Donald Black, a UI psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry who studies impulse-control disorders, says a number of misconceptions surround shopping addictions in a story on confessions of former shopaholics.
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The group Native Youth Standing Strong is scheduled to host an event for University of Iowa staff and professors Thursday in Sioux City as part of the UI Faculty Engagement Corps tour of northwest Iowa.
Story from: Sioux City Journal
Pat Mason-Browne, senior associate director of Academic Programs and Student Development in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, co-authors a column on female adult learners, the special challenges they face returning to college, and the ways universities can support them.
Story from: Academic Advising Today
Chinese author Mo Yan (photo, right), a 2004 participant of the UI International Writing Program (IWP), recently assumed the post of chairing the newly-established Beijing Normal University International Writing Center.
Story from: China Daily
Heavy women are less likely to be diagnosed with endometriosis than their slimmer peers, according to a new study. That link was especially strong among women with infertility, according to Dr. Divya Shah from the UI Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City and her colleagues.
Story from: The Oakland Press
A celebratory moment—the bestowment of the 2013 Yale Drama Series Award—is one that grew out of painful loss and honest conversation between a University of Iowa professor and a student (now alumna) of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. Story
A University of Iowa workshop will bring together community members and health providers to address cancer prevention, screening, and treatment for Latino communities in Iowa. Story
Maureen Marron, an associate research scientist at the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, sees grade-skipping as just one option in an academic tool kit known as "acceleration." Story from: GreatSchools
Daniel Reed, the University of Iowa’s vice president for research and economic development, will urge congressional lawmakers to support exascale computing, the next-generation of supercomputers designed to tackle complex societal questions, from climate change to the human mind. Reed will testify at a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Energy on Wednesday, May 22. Story
A new study from the University of Iowa suggests that managers of small firms better protect their shareholders’ stock value by fending off potential acquisitions by larger firms with overpriced stock. Story
