The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at the University of Iowa has named two faculty to the newly created Administrative Research Fellows Program. The two chosen are Meenakshi Gigi Durham, professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Thomas Scholz, a doctor and pediatrics professor in the Carver College of Medicine.

UI engineering Professor Ching-Long Lin received a five-year, $3.2 million grant in August from the National Institutes of Health to conduct analysis using a 3-D lung model to predict lung disease in both an individual and a large population range.

A University of Iowa professor has received a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop computerized models of the human lung that are easily seen by physicians and patients.

Carson Thomas, 14, kicks off the fifth year of the Kid Captain program, a collaboration between UI Children's Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes.

A longitudinal, observational study shows eating more fruit, particularly apples, grapes, and blueberries, lowers type 2 diabetes risk, which fits what clinicians already tell patients about the importance of a healthy diet, said UI endocrinologist Christopher Adams.

The University of Iowa Lifetime Enrichment Adult Program is offering a variety of courses to adult learners this fall.

University of Iowa Health Care emergency medicine experts warn that the current high temperatures can pose serious health risks and urge people to be on the lookout for signs of heat-related illness in themselves and others.

The University of Iowa is pleased to announce the following faculty promotions. The promotions are effective for the 2013-14 academic year, beginning July 1.

Since scientists announced last week that they had tracked a dangerous new coronavirus to bats in Saudi Arabia, a debate has emerged among virologists, including the UI's Stanley Perlman, about whether there is enough evidence to back up the claim.

UI microbiology professor Patrick Schlievert said his team has made a breakthrough that could save thousands of lives—determining what causes the deadly effects of infective endocarditis, a bacterial infection of the heart valves.

The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will hold its annual memorial service for the Deeded Body Program at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 1300 Melrose Ave., Iowa City.

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