley, trustee LoisBartelme, University of Iowa
University of Iowa, Kirkwood Community College, and Grant Wood Area Education Agency officials broke ground Friday afternoon for a 100,000-square-foot STEM education center slated to open in the UI Research Park in Coralville by fall 2015.
The Kirkwood Regional Center at the University of Iowa, as the facility will be called, ...
New Space Created to Foster Entrepreneurial Growth
Posted On Sunday, October 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Entrepreneurial Center, foster entrepreneurial growth, Hillel House, Thinc space, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa’s
With a population of motivated entrepreneurs that is continually growing, the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business is presenting a new resource to the collection of working environments in Iowa City — Thinc.
Thinc opened at 122 E. Market, which also houses the Hillel House, a space previously used by ...
Jim Leach Settles Into New Role as Law Faculty Member
Posted On Friday, September 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, University of Iowa
Lining the walls of his Boyd Law Building office on the University of Iowa campus are two-dimensional busts of some of the great men and women of history. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Martin Luther King. Abraham Lincoln. Benjamin Franklin.
The work of Iowa City artists Michael and Connie Roberts, the busts ...
Law School Enrollment Numbers Down Nationally and Locally
Posted On Thursday, September 19, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Dean Gail Agrawal, Law School Admission Council, Law School Admission Test, smaller student body, University of Iowa
In the midst of a multimillion dollar improvement campaign and a nationwide decrease in applicants and job opportunities for law graduates, the University of Iowa College of Law is revamping its program to meet the needs of a smaller student body.
Since 2010, the college, which is located in the Boyd ...
UI Briefs Regents Committee on Museum of Art Replacement Plans
Posted On Thursday, September 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Beckmann’s triptych Karneval, Museum of Art replacement plans, UI President Sally Mason, University of Iowa
University of Iowa officials briefed members of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa Facilities Committee today, Tuesday, Sept. 10, on progress toward soliciting ideas and potential partners for a new home for the UI Museum of Art (UIMA), which was displaced from its building along the Iowa River by ...
Board of Regents to Hold Public Hearing Sept. 6 Ahead of Meeting
Posted On Thursday, September 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: ADA accommodation, August meeting, Board of Regents, Sheila Doyle Koppin, State of Iowa
In accordance with the transparency measures adopted by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, at its August meeting, the Board Office has scheduled a public hearing to precede the board’s next meeting Sept. 10-11.
The hearing will take place from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, in the Board ...
Stecopoulos to Succeed Valentino as ‘Iowa Review’ editor
Posted On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Harilaos Stecopoulos, Indiana University, Joyce Carol Oates, Kurt Vonnegut, Ralph Ellison, Raymond Carver, University of Iowa, Valentino
Harilaos Stecopoulos, associate professor in the Department of English in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will succeed Russell Scott Valentino as editor of The Iowa Review (TIR) this fall.
Valentino, who served as editor for four years after assuming the post from longtime editor David Hamilton, ...
Bacterial Toxins Cause Deadly Heart Disease
Posted On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: bacteria, Disease Control and Prevention, Patrick Schlievert, Staphylococcus aureus, University of Iowa
University of Iowa researchers have discovered what causes the lethal effects of staphylococcal infectiveendocarditis—aserious bacterial infection of heart valves that kills approximately 20,000 Americans each year.
According to the UI study, the culprits are superantigens—toxins produced in large quantities by Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria— which disrupt the immune system, turning it ...
Stephen A. Wynn gives $25 million to UI Institute for Vision Research
Posted On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Dr. Edwin Stone, philanthropic, SALLY MASON, Stephen A. Wynn, UI’s Institute for Vision Research, University of Iowa
Four-year-old Ava, a patient at the University of Iowa Stephen A. Wynn Institute for Vision Research, has an inherited eye disease. Childhood onset inherited eye disorders are a focus of attention at the Institute.
Stephen A. Wynn has made a $25 million gift commitment to the University of Iowa to ...
Bigger Lungs Improve Odds of Transplant Survival, Study Finds
Posted On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Annals of Thoracic Surgery, lung transplants, Michael Eberlein, predicted total lung capacity, University of Iowa
(HealthDay News) – Bigger might be better when it comes to lung transplants, a new study says.
Researchers found that lung transplant recipients who received bigger lungs were more likely to survive than those who received smaller lungs. This was particularly true among those who received double-lung transplants.
“An unresolved question in ...
UI students named to President’s List for spring 2013
Posted On Monday, July 29, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Academic Excellence, President's List, Spring 2013, University of Iowa
Some 300 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the President's List for the 2013 spring semester.
The President's List was established in the fall of 1983 to recognize academic excellence. In order to be included on the list, a student must have a minimum 4.0 grade point ...
U-I Project Focuses On Helping Pilots Handle Malfunctions
Posted On Monday, July 22, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Computer-aided Design, NASA grant, operator performance lab, Thomas Schnell, University of Iowa
A new, three-year research project at the University of Iowa is focused on helping pilots react and recover when the auto-pilot system in the plane malfunctions. Thomas Schnell is the director of the “operator performance lab” in the university’s Center for Computer-aided Design.
He says they’ll experiment with rearranging the signs ...
Brennan Second of Three Finalists for UI Communication Chief Post
Posted On Monday, July 15, 2013 By USA Education News. Under IOWA Tags: Joseph A. Brennan, State University of New York, strategic communication position, Vice President for Strategic Communication
Joseph A. Brennan, associate vice president for university communications at the State University of New York at Buffalo, will visit the University of Iowa campus Monday, July 15, as the second of three finalists for the UI vice president for strategic communication position.
Brennan will take part in a public forum ...
