Inside UNI Feature Story Archive

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

UNI named to Presidential Honor Roll

UNI has been named winner of the Economic Opportunity category for the 2015 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for three projects: "Economic Assistance for Low Income Waterloo Neighborhoods," "Service and Learning Throughout Entrepreneurship" and "Improving Access to Fruits

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Opportunity through collaboration

This summer, Nilda Rodriguez, assistant professor of biology, and Marek Sliwinski, associate professor of biology, collaborated with instructors from around Iowa at the FUTURE in Biomedicine program, a research program through the University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine.

Friday, September 23, 2016

UNI ranks No. 2 among top Midwest public universities

The University of Northern Iowa ranked No.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

UNI announces record retention rate

In his presentation to the Iowa Board of Regents earlier this month, UNI Interim President Jim Wohlpart announced the official enrollment figures for fall 2016, including the freshmen retention rate from fall 2015.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

UNI faculty member receives Fulbright Award

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

A Hall of Fame career

UNI's very own professor of global health and chair of the health promotion and education division, Michele Devlin, is the recipient of the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame Award.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Explore opportunities at the UNI Career Fair

The UNI Job and Internship Fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Sept. 19, in the McLeod Center on the UNI campus. More than 160 employers, graduate schools and nonprofits will be in attendance to network with UNI students and alumni, and discuss internships and full-time jobs.

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Educating Iowa's teachers

Monday, August 29, 2016

U.S. Department of Education awards $450,384 grant to UNI

The U.S.

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Weeks of Welcome

Monday, August 22, 2016

Welcome back, Panthers!

Welcome back, students, faculty and staff!

I can't tell you how excited I am to have all of you back on campus. I hope that everyone is well rested from the summer and eager to get started, because we have an exciting year in store, with plenty to look forward to in the coming months.

Monday, August 15, 2016

UNI Museum to restore mastodon tusk

UNI's Museum has received $306,258 from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust for its project to restore a mastodon tusk.

Friday, August 12, 2016

Ready for Move-in Day?

Move-In Day is almost upon us!

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

A bridge between generations

The recent trend of college students living alongside the elderly is reshaping traditional views of retirement and nursing homes.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Join UNI at the state fair

UNI will host an interactive exhibit at the Iowa State Fair 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 11, through Sunday, Aug. 21, in the Varied Industries Building. Fairgoers can visit with alumni, faculty, staff and students, as well as pick up Panther tattoos, athletic posters and other giveaways.

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Preparing Iowa's principals

Imagine you’re a principal sitting behind your desk and seated across from you is a parent irate that their child was not selected for the National Honor Society.

Monday, July 25, 2016

Blazing their own path

Monday, July 18, 2016

UNI’s new tobacco policy

According to a survey conducted by Harvard School of Public Health, a third of the 14,000 students surveyed use tobacco products, which include cigarettes, chewing tobacco and cigars. That is a total of 33 percent of overall college students who use these products.

Monday, July 11, 2016

Winning in the classroom

On the wall of the women’s basketball team’s locker room in the McLeod Center, you’ll find a set of national rankings from the previous year, but these rankings aren’t from the Associated Press or even the USA Today coaches poll.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Improvising to succeed

Leadership, communication and improvisation: all skills that Micah Zeimetz, a junior majoring in social science education, has developed since his freshman year at UNI.