Buildings and statues constructed of limestone can be protected from many of the effects of environmental degradation by applying a thin, single layer of a water-resistant coating, according to University of Iowa researchers and their Cardiff (U.K.) University colleagues. The paper is published in "Scientific Reports," a new online, open access journal from the publishers of "Nature." Story
The complete work of one of the University of Iowa’s famous alumni has found its home in the University of Iowa Special Collections and University Archives. Story
Teachers from more than seven Iowa communities are converging on Iowa City this weekend to participate in a three-day Interdisciplinary Flood Institute organized by the University of Iowa College of Education as part of a larger initiative, the Living with Floods project.
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Leaders with University of Iowa Health Care have appointed Nitin Karandikar, M.D., Ph.D., as the new head of the Department of Pathology at the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Karandikar will also hold the Dr. Richard G. Lynch Chair in Experimental Pathology. Story
Three University of Iowa faculty members have been awarded the distinction of 2012 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. Story
Caregivers of elderly parents with dementia may have to be wary of their loved ones' antipsychotic drugs. A new study involving UI researchers found that four commonly prescribed medicines are unsafe and ineffective for older adults.
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Eli Perencevich, a professor and infectious-disease doctor with UI Health Care, comments on infections caused by deadly antibiotic-resistant "superbugs." He says, "We are entering the post-antibiotic era; that's a very big problem."
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The University of Iowa School of Music jazz faculty ensemble will perform original compositions at a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City. Story
A study published in the prestigious Journal of Climate, the official publication of the American Meteorological Society, finds that tropical storms that make their way into the North Atlantic, and possibly strike the East Coast of the United States, likely will become more intense during the rest of this century. Story
More than 30 teachers from seven targeted communities across the state that experienced flooding will come to the UI campus to participate in the first ever College of Education's Interdisciplinary Flood Institute Nov. 29-Dec. 2 as part of the Living with Floods project. Story
