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The
University of Iowa is a major national research university located
on a 1,900-acre campus in Iowa City in southeast Iowa, on the Iowa
River near the intersection of U.S. Interstate Highways 80 and 380.
Iowa is composed of 11 colleges, the largest of which is the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, enrolling most of Iowa's undergraduates. The Henry B. Tippie
College of Business, the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine,
and the Colleges of Education, Engineering, Law, Nursing, Pharmacy, enroll
undergraduates, and with the Colleges of Dentistry and Public Health provide
graduate education in conjunction with the Graduate College.
Some
Numbers
More than 28,000 students enroll at Iowa each year. Some 64
percent come from Iowa, 21 percent from adjoining states, and 8 percent
from the remaining states. International students from 106 countries
make up 7 percent of the University's enrollment. The faculty numbers
about 1,200 and there are about 13,000 staff. The total annual operating
budget is about $1.2 billion, and there are more than 119 major buildings,
most of them within walking distance of one another. Adding to the population
are more than a million visitors each year who come to enjoy cultural
events and art exhibits, to attend Big Ten athletic events, and to participate
in the many conferences and educational programs scheduled at the University
year-round.
Community
The Iowa City area community includes Coralville, North Liberty,
Solon, and other small towns with a total population of about 90,000.
The University both provides and attracts a wide variety of cultural
opportunities, Big Ten athletic events, and a number of business endeavors
resulting from scientific and educational research that originated at
Iowa. In the summers, Iowa City sponsors weekly downtown jazz and pop
concerts, and all through the year major poets, writers, artists, historians,
scientists, and others speak or perform in University
venues or to read at local bookstores. Excellent public schools, close,
safe, and comfortable neighborhoods, and a highly educated population
mean that Iowa City frequently appears high on “best-place-to-live” listings
in national magazines. The nearby countryside, good state parks, and
the Iowa River provide many opportunities for walking, biking, and boating.
Twenty miles to the north is Cedar Rapids, Iowa’s second largest
city, home to the Eastern Iowa Airport and a population of about
120,000.
History
Established in 1847, Iowa has won international recognition
for its wealth of achievements in the arts, sciences, and humanities.
Iowa was the first U.S. public university to admit men and women on an
equal basis and the first institution of higher education in the nation
to accept creative work in theater, writing, music, and art as theses
for advanced degrees. It established the first law school and the first
educational radio station west of the Mississippi, broadcast the world's
first educational television programs, and developed and continues to
hold preeminence in educational testing.
Strengths
The
University has world renowned research programs in genetics, hydraulics,
and speech and hearing, and has recorded major innovations in agricultural
medicine, biocatalysis, biomedical engineering, biomedical sciences,
and pharmacology education. Its graduate programs in audiology, printmaking,
creative writing, speech-language pathology, and nursing service administration
are first-ranked. Iowa scientists, including James Van Allen, have been
pioneers in space research, designing and building research instruments
for more than 50 successful U.S. satellites and space probes. The University
of Iowa operates one of the nation's most advanced and comprehensive
university-owned teaching hospitals. It also has developed the most technically
advanced driving simulator in the world.
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