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UI expert discusses Angelina Jolie's decision to remove breasts

Des Moines Register: UI expert discusses Angelina Jolie's decision to remove breasts
Published: 
2013.05.15

Dr. Carol Scott-Conner, a UI cancer surgeon, predicts that Angelina Jolie’s action to have a preventative double mastectomy will lead some women with family histories of breast cancer to ask their doctors whether they should be tested for the faulty genes. Story from: Des Moines Register

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Hagle comments on Warren County casino referendum

Des Moines Register: Hagle comments on Warren County casino referendum
Published: 
2013.05.03

UI political science professor Timothy Hagle comments on a Warren County referendum that would allow casino gaming in the county. Story from: Des Moines Register

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UI bumps fundraising goal to $1.7 billion

Des Moines Register: UI bumps fundraising goal to $1.7 billion
Published: 
2013.05.03

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

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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

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Grad student, alum share reactions after Boston Marathon bombing arrest

Des Moines Register: Grad student, alum share reactions after Boston Marathon bombing arrest
Published: 
2013.04.20
People react while watching police respond to reported gunfire on Friday in Watertown, Mass. / Mario Tama/Getty Images

University of Iowa alumus Aaron Schaechterle and UI graduate student Duncan Mackie, who was part of a College of Pharmacy delegation in Boston for a conference, were among those sharing their reactions in a story about the arrest of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect. Story from: Des Moines Register

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Billionaire Buffett dines, discusses business with UI students

Des Moines Register: Billionaire Buffett dines, discusses business with UI students
Published: 
2013.04.11
Billionare investor Warren Buffett makes the shape of the letter o with his hands with three other UI business students who are spelling out Iowa with their hands

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is taking 20 UI students out to lunch today, the fourth consecutive year that he has invited them to his Omaha headquarters, where they get tours, eat, and enjoy the chance to ask him about investments, business, and life in general. Story from: Des Moines Register

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Christiansen says UI promotes use of water filling stations

Des Moines Register: Christiansen says UI promotes use of water filling stations
Published: 
2013.04.08
Drake students Amy Duong, left, and Leslie Sabick are leaders of the effort to ban the sale of bottled water on campus. 'Why would you spend that much money when tap water (is so cheap)?' asked Duong, 21. / Christopher Gannon/The Register

Liz Christiansen, UI Office of Sustainability director, says that there are filling stations installed at 14 academic buildings and residence halls on the UI campus in a story on how a war against water bottles has prompted a sales ban at Drake University. Story from: Des Moines Register

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UI's McGehee says adults more open about texting-while-driving

Des Moines Register: UI's McGehee says adults more open about texting-while-driving
Published: 
2013.03.28
Iowa lawmaker crashes car in texting demonstration: Iowa state Rep. Phyllis Thede, D-Bettendorf, takes part in AT&T's It Can Wait demonstration on the dangers of texting and driving at the Iowa Capitol on Wednesday.

Daniel McGehee, director of the Human Factors and Vehicle Safety Research Program at the University of Iowa, says adults are more open than teens about texting-while-driving because they don't fear reprisals and figure they don't have anything to lose. Story from: Des Moines Register

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UI doctor with MS suggests caveman diet

Des Moines Register: UI doctor with MS suggests caveman diet
Published: 
2013.03.21
Dr. Terry Wahls holds a bin full of brightly colored vegetables and fruits

Terry Wahls, a medical doctor and UI professor, has developed "The Wahls Protocol," also the title of a forthcoming book, about the special diet she's developed, which involves eating a diet similar to what cavemen would have eaten. Story from: Des Moines Register

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UI's Anderson shares insights on brain health

Des Moines Register: UI's Anderson shares insights on brain health
Published: 
2013.03.19

Brain health is the focus of an upcoming presentation by Dr. Steven Anderson, director of the neuropsychological rehabilitation laboratory at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Story from: Des Moines Register

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