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The importance of conversation skills The week of November 22 is "Better Conversation Week"; proponents encourage people to try to understand the listener and avoid language that evokes negative emotion.
'Medicine Man' to speak at UNI Nov. 29 Walter Lewis, internationally known ethnobotanist, will speak about "The Search for New Therapeutics among the Amazonian Jivaro of Peru".
University of Northern Iowa professor of German receives award Jurgen Koppensteiner received the Outstanding German Educator and Checkpoint Charlie Foundation Scholarship Award from the American Association of Teachers of German.
Reality TV genre on its way out, says UNI professor Christopher Martin believes that viewers are losing interest in reality tv; thinks more shows like "Desperate Housewives" will be popular soon.