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A second $10 million gift commitment from former Maquoketa, Iowa, residents Jerre and Mary Joy Stead to improve children's medicine at the University of Iowa will create four new faculty chairs and establish funds to support innovation and leadership development.

Grace Lidgett, 8, was just 14 months old when she was referred to UI Children’s Hospital. She started showing allergy symptoms and had difficulty growing. The family learned she has cystic fibrosis—a genetic disorder that causes her body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs her organs.

The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will host a Mini Medical School program on lung health on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the Adler Health Education Center at Genesis Medical Center East located at 1236 E. Rusholme St., in Davenport.

A second $10 million gift commitment from Jerre and Mary Joy Stead of Scottsdale, Ariz., will advance children's medicine at the University of Iowa by creating four new faculty chairs and establishing funds to support innovation and leadership development.

A study by University of Iowa researchers found that patients who received mailed educational information about colon cancer screening plus a testing kit they could use at home were more than three times as likely to get screened for the disease as patients who received usual medical care.

Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn praised researchers at the University of Iowa, to whom he gave a substantial sum to find a cure for a degenerative form of blindness he happens to have.

Stephen Wynn, chairman and chief executive officer of Wynn Resorts, Limited, said Friday that he gave $25 million to support blindness research at the University of Iowa after becoming convinced that its scientists were leading the way in the search for a cure.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason presided over the Oct. 18 naming ceremony for the UI Stephen A. Wynn Institute for Vision Research on the campus of the UI, one of the nation’s top public research universities.

Kyleigh Burlingame of Webster City, Iowa, was diagnosed with Doose syndrome, a form of childhood epilepsy. With this particular disorder, seizures can originate from all over the brain as opposed to one focal point. She will be the Kid Captain for the Iowa vs. Ohio game Saturday, Oct. 19.

The University of Iowa has made a new academic portal available that allows researchers to connect with colleagues and potential collaborators worldwide. The KNODE platform connects life-sciences faculty and experts in industry and academia.

UI pediatric cancer specialist Sue O'Dorisio is among five researchers across the country chosen to receive a $100,000 springboard grant to jumpstart a promising investigation.