Carver College of Medicine

Media advisory: Student Research in the Capitol event April 1

Monday, March 31, 2014
The University of Iowa, along with other Iowa regents institutions, will showcase undergraduate student research projects, from archaeology to public health, at the annual Research in the Capitol event on Tuesday, April 1 in Des Moines. There are 20 UI student research projects on display, with the students on hand to discuss them.

Iowa Now Minute 3/28/2014

Friday, March 28, 2014
See a roundup of recent UI activities, research, public engagement, and campus life in Iowa Now Minute 3/28/2014.

Achievements: Faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news

Friday, March 28, 2014
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

Specialists to discuss men's health issues

Friday, March 28, 2014
Two University of Iowa urologists will hold several free small-group discussions this spring to address a range of men’s health questions.

Arrested development: How brain damage impairs moral judgment

Friday, March 28, 2014
Researchers found that patients who suffered ventromedial prefrontal cortex damage early in life, unlike patients in whom the brain injury occurred during adulthood, endorsed significantly more self-serving judgments that broke moral rules or inflicted harm on others.
Chance Sullivan

Motorcycle and medical school

Thursday, March 27, 2014
UI senior and Winterset, Iowa, native Chance Sullivan plans to spend part of the next year interviewing at medical schools. He might show up with a motorcycle helmet under his arm.

Media advisory: Child protection experts available for interviews at UI March 28

Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Experts of child abuse and neglect from around the world who are visiting the University of Iowa for the Provost’s Global Forum will be available for interviews Friday, March 28, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the River Room, Iowa Memorial Union.

How to cope with adverse childhood experiences

Monday, March 24, 2014
The 2014 University of Iowa Provost’s Global Forum on “Child Protection: A Global Responsibility” will be held this week, focusing on how experiences that harm children’s social and behavioral functioning lead to physical and mental health issues in adulthood.

Report shows impact of UI Hospitals and Clinics on Iowa economy

Monday, March 24, 2014
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City generates 8,233 jobs that have a $686 million impact on Iowa’s economy, according to the latest study by the Iowa Hospital Association.

Taking that next big step

Friday, March 21, 2014
University of Iowa's Carver College of Medicine graduates are among more than 32,000 around the world who learned today, Friday, March 21, where they will be serving their residencies.
UI researchers hold equipment used as part of the development of an implantable bio patch that regrows bone.

UI researchers create bio patch to regrow bone

Friday, March 21, 2014
University of Iowa researchers have developed an implantable bio patch that regrows bone in the living body, creating a new way to treat wounds.
A variety of containers with relishes such as pickles and other hot dog toppings

UI study finds concession stands shouldn't be afraid of healthy foods

Monday, March 17, 2014
A study by the University of Iowa showed that a concession stand at high school athletic events in Muscatine saw no drop in sales when it added healthy foods.