University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (also known as UI, and of myself, or Wisconsin) and research at universities and public Iowa City, Iowa. Founded in 1847, the Iowa State University old government. The University of Iowa is a university flag ships rehabilitation Iowa. The University of Iowa is organized into colleges eleven taught at more than 200 materials and graduated seven.
Iowa campus occupies 1,700 acres in the center next to the banks of the Iowa River and includes the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, named one of "Americas Best Hospitals" season 25 respectively. University was the developer of the first Master of Fine Arts, and operates the world-renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop. Iowa has been a lot of research on, and member organizations in several studies, including the famous Association of American Universities, the Universities Research Association and the Committee on Cooperation in the center. The Wisconsin Alumni network than 250,000, and university budgeted revenue and costs $ 3.513 million in 2015.
The University of Iowa groups of athletes, Hawkeyes, who compete in NCAA I and the members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hawkeyes 24 Varsity field and have the national competition 27.
History
The University of Iowa was founded on February 25, 1847, just 59 days after Iowa was admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Iowa State University, referring to Iowa City established "without branches or any other location." Name of law universities and the State University of Iowa, but the Board of Regents approved the use of the "University of Wisconsin" usage days in October 1964.The first gave the command to start the university in March 1855 to increase the Old Building, located where Seashore Hall now. In September 1855, there were 124 students, of whom forty women. The 1856-57 catalog listed nine departments in teaching ancient languages, modern languages, philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, history, natural history, mathematics, natural philosophy, chemistry. The first president of the university Amos Dean.
The original campus consisted of Iowa Old Capitol Building and 10-acre (40,000 m2) (4.05 hectares) of land where they stood. After the placing of the cornerstone on July 4, 1840, the building of the Fifth Assembly to legislate in Iowa (December 5, 1842) and became the first building Capitol State of Iowa, on December 28, 1846. Until that date, it had been the Capitol third soils of Iowa. When Capitol of Iowa was moved to Des Moines in 1857, the Old Capitol became "home" for the first time at the University.
1855, Iowa became the first university in the United States to admit men and women equally. In addition, Iowa became the first university in the world to accept a job manuscripts theater, writing, music, and art in equal educational research
University was one of the first institutions in America to deliver graduate law wife (Mary B. Hickey Wilkinson, 1873), to give the degree a law that African American (G. Alexander Clark in 1879), and that African American Varsity squad of athletes (Frank Holbrook, 1895). University doctoral gave its first in 1898.
University became the state university begin to understand that you're gay, bisexual, transgender, and Allied Workers Union (in 1970).
The University of Iowa established the first school in the west on the Mississippi River, and was the first university to use television in education, in 1932, and a pioneer in the field of testing quality. Also, the University of Iowa became the first Big Ten institution to promote an African American to the position of vice president of administration. (Phillip Hubbard, promotion 1966)
The shooting took place on campus on November 1, 1991. Six people died in the shooting, including the perpetrator, and another man wounded, making it the fifth-best university in the previous history of the United States, is bound to hit a Northern Illinois University.
flood in summer 2008 break co ralville Reservoir dam, destroying large buildings on the campus more than 20 years. A few weeks after the floodwaters receded officials at the university who led the introduction estimates the damage the flood to $ 231.75 million. Later, the university estimated that repairs would cost about $ 743 million.
Later, in 2008, UNESCO designated Iowa City City around the third Literature, making it part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
On January 26, 2015, the University and the Aib College of Business in Des Moines, Iowa, has announced that the college for Des Moines campus of the University of Iowa.
Campus
The University main campus of his Iowa, located in Iowa City, initially designed graphical D. Elwood Cook. Campus is roughly bordered by Park Road and Highway US 6 north and Banque Du Gilbert Streets to the east. The Iowa River flows through the campus, into the west and east sides.The building is important to Pentacrest center, The University of Iowa campus. The Pentacrest includes five main buildings on campus: Old Capitol, Schaeffer Hall, MacLean Hall, McBride Hall, and Jessup Hall. The Old Capitol built home state legislation and state building in front of the State of Iowa, but now the heart of the symbolic universities and ceremonial legislature room again and history museum Iowa.
Also on the east campus of five residential halls (Burge, Daum, Stanley, Courrier, and the Mayflower), the Iowa Memorial Union, the Women's Resource & Action Center, the Pappajohn Business Building, shamans Center for the Arts Engineering and Sciences, and Lindquist Center (home College of Education), Phillips Hall (foreign language), Van Allen Hall (home of natural stars), the English-Philosophy building, the Becker Communication building, the Adler journalism building, and buildings in biology, chemistry, geology and the science of the environment, and and psychology. The Main Library can also be found on the east.
In the College of Law, Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Health of the Government on the western side of Iowa River, and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, the Theatre Building, and Voxman Music Building. In addition, six residence halls (Hillcrest, Slater, Rienow, Quadrangle, Parklawn, and Petersen), Kinnick Stadium, and Carver-Hawkeye Arena on the campus are located on the west side.
The Oakdale Campus, which is home to some of the research facilities of universities and driving simulator, located north from 80 nearby Co ralville.
The flood of 2008 had contributed a large number of buildings on campus, forcing many buildings and close temporarily. The Iowa Memorial Union was closed for a time, and the ground floor of the building they will be made to repair the damage. Campus technology, including Hancher Auditorium, Voxman, Clapp Hall recital, and the Theatre Building, was hit particularly hard. The Theatre Building from available, but the benefits of music. music classes for a short time held in a temporary trailer, and now dispersed to study music throughout the campus. Recently, the University embarked suggested Regents state that Hancher rebuilt near its current site in the West shore Iowa River and Voxman and Clapp building is near the main campus of South Clinton Street.
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