University of Leeds

Arms of the University of Leeds
Motto	et augebitur scientia
Motto in English	"and knowledge will be increased"
Established	1904 - University of Leeds 1887 - gained University Status as part of Victoria University 1831 - Leeds School of Medicine
Type	Public
Endowment	£42.3 million
Chancellor	Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Michael Arthur
Visitor	The Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP As Lord President of the Council
Staff	8,000
Students	33,315
Undergraduates	24,510
Postgraduates	8,805
Location	Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom 53°48′29″N 1°33′11″W / 53.808°N 1.553°W / 53.808; -1.553Coordinates: 53°48′29″N 1°33′11″W / 53.808°N 1.553°W / 53.808; -1.553
Campus	Urban, Suburban
Turnover	£422 million (GBP)[2]:3
Colours
Affiliations	ACU, Association of MBAs, EQUIS, EUA, N8 Group, The Russell Group, Universities UK, White Rose Consortium, WUN
Website	www.leeds.ac.uk

The University of Leeds (informally Leeds University) is a British 'Redbrick' university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Founded in Leeds as a successor of Leeds School of Medicine, the university was previously part of the Victoria University alongside the University of Liverpool and University of Manchester. The university gained official royal charter in 1904 as granted by Edward VII.

It is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research universities (of which the university's Vice-Chancellor Prof Michael Arthur is the current Chairman) and the N8 Group for research collaboration. The university is also a founding member of the Worldwide Universities Network, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association and the White Rose University Consortium whilst also being affiliated with the Association of MBAs, EQUIS and Universities UK. The student population includes 24,510 undergraduate and 8,805 postgraduate students making the university the second largest single site university in the United Kingdom. In 2006, the university was ranked second in the United Kingdom for the number of applications received. The annual income for the institution for 2008-09 was £497.2m, with an expenditure of £485.3m. The university has financial endowments of £42.3m (2008–09), ranking outside the top ten British universities by financial endowment however, Leeds was ranked 9th by The Guardian for research generated income in 2009-10, with a research income of £49.5m, a 2.1% increase from 2008-09.

Described as "a top redbrick university and one of the giants of the higher education system" by The Guardian newspaper,^[15] the university is ranked nationally between 24th (The Sunday Times) and 27th (The Independent), and globally between 99th (The Times HES) and 101st.(ARWU) Leeds was ranked 8th in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the best result in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and in 2010, Leeds was ranked as the 9th most targeted British university by graduate employers.Notable alumni include former Secretary of State Jack Straw, J.R.R. Tolkien (writer of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings), Piers Sellers (NASA astronaut) and multiple Nobel laureates.^[21][22]

History

An early view of the Great Hall, next to the Clothworkers' Court

The university's history is linked to the development of Leeds as an international centre for the textile industry and clothing manufacture boom in the United Kingdom during the Victorian era. Its roots stretch back to the early nineteenth century and it was one of six civic 'Redbrick' universities in industrial cities given royal charters at the beginning of the twentieth century (beginning with the University of Birmingham in 1900).

Prior to this wave of expansion in higher education, only five universities--University of Oxford (founded somewhere between 1096-1201), University of Cambridge (founded c. 1201), University of London (founded in 1836), Durham University (founded in 1832), and the federal Victoria University (founded in 1880)--were established in England and one in Wales (University of Wales, founded in 1893). (The Victoria University was established at Manchester in 1880 as a federal university for the North of England since the government were unwilling to raise Owens College to university status and grand it a royal charter. However Owens College was the only member from 1880 to 1884; from 1887 when Yorkshire College joined there were three member colleges.)

Origins of the Leeds School of Medicine

The Great Hall

In 1831, the Leeds School of Medicine was set up, serving the needs of the five medical institutions that had sprung up in the city. Then in 1874, the School was joined by the Yorkshire College of Science, intended to provide education for the children of middle-class industrialists and merchants. Financial support from local industry was crucial (there is a Clothworkers' Court at the University to this day).

