Saturday, February 16, 2013
UI-owned jets test military technology and conduct studies
By Josh O'Leary Iowa City Press-Citizen
Tom Schnell had shed his pilot’s helmet and flight suit in favor of street clothes, for the time being.
He watched as a group of...
Monday, November 19, 2012
Iowans can expect more extreme weather like the 2012 drought thanks to changes in the climate caused by greenhouse gases. That’s according to a statewide group of Iowa scientists who believe that Iowans should act now to reduce economic costs due to...
Friday, September 21, 2012
A funny thing happened to University of Iowa College of Engineering alumnus Roger Koch (BSChE 1977) in the 1980s when an employer reneged on a potentially lucrative offer.
Instead of quitting in anger, as some people might have done, he called upon the...
Every hurricane season when mighty ocean-bred storms build and sweep toward the United States, the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida becomes a beacon of information for coastal residents, concerned citizens, policy makers, and researchers. Created at the end of the 19th century, the...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Web Note: Forbes Magazine Online reports that analysts at PayScale compared its massive compensation database with 120 college majors and job growth projections through 2020 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to...
Thursday, March 22, 2012
By Gary Galluzzo
The University of Iowa College of Engineering K-12 Outreach program will present three summer camp programs for children beginning June 18.
The programs, to be held at the Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences on...
Monday, March 19, 2012
By Nathan McNurlen
Peige Zhou, a UI senior from West Des Moines, Iowa, is mixing biomedical engineering and music.
Peige Zhou studies both biomedical engineering and violin at the University of Iowa, serves as a lead tutor for other budding...
Friday, January 13, 2012
By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen
The course is called Thermodynamics, and the name alone sounds like a class fully capable of melting your brain.
“It made my head hurt every single day,” Vinnie Wagner said. “Probably my least...
Monday, August 22, 2011
By Dennis Magee Waterloo- Cedar Falls Courier
Herky has always had wings, but it took Tom "Mach" Schnell to get the University of Iowa's mascot in the air. His team will visit the Thunder in the Valley Air Show on Saturday and next Sunday, offering a...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
University of Iowa News Release
A $1 million gift from University of Iowa alumnus Roger L. Koch of North Miami, Fla., will spark pioneering interdisciplinary research into bipolar disorders at the UI College of Engineering. In addition, Koch...