University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a university in Iowa City, Iowa. The university was founded in 1847, only 59 days after Iowa became a state. In 1855, Iowa became the first public university in the United States to admit men and women on an equal basis. The university offered its first doctoral degree in 1898. The school was also the first to use television in education (1932) and pioneered the field of standardized testing.
Bachelors, master's, and doctoral programs are offered through the College of Business, the College of Dentistry, the College of Engineering, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the College of Public Health, the College of Education, the Henry B. Tippie College of Law, the College of Medicine, the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver Graduate College, the College of Nursing, and the College of Pharmacy. It is also the home of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Another project hosted by the University of Iowa is a virtual reality driving simulator, which they use to test vehicle and roadway technology, and the driver reactions to this technology.
The University of Iowa campus is located in Iowa City, with the campus bordered by Park Road to the north and Dubuque and Gilbert Streets roughly to the east. U.S. Route 6 traverses the university campus.
One of the notable buildings that is part of the campus is the Old Capitol Building. This building served as the capitol building for the territory of Iowa when the capital of Iowa was based in Iowa City. Today the building houses the office of the school's President. In 2002 the building was damaged by fire. The capitol dome - which is the most notable feature of the building and part of the school logo - was destroyed in the fire. The school then proceeded to restore the dome so that it appeared exactly as the old dome did, and the restoration was completed by the summer of 2003.
The school's sports teams are called the Hawkeyes. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Big Ten Conference.
Iowa's football team plays Iowa State University annually for the Cy-Hawk Trophy, a travelling award. It also has a Big Ten rivalry with Minnesota. The two schools' football teams meet yearly to battle for the Floyd of Rosedale, a trophy in the shape of a bronzed pig.
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.