The College of Science was modelled on Owens College, Manchester, established in 1851 as a non-sectarian alternative to Oxford and Cambridge, where religious tests were applied and those outside the Church of England were not allowed to receive degrees or were barred from entry outright. Owens College, like the earlier University College London, applied no such tests and was open to Protestant Dissenters, Catholics and Jews.

While religious tests for students at Oxford and Cambridge ceased in the 1850s, northern colleges continued to promote themselves as offering a distinct type of teaching. They took pride in the progressive and pragmatic nature of their scientific education; a field in which the ancient universities, with their focus on general and classical study, were felt to lag behind.

The Yorkshire College of Science began by teaching experimental physics, mathematics, geology, mining, chemistry and biology, and soon became well known as an international centre for the study of engineering and textile technology. When classics, modern literature and history went on offer a few years later, the Yorkshire College of Science became the Yorkshire College. In 1887, the College merged with the Leeds School of Medicine.

Victoria University and Royal Charter

Parkinson Building, whose tower forms the University logo

Leeds was given its first university in 1887 when the Yorkshire College joined the federal Victoria University on 3 November: the Victoria University had been established by royal charter in 1880; Owens College being at first the only member college. Leeds now found itself in an educational union with close social cousins from Manchester and Liverpool.

Unlike Owens College, the Leeds section of the Victoria University had never barred women from its courses. However, it was not until special facilities were provided at the Day Training College in 1896 that women enrolled in significant numbers. The first female student to begin a course here was Lilias Annie Clark, who studied Modern Literature and Education.

The Victoria University was short-lived as the university locations in Manchester and Liverpool were keen to establish themselves as independent universities, unhappy with the practical difficulties posed by maintaining a federal arrangement across broad distances, and spurred by the granting of a charter to the University of Birmingham in 1900.

Following a Royal Charter and Act of Parliament in 1903, the newly formed University of Liverpool started the fragmentation of the Victoria University. The University of Leeds soon followed suit and was granted a royal charter as an independent body by King Edward VII in 1904.

The Victoria University was somewhat continued after the breakup, as the single site in Manchester was then renamed the Victoria University of Manchester until October 2004, which saw the merger with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology to form the University of Manchester.

Reputation and rankings

Foyer of the Parkinson Building, with banners celebrating the University's centenary

Leeds is a leading research institution, and a member of the Russell Group, a group of research-orientated universities. In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise the University was placed seventh nationally for the number of top-scoring researchers and eighth for 'research power' out of 173 institutions taking part in the exercise. Just under 800 researchers at the university were given ratings of 5* or 5, meaning that 70 per cent of the university's researchers were working at the highest level on projects of international importance. The university received the highest 5* grade, denoting work at the forefront of international research, in six subjects: Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, English, Town and Country Planning (i.e. Transport), Food Science, and Italian.^[25]The University of Leeds was ranked 8th in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the best result in the Yorkshire and the Humber region^[19] and in 2010, Leeds was ranked as the 9th most targeted British university by graduate employers.

In The Times Higher Education Supplement rankings 2007, Leeds was placed 16th in the UK, 27th in Europe and 80th in the world. More recent rankings show despite a drop to 104th in the 2008 world rankings, the university re-entered the top 100 at 99th place in 2009. In 2007, The Sunday Times released averages of all its tables over 10 years, ranking Leeds as 26th in the country from 1998 - 2007.

The University has an excellent reputation for teaching and provides a wide range of courses for students. The Guardian University Guide 2008 rated it top in the country for Dentistry and Chemical Engineering, while a majority of its courses were ranked in the top ten or twenty.

The University of Leeds Business School is regarded as one of the best in the UK. In its most recent ranking the school's MBA programme was placed 15th in Europe by The Economist. In the Financial Times' Global MBA ranking for 2008, the Leeds MBA was ranked 48th in the world.

