University of Iowa overview

Q. What is the University of Iowa famous for?

Ans. The University of Iowa is known for its championship winning sports teams, undergraduate and graduate writing programs and academic medical center. The university is famous for its courses in English, Mathematics, Music, Science and world language. 

Q. What is the ranking of University of Iowa?

Ans. The rankings of the University of Iowa are – 

• The university ranked 420 in the Qs World University Ranking.
• It ranked 160 in U.S. News and World Report.
• The university ranked 76 in Washington Monthly.
• It also ranked 160 in Forbes

Q. Who are the top Alumni of the University of Iowa?

Ans. The notable alumni of the University of Iowa are – 

• George Gallup – Founder of Gallup Poll
• Gene Wilder – Actor
• James Van Allen – Physicist
• Albert Bandura – Psychologist
• Flannery O’Connor – Novelist and Author
• Sarai Sherman – Painter
• Jewel Prestage – First African-American women to earn Ph.D
• James Catwright – former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Ashton Kutcher – actor
• Mark Mattson – Neuroscientist

Q. How is the campus of the University of Iowa?

Ans. The main campus of the University of Iowa is located in Iowa City in between Park Road and U.S. Highway to the north and Dubuque and Gilbert streets to the east. The Iowa River flows through the campus. The university has a Pentacrest in the center of the campus which has 5 buildings; Old Capitol, Schaeffer Hall, McLean Hall, Macbride Hall and Jessup Hall. The Pentacrest is built in Greek revival architectural style and the Collegiate Gothic architecture. The Old Capitol earlier was the state legislature and the primary government building for the State of Iowa. The campus has 6 residence buildings; Burge, Daum, Stanley, Currier, Mayflower and Catlett in the east side. The campus also has some museums that include University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History, the Old Capitol Museum, the Medical Museum, the Athletic Hall of Fame Museum and Project Art at the University Hospitals and Clinics.

Q. What is the main USP of the University of Iowa?

Ans. The University of Iowa is known for its championship winning sports teams, undergraduate and graduate writing programs and academic medical center. The university is famous for its courses in English, Mathematics, Music, Science and world language.

Q. How are the libraries of University of Iowa?

Ans. The Library system of the University of Iowa is the state’s largest library. It contains the main library, Hardin library for the Health Sciences, five branch libraries and the Law Library. The main library of the UI has more than 5 million bound volumes, more than 20,000 rare books and more than 1000 historical manuscripts. Other significant collections of the library system are the Hardin Library’s John Martin Rare Book Room, the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, science fiction collection and works of Walt Whitman. The comic books collection of the university has original art of more than 6,000 cartoons, films and television scripts.