Data mining for better farming
A data-driven method for helping farmers decide what seed varieties to plant has landed a University of Iowa team of analytics experts in the finals of an international agricultural-management competition.
New UI initiative offers funding, support for ambitious research projects
Since becoming the University of Iowa’s Vice President for Research and Economic Development three years ago, Dan Reed has encouraged faculty to pursue more high-risk, high-reward research and scholarship proposals, both individually and in collaborative groups
Reed says the intense competition for research funding and declining proposal success rates for conventional proposals means the time has come to think bigger and in new ways, both pragmatically and intellectually.
Shifting sands on Mars
University of Iowa researchers are traveling to Iceland to better understand sand dunes found all over the planet Mars. They hope the Iceland site will show how Martian sands have changed, which could yield more clues about Mars's geological history and the possibility of discovering microbial life entombed there.
Prediction markets like the Iowa Electronic Markets help explain behavior
Prediction markets like the Iowa Electronic Markets can help researchers better understand why people make the decisions they do.
Student groups organize black-owned business panel
Tippie College of Business sophomore John Akpan wants his fellow students to know there are resources available to help black professionals and business owners succeed in Iowa. To highlight that, he’s helped organize a dinner and panel discussion about black-owned businesses in the state.
Doresca appointed to body that helps Iowa businesses expand overseas
Dimy Doresca, director of the Institute for International Business in the University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, has been appointed to the Iowa District Export Council by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker to help Iowa businesses that want to export their products and services to global markets.
Why the Iowa Electronic Markets is so accurate at predicting election outcomes
UI's Iowa Electronic Markets helped to pioneer the field of prediction markets, which have proven remarkably accurate at predicting election outcomes.
Dare to Discover banners now in UCC
The Dare to Discover banners may be down from the lightpoles around downtown Iowa City, but they're not gone.
5 unique products made at the UI Engineering Machine Shop
Tucked into the basement of the University of Iowa’s Seamans Center is the Engineering Machine Shop, a high-tech workshop where students provide consulting, design, prototyping, and fabrication services to faculty, staff, and peers at the UI.
Crowdfunding campaign supports effort to increase survival rate among Nigerian children
In Azeez Butali’s native country of Nigeria, approximately 2,300 children under 5 years old die each day from preventable diseases and circumstances, totaling 840,000 deaths per year.