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UI health experts among Iowans who volunteered in Haiti

Des Moines Register: UI health experts among Iowans who volunteered in Haiti
Published: 
2013.04.21
Dr. Chris Buresh cuddles a a Haitian youngster, Wendly Steven, 13 months old, who has severe scar tissue on his hand from grabbing a piece of firewood/

Chris Buresh and Casey Panko, a UI Hospitals and Clinics emergency-medicine physician and emergency department nurse respectively, served as team leaders when traveling to Haiti in March along with other Community Health Initiative volunteers, bringing health care to rural villages in Haiti. Story from: Des Moines Register

Des Moines Register

UI students announce vegan food truck as downtown project

Las Vegas Sun: UI students announce vegan food truck as downtown project
Published: 
2013.04.17
Drew O’Bleness, center, identifies a need for change while sharing ideas with fellow classmates participating in their college course “Reimagining Downtown Las Vegas” at Work In Progress in Las Vegas Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/apr/17/joe-downtown-iowa-students-operate-vegan-food-truc/#ixzz2QpBQffbh

After spending spring break in Las Vegas, UI students in a class that focuses on downtown Las Vegas have come up with something they believe will enhance the area as part of David Gould's "Reimagining Downtown" project—a vegan food truck. Story from: Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas Sun

Matheson provides insights on NCAA infractions

The New York Times: Matheson provides insights on NCAA infractions
Published: 
2013.04.16
Coach Chip Kelly, with Oregon last fall, has moved on, long before penalties will be issued.

Dan Matheson, who spent nine years as an NCAA investigator before joining UI’s faculty as a recreation and sport business lecturer, comments on the release of information about the University of Oregon’s ongoing NCAA infractions case. Story from: The New York Times

The New York Times

Yi discusses new physics that may result from research with atom smashers

LiveScience: Yi discusses new physics that may result from research with atom smashers
Published: 
2013.04.16
Fundamental particles called quarks come in six different flavors. Protons are made of two up quarks and one down quark, while neutrons contain two down quarks and one up quark. CREDIT: Michael Taylor

Kai Yi, research scientist in the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy, is featured in an article about the new physics and new particles that may await discovery by scientists using the world's most powerful atom smashers. Story from: LiveScience

LiveScience

UI's Howes leads first laboratory measurement of space turbulence

Phys.org: UI's Howes leads first laboratory measurement of space turbulence
Published: 
2013.04.15

Greg Howes, UI assistant professor of physics and astronomy, describes the so-called Alfven waves that comprise space turbulence, a key driver of space weather, and how he replicated the waves and studied them in the laboratory. Story from: Phys.org

Phys.org

UI professor brings music therapy to dementia patients

The Daily Iowan: UI professor brings music therapy to dementia patients
Published: 
2013.04.17
UI professor works with a group of young children using music therapy

University of Iowa music professor Mary Adamek and her class have brought music-therapy sessions to people all over the area this semester, ranging all the way from pre-schoolers to dementia patients. Story from: The Daily Iowan

The Daily Iowan

UI's Tyler Priest says benefits of offshore drilling are understated

Wall Street Journal: UI's Tyler Priest says benefits of offshore drilling are understated
Published: 
2013.04.12
A photo of an offshore oil drilling rig

Tyler Priest, a UI associate professor of history and geography, argues for increased offshore drilling while Cindy Zipf, the executive director of Clean Ocean Action Inc., based in Sandy Hook, N.J., makes the case against greater offshore drilling in a Wall Street Journal story. Story from: Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

UI alumnus helps rural Iowa pharmacies

Corridor Business Journal: UI alumnus helps rural Iowa pharmacies
Published: 
2013.04.16
UI alumnus Rody Miller works at a computer to help with a new startup telepharmacy business to serve rural Iowans

UI alumnus Roby Miller developed a business, TelePharm, that serves those in rural communities who need medications but who do not have access to a pharmacist due to the trend of more pharmacies in small rural communities closing. Story from: Corridor Business Journal

Corridor Business Journal

New life may spring from UI's ruins

Iowa City Press-Citizen: New life may spring from UI's ruins
Published: 
2013.04.12
Aerial shot of UI art scampus post 2008 flood

Five years after the flood of 2008, two of the most high-profile buildings still standing on the UI campus are scheduled to meet the wrecking ball and will eventually be rebuilt in a story that's part of a three-day series. (Editor's Note: A paid subscription may be required.) Story from: Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa City Press-Citizen

UI's Linebarger says background TV can be harmful to children

Education.com: UI's Linebarger says background TV can be harmful to children
Published: 
2013.04.08

UI College of Education Associate Professor Deborah Linebarger says that frequent disruptions are linked to poorer academic and cognitive outcomes based on a study she and colleagues conducted which looked at the amount of background TV children are exposed to on a regular basis. Story from: Education.com

Education.com

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