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A Team Effort - Joining forces to highlight pediatric patient care

A new study by the research firm Tripp Umbach says the University contributes $6 billion to Iowa’s economy every year, creates 1 in 30 Iowa jobs, and generates nearly $16 in economic impact for every $1 in state appropriations. More

SCIENCE

In vitro fertilization doesn't hurt academic achievement

University of Iowa researchers report that children conceived by in vitro fertilization perform at least as well as their peers on academic tests at all ages from grades 3 to 12. More

LITERATURE

International Writing Program a model for cultural diplomacy

The UI International Writing Program offers a shining example for arts-based cultural diplomacy programs, according to the International Cultural Engagement Task Force and the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy. More

PHOTOS

Homecoming buttons through the years

See how generations of Hawkeye fans have worn their pride on their sleeves. More

FACEBOOK

You like us—you really like us

The University's main Facebook page is just under a 1,000 "likes" shy of the 10,000 mark. Help hit that goal and find a new way to connect with other UI grads in the process. More

STUDENT ATHLETE

Q&A with cross-country ace Betsy Flood

Junior Betsy Flood has already participated in three NCAA national championships, and she's off to a flying start this cross-country season, finishing runner-up at the Hawkeye Invitational and third at the Iowa Invitational. More

PODCAST

Sweet science: Chocolate keeps pregnant women healthy

A chocolate a day keeps preeclampsia at bay? A new study links regular chocolate consumption with reduced risk for the disorder, which strikes 4 to 5 percent of all pregnancies in the United States. More

ALUMNUS

Rocking the BELL with a hip-hop start-up

Tyler Hakes wanted to expand the perception of hip-hop and the audience for new acts. So he earned an entrepreneurship certificate and launched a magazine that draws more than 10,000 readers. More

FACULTY

New hires will connect humanities, communities, technologies

The University of Iowa aims to become a leader in digital public humanities, hiring six new faculty who use technology to engage communities with projects in history, literature, philosophy, languages, and other fields. More

RESEARCH

Improving tools for flood forecasts

Better tools to study torrential rains might help researchers predict the course of floods. That's the idea behind a federally funded Iowa Flood Center project that unites hydrologists and mathematicians. More

Related: Alec Scranton named interim engineering dean. More

TECHNOLOGY

UI team sets out to spot Wikipedia vandals

University of Iowa researchers are developing a new tool that can detect potential vandalism on Wikipedia entries and make the online encyclopedia more accurate. More

GIVING

Alumni and friends build better home for dentistry

More than 150 alumni, friends, and UI College of Dentistry supporters gathered Sept. 24 to launch a fund-raising campaign that's already collected more than $6.2 million for building renovation and expansion. More

HONORS

Vandervelde named scholar-athlete semi-finalist

UI offensive lineman Julian Vandervelde is a semifinalist for the 2010 William V. Campbell Trophy from the National Football Foundation, which honors a premier scholar-athlete in college football. More

MEDICINE

Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center awarded $7.8 million

The UI Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center received a five-year, $7.8 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health to advance treatments for muscular dystrophies. More

FICTION PRIZE

UI Press publishes John Simmons Short Fiction award winner

Barbara Hamby's Lester Higata's 20th Century, winner of the John Simmons Short Fiction Award, is now available from the University of Iowa Press. More

“There are great opportunities that have come from the disaster. You grow from these things.”

UI President Sally Mason on the University’s recovery from the flood of 2008 and some of the significant rebuilding projects on the horizon (Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 19).

More UI national news

“I was coming out of a reading for my book tour when I checked the message, and I knew before returning the phone call that something strange and extraordinary must have happened.”

Writer Yiyun Li, an alumna of both the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the UI Nonfiction Writing Program, on her thoughts before learning she'd won a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship (Wall Street Journal, Sept. 30).