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The University of Iowa (U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa [7]) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and 7 professional degrees. [7]
The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. The museum was founded in 1858 by instruction of the Iowa General Assembly as the Cabinet of Natural History. [1] It is housed within Macbride Hall, located in the Pentacrest area of the university campus. [2]
Urbana University (co-ed secondary classes began in 1850) [23] [24] 1855: Eureka College (First school in Illinois and third in the nation to admit women on an equal basis with men at its founding) [25] Bates College [26] [27] University of Iowa (first coeducational public or state university in the United States) [1] [2] 1856
Edwin Adams Davis – M.A. from Iowa; historian of Louisiana; father of Louisiana state archives; Louisiana State University professor [1] Shardé M. Davis – Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Connecticut. James R. Dow – emeritus professor of German at Iowa State University
In 1924 the University of Iowa conferred the first graduate degree "Master's in Graphic and Plastic Arts" to Eve Drewelowe. In 1940 Elizabeth Catlett was awarded the first Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Iowa. The University of Iowa conferred more graduate arts degrees in the nation between 1946–62 than any other university.
There are fifty-six colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Iowa that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The Iowa Board of Regents, a governing board, oversees the state's three public universities – the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa. [1]
All of the academic records are now housed at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Marycrest International University was respected for its solid programs in education, social work, and nursing. In its later years, the university also developed an interdisciplinary program in computer graphics and web design. The campus newspaper was The Crest.
Angel Aircraft Corporation, Orange City, Iowa Builds the AAC Angel pusher light twin. Grinnell Aeroplane Company (1914-1918) Grinnell, Iowa - Manufactured early biplanes. [3] Central States Aero (1926-) was founded in Davenport, Iowa building an aircraft designed by Clayton Folkerts that would become the popular Monocoupe series. [4]