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A blind man's daily journey
Published: 2013.05.09 | By Richard C. Lewis and Tim Schoon | 11:23 AM
Published: 2013.05.09
By Richard C. Lewis and Tim Schoon
11:23 AM
The University of Iowa has produced a multimedia package chronicling a day in the life of Jerry Jackson, a 66-year-old Burlington man whose family suffers from a rare, inherited eye disease called ADNIV. Specialists at the UI's ophthalmology department have been studying the disease for more than two decades and now believe they've found the first genetic cause for it. Story
 

Missing the woods for the trees

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2013.03.08 | By Jennifer New | 10:46 AM

H.S. Udaykumar and Meena Khandelwal will discuss their efforts to trace the linkages among forests, energy, gender relations, health, consumption, and culture, and between the local and global processes at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, 111 Church St. Story

UI's Suls discovers tornados survivors are more optimistic

ABC News: UI's Suls discovers tornados survivors are more optimistic
Published: 
2013.03.07
University of Iowa sophomore Jessica Fischels stands in the remains of her apartment in Iowa City, Iowa, April 14, 2006, after it was destroyed by tornado. (Matthew Holst/Iowa City Press Citizen/AP Photo)

UI psychologist Jerry Suls was part of a research team that looked at how people get on with their lives following harrowing experiences after he was unscathed when a tornado hit downtown Iowa City in 2006. Story from: ABC News

ABC News

Supporting undergraduate research

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2013.03.07 | By Kelli Andresen | 10:48 AM

Six University of Iowa students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been awarded the first-ever John and Elsie Mae Ferentz Undergraduate Fellowships for Research. These fellowships were made possible by a gift to the UI Foundation from Kirk and Mary Ferentz in honor of Kirk’s parents. Story

UI expert comments on spread of deadly 'superbugs'

USA Today: UI expert comments on spread of deadly 'superbugs'
Published: 
2013.03.06
A lab specimen of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacter cloacae, which belongs to a family of infectious bacteria, known as CRE. / Handout

Eli Perencevich, a UI professor and infectious-disease doctor, says he is concerned that there aren't a lot of methods in the tool kit that are significantly effective in curbing the spread of certain bacteria-resistant infections. Story from: USA Today

USA Today

UI, ISU offer exclusive research licensing option to industry

Published: 
2013.03.07 | By University Communication and Marketing | 07:00 AM

The University of Iowa and Iowa State University announced Wednesday a new option allowing industry to negotiate exclusive licenses to breakthroughs from partnerships with university researchers. The goal is to increase universities' partnership with companies on research and to increase the rate of technology transfer to the private sector. Story

UI's Mangum: humanities festival allows researchers to 'show and tell'

Des Moines Register: UI's Mangum: humanities festival allows researchers to 'show and tell'
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2013.02.28
Salisbury House & Gardens is hosting the first Iowa Humanities Festival partly as a way to highlight its own collection of art and artifacts, including these Native American beaded accessories. / Salisbury House & Gardens/Special to the Register

Teresa Mangum, director of the UI's Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, recruited scholars to "show and tell" their research at the inaugural Iowa Humanities Festival this Saturday at Salisbury House & Gardens in Des Moines. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.) Story from: Des Moines Register

Des Moines Register

UI research finds that foot size changes with pregnancy

Huffington Post: UI research finds that foot size changes with pregnancy
Published: 
2013.03.04
Photo of a pregnant women's bare stomach from the perspective of looking down at her feet

The majority of women who participated in a new University of Iowa study saw their feet grow during pregnancy. Story from: Huffington Post

Huffington Post

Perlmutter: How to avoid bad advice from colleagues

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Perlmutter: How to avoid bad advice from colleagues
Published: 
2013.03.04
Illustration of a man trying to give the wrong directions to a female colleague, Marta Antelo for The Chronicle

David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, shares how to avoid bad advice from colleagues as part of his "Career Confidential" advice column for The Chronicle. Story from: The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education

UI researchers developing 3D printer, 'bio-ink' to create human organs

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2013.03.05 | By Gary Galluzzo | 07:00 AM
Howard Chen, doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and developer of the multi-arm bioprinter, building multicellular structures using the bioprinter. Researchers in the UI Center for Computer aided Design's Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMTech) group are refining equipment and techniques that may result in the 3D printing of human organs and tissue some five or 10 years from now. In this screen shot Howard Chen, doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and developer of the multi-arm bioprinter, builds multicellular structures using the device. Credit: David Gamradt.

The Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMTech) group at the University of Iowa is engaged in a variety of novel manufacturing activities that include the goal of creating a functioning human organ some 10 or 15 years from now. Video

STEM experience draws high school students from across Iowa

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2013.03.04 | By Heather Spangler | 11:25 AM
Eight JSHS students and one teacher learn about a rain monitoring device in the Hydrology Lab.

Ahmi Dhuna, a 10th grader at Burlington High School, earned top prize for her research examining antibacterial benefits of the Neem tree at the 2013 Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS). The symposium drew middle school and high school students from across Iowa to campus where the top five researchers received scholarships and the opportunity to present at the national competition. Story

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