A hearing loop installed in a University of Iowa lecture room is helping people who use hearing aids and cochlear implants, and plans are under way to add more on campus--including in the new Hancher when it's completed.
Story from: KCRG TV
UI Vice President for Research and Economic Development Dan Reed writes about personalized medicine and the emerging technologies that will take us there—and soon.
Story from: Fast Company
The success of a University of Iowa fundraising campaign that already has brought in more than $1 billion prompted its leaders to bump up their goal to $1.7 billion by December 2016.
Story from: Des Moines Register
Research by UI professor public health Frederic Wolinsky finds that people aged 50 and up who played a "Road Tour" video game gained at least three years of mental skill improvement after one year.
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A University of Iowa study shows that high school students enrolled in college courses are more likely to obtain a college degree, and the benefit is especially for students living in poverty.
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NASA and the University of Iowa's Iowa Flood Center are partnering on research that test how well satellites in space measure rainfall on earth.
Story from: Cedar Rapids Gazette
Two anonymous UI Tippie College of Business professors have started a random acts of kindness coffee club, encouraging students, faculty, and staff to give each other free drinks.
Story from: The Daily Iowan
University of Iowa Chief Diversity Officer Georgina Dodge discusses the impact of NBA player Jason Collins' announcement that he is gay.
Story from: KGAN TV
