Articles from October 2012

Assisting Iowa towns and cities

The University of Iowa's Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC) has launched a new effort to assist Iowa municipalities with long-term sustainability projects.
Nicholas Yanes and Derrais Carter stand in front of a building on the pentacrest

Pop Culture and Politics

Graduate students Nicholas Yanes and Derrais Carter compiled and edited essays and interviews for The Iconic Obama, 2007-2009: Essays on Media Representations of the Candidate and New President.
Meredith Petrie

Climb up, dig deep

Meredith Petrie studies tectonic plate activity in the St. Cyr area, a high-pressure terrain within the Canadian Cordillera mountain belt in the Yukon Territory, Canada.

The Iconic Obama

As the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama has been a lens through which people worldwide have interpreted the politics, art, comics, and music present in their lives.To examine this cultural phenomenon, University of Iowa graduate students Nicholas Yanes and Derrais Carter compiled...

UI postdoc researches pancreatitis

Zuobiao Yuan intends to provide postdoctoral scholars with professional development opportunities.
NIck Benson

Sustainable Iowa

Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities has launched a new effort to assist Iowa municipalities with long-term sustainability projects.