University of Iowa

The University of Iowa
Established	February 25, 1847
Type	Flagship Public
Endowment	US $935,453,000[1]
President	Dr. Sally Mason
Faculty	2,156
Students	30,410
Undergraduates	20,907
Postgraduates	9,502
Location	Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Campus	Urban 1,900 acres (7 km²)
Nickname	Hawkeyes
Colors	Black & Old Gold
Mascot	Herky the Hawk
Athletics	NCAA Division I
Affiliations	American Association of Universities, Big Ten Conference, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Universities Research Association
Website	Official website

The University of Iowa (also known as UI, or simply Iowa) is a public state-funded research university located in Iowa City, Iowa. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. The university is a member of the American Association of Universities, the Big Ten Conference, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, and the Universities Research Association.

History

University seal mosaic, ca. 1908, Iowa Hall.

The University of Iowa was originally named The State University of Iowa, and this remains the institution's legal name. The State University of Iowa was founded February 25, 1847 as Iowa's first public institution of higher learning, only 59 days after Iowa became a state. Despite its legal name, it is not to be confused with Iowa State University.

The first faculty offered instruction at the university in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, there were 124 students, of whom forty-one were women. The 1856–57 catalogue listed nine departments offering Ancient Language, Modern Language, Intellectual Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, History, Natural History, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry. The first President was Leigh S. J. Hunt.

The original campus was composed of the Iowa Old Capitol Building and the 10 acres (40,000 m²) of land on which it stood. Following the placing of the cornerstone July 4, 1840, the building housed the Fifth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa (December 5, 1842) and then became the first capitol of the State of Iowa (December 28, 1846). Until that date it had been the third capitol of the Territory of Iowa. When the capitol of Iowa was moved to Des Moines in 1857, Old Capitol became the first permanent "home" of the University.

Old Capitol Building in February 2005

In 1855, Iowa became the first public university in the United States to admit men and women on an equal basis. Additionally, the university was the world's first university to accept creative work in theater, writing, music, and art on an equal basis with academic research.

The university was one of the first institutions in America to grant a law degree to a woman (Mary B. Hickey Wilkinson, 1873), to grant a law degree to an African American (G. Alexander Clark, 1879), and to put an African American on a varsity athletic squad (Frank Holbrook, 1895). The university offered its first doctoral degree in 1898.

Iowa established the first law school west of the Mississippi River, and was also the first to use television in education (1932) and pioneered the field of standardized testing^[2]. Additionally, Iowa was the first Big Ten institution to promote an African American to an administrative vice president’s position (Dr. Phillip Hubbard, promoted in 1966).

Significant events

On November 1, 1991, five employees of the university were killed and one student was critically injured when Gang Lu, a former physics graduate student, went on a shooting rampage before committing suicide. Officials received letters written by Lu that discussed his grievances and plans; apparently Lu was set off because he felt that his dissertation should have been received more eagerly.

On April 13, 2006, a tornado struck the university and adjacent Iowa City, causing extensive damage throughout the campus and town. The tornado was the most intense and destructive of 5 tornadoes that touched down in Johnson County, Iowa that evening; it was given the rank of F2 on the Fujita Scale.“Damage on the campus was limited to a parking garage for university vehicles and some downed trees.” Several Iowa City homes and businesses received extensive damage. Despite the wreckage, injuries were relatively light in the area, although one person in a neighboring county was killed.

On June 8, 2008, the Army Corps of Engineers warned that flooding on the Iowa River and overflow from the Coralville Reservoir would cause major and potentially record flooding. Such an event could have serious implications and bring widespread damage to campus buildings. After flood waters breached the reservoir spillway more than 20 major campus buildings were damaged.^[9] Several weeks after the flood waters receded university officials placed a preliminary estimate on flood damage at $231.75 million. Later, the UI Vice President estimated that damages would cost about $743 million.

In November 2008, responding to a proposal from the UI Writing University committee, UNESCO designated Iowa City the world's third City of Literature, making it part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.

Colleges

• College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• Tippie College of Business
• College of Engineering^[13]
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Education
• College of Nursing
• Graduate College
• College of Law
• Carver College of Medicine
• College of Dentistry
• College of Public Health

Academics and distinctions

View from T. Anne Cleary Walkway with the Old Capitol in the background

Iowa is one of 60 elected members to the Association of American Universities and is listed in Greene's guides as a "Public Ivy of the Great Lakes & Midwest".

