The University of Iowa College of Law will be the new administrative home for the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights with Adrien Wing, Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Law, becoming its new director. Story
The University of Iowa School of Music will present the 2013 University of Iowa Orchestra Invitational Gala Concert, performed by the UI Chamber Orchestra and School of Music faculty, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The concert is free and the public is welcome.
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Rush University Medical Center looked to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic's 'Furry Friends' program, a pet visitation program, as a successful model for allowing seriously ill patients to have pets in their hospital rooms for comfort and support. Story from: Chicago Tribune
Scott Spak, assistant director of environmental policy at the UI Public Policy Center, discusses water quality problems in landfills, and David Osterberg, clinical associate professor in the College of Public Health, comments on recycling.
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The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and its students are trying to fill the state’s growing need for doctors in both rural and metropolitan areas.
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American businesses are struggling with change, and that’s going to be an increasingly serious problem for the economy in coming years. Management and organizations professor Sara Rynes will discuss the threats of apathy when she delivers this year's UI Presidential Lecture Feb. 24. Story
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the UI Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of William LaRue Jones and featuring UI piano faculty Alan Huckleberry, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union. Story
Having diabetes doubles a person’s risk of dying after a heart attack, but the reason for the increased risk is not clear. A new University of Iowa study suggests the link may lie in the over-activation of an important heart enzyme, which leads to death of pacemaker cells in the heart, abnormal heart rhythm, and increased risk of sudden death in diabetic mice following a heart attack. Story
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free recital by faculty member Jonathan Allen at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in the University Capitol Centre recital hall. Allen will perform on trombone and will be accompanied by School of Music alumnus Daniel Kubus on piano.
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