Iowa Magazine Segments

Discover new public art works that enhance the Iowa campus.

Visit UI's new energy control center.

See how UI scientists learn from the river.

Experience the art of the book.

A University of Iowa alum and a UI scholar explore a raging music industry debate with a bold new documentary film about copyrights and creativity.

Students in Iowa's Graduate Program in Urban & Regional Planning learn firsthand how to enhance the quality of life for all communities.

A class project teaches engineering students how simple ideas can address big problems.

A unique research center advances our understanding of floods.

Herky the Hawk has been the symbol of the University of Iowa and its intercollegiate athletics teams for more than 60 years. Herky represents not only the University of Iowa, but the entire state of Iowa... hence the state's nickname, the Hawkeye State.

IIHR Hydroscience & Engineering is one of our nation's oldest and most preeminent hydraulic research and teaching laboratories. IIHR is known for its capabilities in computational simulations, laboratory modeling and for field observational research.

For more than 125 years, the College of Dentistry has been an integral part of The University of Iowa and a resource to the state of Iowa. It is the only dental school with advanced programs in all recognized specialty areas.

Development and research conducted at the NADS saves lives, improves quality of life for motorists, advances the state of the art in driving simulation, and improves the efficiency and productivity of the vehicle manufacturing sector.

The University of Iowa Spirit Squads consists of the Iowa Cheerleaders, the Iowa Dance Team and the Herky the Hawk. The program is at the forefront of the University of Iowa, providing `Black and Gold' not only but across the nation.

As the Great Recession continues through 2009, Katherine Porter (UI College of Law), Jerry Anthony (Urban & Regional Planning) and Kevin Leicht (Sociology) participated in a research seminar at the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.

The Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER) is a state-funded institute devoted to studying and bettering our environment.

As the University Hygienic Laboratory (UHL) looks back on more than 100 years of service to Iowa, and importantly, to Iowans, the evolution is astonishing.

The Operator Performance Laboratory applies human-centered principles to design and evaluate human-in-the-loop transportation systems. The OPL's research leads to products that improve safety, decrease workload, and enhance capabilities.

The Iowa Electronic Markets, or IEM, is a group of real-money futures markets operated by the UI Tippie College of Business. Since it's formation in 1988, the IEM has earned a wide reputation as an election-forecasting tool with surprising accuracy.

Informatics is an emerging field of study covering the science of information. Informatics merges information technology with the humanities, arts and sciences to transform information into practical, innovative knowledge.

The Maia Quartet are the University of Iowa Quartet-in-Residence, and in 2009 celebrate 10 years at the UI School of Music.

The Hawkeye Express serves the Iowa City community on football Saturdays by bringing thousands of fans from outlying parking lots to Iowa football games in a fast, fun way.

UI Dance Marathon is a student-run organization that works to support pediatric cancer patients and families receiving treatment at the University of Iowa Childrens Hospital.

Santos is a digital human model developed by the Virtual Soldier Research team in the University of Iowas College of Engineering.

Throughout its history, Lakeside has been a place where college students "study nature in nature."

ORBIS operates the world's only Flying Eye Hospital, a DC-10 aircraft converted into a high-tech clinical and teaching facility. By participating in service and capacity-building efforts like Orbis, UI doctors extend their educational mission beyond Iowa.