The university is currently home to ISCABBS, an aging public bulletin board system that was the largest Internet community in the world prior to the commercialization of the world wide web.

The University of Iowa is also the home to the National Advanced Driving Simulator (a virtual reality driving simulator.)

University of Iowa in rankings

University rankings (overall)
USNWR National University[16]	66
WM National University[17]	43

Overview:

• One of the top ten international universities in the U.S. according to the Asian Correspondent, April 1, 2010

• 26th best public university in the nation — U.S. News & World Report, 2008 edition

• 66th best university in the nation, tied with University of Connecticut and Purdue University - U.S. News & World Report, 2009 edition

• The best university in the state of Iowa - U.S. News & World Report, 2008 edition

• 21 graduate programs ranked among the top 10 such programs in the country — U.S. News & World Report, 2008 edition

• One of only two public universities in the Midwest listed as "best buys" — Fiske Guide to Colleges, 2008

• One of the top 50 public universities in the country when it comes to offering academic excellence at an affordable price — Kiplinger's Personal Finance, 2006

• "A picturesque campus, a thriving social scene, and the excitement of Big Ten athletic teams" — Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, 2007

• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” for the 20th year in a row (since rankings began in 1990 - U.S. News & World Report, 2009.

• Iowa's 1,700-acre (6.9 km²) campus sits in one of the nation’s most livable cities and in the third-most-educated metropolitan area in America — Market Guide’s 2006 Better Living Index, USA Today.

• The University of Iowa Law Library is ranked #1 in the nation by the National Jurist.

• The College of Nursing ranks in the top fifteen for all six categories used to rank nursing schools by U.S. News & World Report. Iowa places first in the nation in both nursing service administration and gerontological/geriatric nursing graduate programs. Iowa is ranked better than 12th in all other categories.

• The Tippie College of Business was named by Business Week as one of the top fifty business schools in the nation.

• University of Iowa's Carver College of Medicine has been ranked #7 in the country for primary care and #31 in the country for research by U.S. News & World Report.

• University of Iowa's College of Law has been ranked #26 in the country by U.S. News & World Report (2010 Edition), and has attained an average USNWR ranking of #21 in the last 20 years.

• University of Iowa's College of Pharmacy has been ranked #16 in the country by U.S. News & World Report (2008 Edition).

Iowa Writers' Workshop

Main page: Iowa Writers' Workshop

The Writers' Workshop was founded in 1936. Since 1947 it has produced thirteen Pulitzer Prize winners. In total, twenty-five people affiliated with the Writers' Workshop have won a Pulitzer Prize.

Notable workshop students and faculty include Robert Penn Warren, author of All the King's Men, former student Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours, student Tennessee Williams, author of A Streetcar Named Desire, and former faculty member Kurt Vonnegut, author of books such as Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, and Slaughterhouse-Five.

Campus

The Old Capitol, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

The University of Iowa's main campus is located in Iowa City, originally designed by architect D. Elwood Cook, with the campus bordered by Park Road to the north and Dubuque and Gilbert Streets roughly to the east. U.S. Highway 6 traverses the university campus. The Iowa River flows through the campus dividing it into west and east sides.

Of architectural note is the Pentacrest at the center of The University of Iowa campus. The Pentacrest is the location of five major campus buildings: Old Capitol, Schaeffer Hall, MacLean Hall, Macbride Hall, and Jessup Hall. The Old Capitol was once the primary government building for the state of Iowa, but it is now a museum of Iowa history.

Also on the eastern side of campus includes five residence halls (Burge, Daum, Stanley, Currier, and Mayflower), the Iowa Memorial Union, the Pappajohn Business Building, the Seamans Center for the engineering arts and sciences, the Lindquist Center (home of the College of Education), Phillips Hall (home of foreign languages) and Van Allen Hall (home to physics and astronomy)as well as the buildings for biology, chemistry, geology & environmental sciences, psychology, communications, journalism and the English-Philosophy Building. The Main Library can also be found on the East Side.

