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UI study to evaluate how footwear might affect foot changes during pregnancy

Friday, June 14, 2013
Women ages 18 to 40 who are in the first trimester of pregnancy may be eligible to participate in a clinical research study to examine changes in the feet during pregnancy.
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Hancher announces 2013-14 performances

Thursday, June 13, 2013
The 2013-2014 Hancher season features another stellar lineup of world-class artists.

Media advisory: Information about new UI arts facilities

Thursday, June 13, 2013
University of Iowa officials will be available for interviews about new UI arts facilities at 2:45 p.m. Friday, June 14.

They're preserving an American art form

Thursday, June 13, 2013
New Orleans' Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed a concert in Muscatine as part of the university's and Hancher's Living With Floods project.

UI teams with NASA to better predict precipitation using satellites

Thursday, June 13, 2013
As NASA gears up for a worldwide campaign to predict precipitation using satellites, it’s enlisting University of Iowa flood experts to determine whether its plan will work. NASA’s experts have been working with UI’s Iowa Flood Center since May 1 to collect ground data across Iowa—chosen for its tendency to flood—that ultimately will be paired with satellite data collected through NASA’s Global...

County's kids among nation's healthiest

Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Debra Waldron, director of the Division of Child and Community Health at the UI Children’s Hospital, comments on a new study that shows Johnson County is one of the 15 healthiest counties in the nation for kids.

University of Iowa ranks high in best children's hospital categories

Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The University of Iowa Children’s Hospital ranked in seven specialty categories in the latest U.S. News & World Report “Best Children’s Hospitals” rankings.

Beaver Creek project to receive $1.5 million for flood mitigation

Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Larry Weber, director of the Iowa Flood Center, discusses a pilot project that will monitor the impact of the flood prevention projects along the Upper Cedar River watershed in northern Iowa.

Old Capitol honors Margaret and Charles Keyes

Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The first floor gallery of the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum has been renamed the Keyes Gallery for Arts, Humanities, and Sciences in honor of Margaret N. Keyes and Charles R. Keyes.

Dig into reading

Tuesday, June 11, 2013
The UI Museum of Natural History is visiting libraries across Iowa as part of a Dig Into Reading summer program. Education coordinator Sarah Horgen will vist 16 libraries to discuss Ice Age people and animals.
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Flood center projects benefit Iowa

Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Ranging from online maps about stream and rainfall information to collaborating with NASA to improve satellite measurements of rainfall, virtually all Iowa Flood Center projects are aimed at giving Iowans the information they need to anticipate and live safely with floods.
Students and teachers work together at McKinley Middle School

McKinley Middle School teachers create lesson plans from 2008 floods

Monday, June 10, 2013
Teachers at McKinley Middle School in Cedar Rapids are among many Iowa educators who are developing new lesson plans from the flood of 2008, partnering with the UI College of Education as part of the Living with Floods Project.