University Communication and Marketing ended regular updates to the fyi website on March 2, 2012.
Information for faculty and staff now appears on Iowa Now, particularly under the “Campus” heading.
The Big Story Archive
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Feeding the research at the University of Iowa
Posted on 02/29/2012Where might you find 320 grams of raw apple peels on the menu? In the metabolic kitchen of the University of Iowa's Clinical Research Unit, which prepares meals for human subjects in UI research. -
Measuring human subjects in the BOD POD
Posted on 02/29/2012University researchers who need to know about their human subjects’ body composition can now make use of the latest technology—the BOD POD. And the general public may soon be able to use it, too. -
It’s called the Herdbook because…???
Posted on 02/21/2012Almost all UI faculty and staff know what the Herdbook is (the university directory); how it became known as the Herdbook isn't common knowledge. Kelli Andresen attempts to wrangle the answer. -
Beware the $ign$ of online retailer unreliability
Posted on 02/17/2012A new study by a University of Iowa researcher suggests that online merchants who display a dollar sign in the titles of their Google search engine results may be less reliable than merchants who don’t. -
State of the arts: Building concepts unveiled
Posted on 02/08/2012Rod Lehnertz, UI director of planning, design, and construction, and architects presented initial plans for new Hancher, music, and visual arts facilities. -
Lost and found stories: A life’s savings; saving a life
Posted on 01/31/2012UI Building and Landscape Services staff make many discoveries while going about their work on campus, finding things big and small, and occasionally serving in the role of true lifesavers. -
The tree Dutch elm disease would leave behind
Posted on 01/23/2012Once, more than 100 American elm trees graced the Pentacrest. A wave of Dutch elm disease reduced the Pentacrest population to a single tree. May it long inspire poets, artists, and Frisbee-throwers. -
From the CW to KRUI, via the M.B.A.
Posted on 01/18/2012Former CW number-cruncher A.J. Honoré loves his new digs in the upper haunts of the Iowa Memorial Union: the M.B.A. candidate is overseeing the university's student-staffed radio station, KRUI 89.7FM. -
Driven to procure their preferred degree
Posted on 01/17/2012Every week, Omaha residents Peg Stessman and Levi Scheppers make the two-hour drive east to attend MBA classes through the UI Tippie School of Management executive program in Des Moines. -
Enjoy friendly competition in Live Healthy Iowa
Posted on 01/13/2012The Live Healthy Iowa 100 Day Wellness Challenge is back. You can help the University of Iowa take home the trophy in a literal sense, thanks to new challenges included in the 2012 campaign.