Articles from 2012

2013 Obermann Graduate Institute Fellows

Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The Institute offers a competitively selected group of UI graduate students an opportunity to explore how civic engagement can enhance teaching, research, and creative work.

Assisting Iowa towns and cities

Monday, October 15, 2012
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

Saturday, October 13, 2012
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

Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

UI postdoc researches pancreatitis

Friday, October 5, 2012
Zuobiao Yuan intends to provide postdoctoral scholars with professional development opportunities.
NIck Benson

Sustainable Iowa

Thursday, October 4, 2012
Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities has launched a new effort to assist Iowa municipalities with long-term sustainability projects.

Catherine Cocks

Friday, September 28, 2012
UI Press employee takes the winding road to acquisitions editor.

Carmen Smith

Friday, September 28, 2012
Biostatistics gradute student traveled to the Gambia in Africa to do research through the Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training program.

Bicycle Simulator Draws Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Thursday, September 27, 2012
Researchers are working to examine the factors that put children at risk for bicycle-motor vehicle collisions when crossing traffic-filled intersections.