The Colleges of Law, Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Public Health are on the western bank of the Iowa River, along with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, the Theatre Building and Voxman Music Building. Additionally, five residence halls (Hillcrest, Slater, Reinow, Quadrangle, and Parklawn), Kinnick Stadium, and Carver-Hawkeye Arena are located on the west campus.

The Oakdale Campus, which is home to some of the university's research facilities and the driving simulator, is located north of Interstate 80 in adjacent Coralville.

The flood of 2008 had a major impact on a number of campus buildings, forcing many building to temporarily close. The Iowa Memorial Union was closed for a period of time, and the ground floor of this building is still closed as it undergoes renovation. The arts campus, which includes Hancher, Voxman and Clapp, and the Theatre Building, was hit especially hard. The theatre building has since reopened, but the music facilities have not. Music classes were for a short time held in temporary trailers, and now music classrooms are spread throughout campus. Recently, a University task force suggested to state regents that Hancher be rebuilt near its current site on the West bank of the Iowa River and Voxman and Clapp be built nearer to the main campus on South Clinton Street.

The Pentacrest

Main article: Pentacrest

The Pentacrest is sometimes referred to as the center of academic life at the University, especially for Liberal Arts students. It is composed of five buildings; the Old Capitol and four lecture halls, Schaeffer, Macbride, MacLean, and Jessup. A variety of classes are held in these four buildings, mostly relating to the Liberal Arts. Macbride Hall and the Old Capitol also contain museums of natural history and Iowa state history, respectively.

Campus museums

Museum of Natural History in Iowa Hall.

• University of Iowa Museum of Art
• Museum of Natural History
• Old Capitol Museum
• Medical Museum
• Athletic Hall of Fame and Museum
• Project Art (University Hospitals and Clinics)

Sustainability

The University of Iowa is one of the EPA's Green Power Partners, burning oat hulls instead of coal and reducing coal consumption by 20%. In May 2004 the university joined the Chicago Climate Exchange, and in April 2009 a student garden was opened.

Student life

Much of the student night-life in Iowa City is centered around the pedestrian mall, the "ped mall" which contains numerous restaurants, local shops/boutiques, and over thirty bars of different styles for every personality. Another popular university event that draws both students and also a vast number of residents from the community is home football games. A common activity that many students engage in is tailgating, which many students begin promptly as the sun rises. In addition, there are hundreds of student organizations, including groups focused on politics, sports, games, lifestyles, dance, song, and theater, and a variety of other activities. The University also tries to sponsor events that give students an alternative to the typical drinking scene. In 2004 the University established an annual $25,000 contract with the newly reopened Iowa City Englert Theatre to host concerts and performances for as many as 40 nights a year.

Students also participate in a variety of student media organizations. Students put together the Daily Iowan (often called the DI), which is printed every Monday through Friday while classes are in session. Daily Iowan TV, KRUI radio, Student Video Productions, Off Deadline magazine and Earthwords magazine are other examples of student-run media.

Athletics

University of Iowa mascot, Herky.

Iowa Hawkeyes logo.

The school's sports teams, the Hawkeyes, participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Big Ten Conference.

Football

Main article: Iowa Hawkeyes football

Iowa's football team plays its home games at Kinnick Stadium, named after former Iowa football player Nile Kinnick who won the Heisman Trophy in 1939. Kinnick Stadium hosts 70,585 fans. The stadium unveiled a new look in 2006 with the completion of a $90 million renovation. The renovation included new stands in the south endzone, a new press box, and a statue of Kinnick. In recent years, the football team has enjoyed much success, earning six national bowl appearances since 2001 including shared Big Ten titles in 2002 and 2004. However, the program produced disappointing and mediocre records in 2006 and 2007. In 2006, after starting out 5–1, the team lost five of its last six games, including losses to perennially poor Indiana and Northwestern teams. Iowa lost to Texas in the Alamo Bowl. Iowa won its bowl game in 2008. Iowa recently defeated BCS ranked #3 Penn State in the 2008 season. In the current 2009 season, Iowa had one of its best starts in school history, with a 10-2 record. On January 5, 2010, Iowa defeated Georgia Tech in the FedEx Orange Bowl to claim their first major bowl victory in over 50 years.

