University of Iowa

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As a top global university, Iowa is the ideal destination for learning, discovery, and innovation. We bring art and science together to create a truly unique interdisciplinary education. With over 200 areas of study to choose from, students are encouraged to mix and match majors, minors, and certificates to earn a degree that reflects their unique interests.

From inside our world-class medical center to the most prestigious creative writing program in the U.S., students have access to quality academic support and are equipped with the tools they need to stand out in a competitive workforce. Our 15:1 student-to-faculty ratio allows students to work directly with experts in their field while earning valuable, practical skills.

Our campus seamlessly blends into the heart of downtown Iowa City, making it easy to access academic resources and belong to a larger, welcoming community. With over 500 student organizations, clubs, and communities on campus, and countless in-town events scheduled throughout the year, Iowa makes it easy to build a network of friendships and connections that last a lifetime.

Background image: Spring has sprung on the University of Iowa campus and with it a variety of flowers and colors, including the iconic daffodil in one of Iowa's school colors.

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Undergraduate research: Filtering Flint's backroom chatter

University of Iowa undergraduate students Terry Saul III and Hannah Zadeh are working with Iowa faculty and staff to increase the accessibility and usability of nearly a half-million pages of emails related to the Flint water crisis.

Research / Grant - Apr 8

Jackson Russo: Creating new possibilities for treating chronic pain

Fourth-year pharmaceutics graduate student Jackson Russo sees poloxamers as an opportunity to more effectively treat chronic wounds like bedsores and diabetic ulcers.

Research / Grant - Jun 7

Riley Troyer: Doctoral student helps describe new type of aurora

In a new study, physicists led by the University of Iowa report a new feature to Earth's atmospheric light show. Examining video taken nearly two decades ago, the researchers describe multiple instances where a section of the diffuse aurora-the faint, background-like glow accompanying the more vivid light commonly associated with auroras-goes dark, as if scrubbed by a giant blotter. Then, after a short period of time, the blacked-out section suddenly reappears.

Research / Grant - May 13

Min Zhang: Mining consumer reviews for innovation gold

A soon-to-be published study co-authored by Min Zhang, graduate student in informatics, finds that companies can find ideas for innovative new products in the consumer review sections on e-commerce websites like Amazon. The review sections are essentially free focus groups where consumers can leave ideas for new or improved products, says Weiguo Fan, professor of business analytics in the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business and study co-author. Finding those nuggets of consumer wisdom can be a challenge, though. Few companies have the resources to sift through thousands of comments across dozens of e-commerce sites, only a small number of which offer any kind of information that could be used for product innovation.

Research / Grant - 2020 Dec 4

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Tatiana Schlote-Bonne: Winner of the Speculative Literature Foundation's 2020 Diverse Worlds Grant

The Speculative Literature Foundation recently announced University of Iowa graduate student Tatiana Schlote-Bonne the winner of its 2020 Diverse Worlds Grant. Schlote-Bonne was honored for her work "The Afterlife Memoirs." She is a second year MFA candidate in the Nonfiction Writing Program inside Iowa's Department of English.

Research / Grant - 2020 Dec 3

Danny Tallon: Supernova student

Danny Tallon is serious about space. After all, he'd love to go there. Tallon, an undergraduate physics major at the University of Iowa, studies supernovas, which are exploding stars hundreds of billions of light years from Earth. The junior from Mondamin, Iowa, is a published author on two scientific papers that describe the curious behavior of a type of supernova whose explosions defy what physicists think should be happening.

Research / Grant - 2019 Mar 12