Iowa battles Iowa State University annually for the Cy-Hawk Trophy, a traveling award. Although the Hawkeyes have dominated the overall series with the Cyclones (Iowa holds a 37–19 advantage). Iowa restored the Cy-Hawk Trophy in 2008 beating Iowa State 17–5 in Iowa City on 13 Sept 2008. Iowa also has a traditional rivalry with Minnesota. The two schools' football teams meet yearly to battle for Floyd of Rosedale, a traveling trophy in the shape of a bronzed pig. On November 22, 2008 the Hawkeyes routed a 7-4 Minnesota team 55-0 during the Golden Gopher's last game in the Metrodome. In 2004, Iowa and Wisconsin unveiled the Heartland Trophy, a bronze bull, to be played for in their annual rivalry.

Wrestling

Main article: Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling

Iowa is famous for its extremely successful collegiate wrestling program. Through 2010, the Hawkeyes wrestling team has won 23 national titles and 34 Big Ten titles. Coach Dan Gable's Gang won nine straight NCAA team championships (1978 to 1986) and twice won three in a row (1991 to 1993 and 1995 to 1997). Iowa's 51 NCAA Champions have won a total of 77 NCAA individual titles, crowning six three-time and 15 two-time champions. Furthermore, Iowa's 132 all-Americans have earned all-America status 269 times, including 16 four-time, 29 three-time and 34 two-time honorees. Sports Illustrated named the Iowa program one of the top sports dynasties of the 20th century.[1] The program again made the news on March 29, 2006 when it was announced that wrestling coach Jim Zalesky's contract will not be renewed. About a month later, Iowa hired former 4 time All-American and Olympic champion Tom Brands as the new head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes. The University of Iowa wrestling program has consistently held an edge over in-state rival Iowa State. Iowa Wrestling won the NCAA National Team Titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010.

Men's basketball

Main article: Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team currently plays in 15,500-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena, along with the school's women's basketball, wrestling, and volleyball teams.

Throughout history, the Hawkeyes have enjoyed the successes of eight Big Ten regular season conference championships, the last coming in 1979. More recently, Iowa has won the Big Ten tournament twice, in 2001 and 2006. Iowa also has 22 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament appearances, including three Final Fours, reaching the semifinals in 1955 and 1980 and playing in the championship game against the University San Francisco in 1956.

The team experienced success in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s under head coaches Lute Olson and Tom Davis. Under Olson, the Hawkeyes won their last Big Ten regular season championship (1979) and went to their last Final Four to date (1980).

[edit] Other sports

Canoe house, built 1937 by the WPA.

The Iowa Hawkeye women's basketball team experienced great success in the 1980s and early 1990s under coach C. Vivian Stringer. In 1985, the Hawkeyes became the first women's basketball team in history to sellout in advance.[2] During Stringer's tenure, the Hawkeyes appeared in 10 Women's NCAA Tournaments, including 9 consecutive berths from 1985-86 through 1993–94. Additionally, the Hawkeyes appeared in the 1993 Women's Final Four, losing to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the semifinals. Stringer's successor at Iowa, Angie Lee, took Iowa to an additional 3 NCAA tournaments, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance during the 1995-96 season. Current coach Lisa Bluder has taken the Hawkeyes to five NCAA tournaments and two WNIT berths, including an appearance in the WNIT semifinals during the 2004–2005 season. Most recently, the women were Big 10 Champions (tying with Ohio State) in 2008.

The trampoline was invented by university members George Nissen and Larry Griswold around 1935. Griswold, was the assistant gymnastics coach and Nissen was a tumbler on the gymnastics team.

On June 23, 2006 it was announced that former University of Wyoming athletic director Gary Barta had been named the new athletic director of the University. Barta replaced Bob Bowlsby, who left the University on July 9^th to become the new athletic director of Stanford University.

The women's soccer team defeate Iowa State in the 2009 season.

The University of Iowa has many club teams that compete in water polo, baseball, rugby, lacrosse, volleyball, crew, soccer, ice hockey, cricket and other sports. There is also a women's flag football team.