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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
 

UI Foundation to promote research through new campaign

The Daily Iowan: UI Foundation to promote research through new campaign
Published: 
2013.05.06

The UI Foundation unveiled the newest fundraising campaign on May 2, “For Iowa. Forever More: The Campaign for the University of Iowa,” with one of the campaign’s three main goals being to ensure a healthier and more sustainable world. Story from: The Daily Iowan

The Daily Iowan

Grad student shares insights on Burmese refugees in Iowa meatpacking town

The San Luis Obispo Tribune: Grad student shares insights on Burmese refugees in Iowa meatpacking town
Published: 
2013.05.06
Ngun Za Bik stands at the front counter of his Grace Chin Store that once housed a pizza restaurant, in Columbus Junction, Iowa, on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. AP Photo by Charlie Neibergall

Cristina Ortiz, a UI doctoral student in anthropology who moved to Columbus Junction, Iowa, for her research, discusses the tensions that have transpired as a result of a large population of Chin Burmese moving to Columbus Junction and competing for jobs with Latinos. Story from: The San Luis Obispo Tribune

The San Luis Obispo Tribune

UI entrepreneurs recognized at inaugural Hawkeye Innovation Summit

JPEC News: UI entrepreneurs recognized at inaugural Hawkeye Innovation Summit
Published: 
2013.05.02

Hundreds of University of Iowa faculty, staff, students, and friends gathered at hotelVetro to celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship across campus at the inaugural Hawkeye Innovation Summit. Story from: JPEC News

JPEC News

Engineering Excellence

Published: 
2013.05.03 | By Wendy Moorehead, Facilities Management | 10:17 AM
UI Research Park/Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant

A project that replaced an existing gas boiler with a new biomass boiler in the Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant, located on the University of Iowa Research Park campus, has won the Grand Place Award (first place in category) in the Energy Production Category of the 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards competition. Story

Best and worst foods for your teeth

ABC News: Best and worst foods for your teeth
Published: 
2013.05.02

In a 2008 study, researchers at the University of Iowa measured enamel wear after steeping teeth in several different beverages for 25 hours. Lemon-lime Gatorade resulted in the most wear, followed by Red Bull, Coke, and Diet Coke. Story from: ABC News

ABC News

Video games work better than crossword puzzles

LiveScience: Video games work better than crossword puzzles
Published: 
2013.05.02

A study by University of Iowa researchers shows that playing a computer game can delay the aging of the mind, from middle-age to older people. Story from: LiveScience

LiveScience

Video games can help reverse mental decay

New York Daily News: Video games can help reverse mental decay
Published: 
2013.05.03

A study by University of Iowa professor of public health Frederic Wolinsky finds that playing video games can prevent and even reverse deteriorating brain functions related to memory, reasoning, and visual processing. Story from: New York Daily News

New York Daily News

The wearable, implantable, personalized future of medicine

Fast Company: The wearable, implantable, personalized future of medicine
Published: 
2013.05.01

UI Vice President for Research and Economic Development Dan Reed writes about personalized medicine and the emerging technologies that will take us there—and soon. Story from: Fast Company

Fast Company

UI announces 'For Iowa. Forever More.' campaign

Published: 
2013.05.02 | By UI Foundation | 03:30 PM
the words for iowa, forever more, on a black background

Comprehensive fund-raising campaign aims to raise $1.7 billion to educate students for a global society; ensure a healthier and more sustainable world through research; and enrich commerce, culture, and communities for Iowans. Story

Telling time on Saturn

Published: 
2013.05.02 | By Gary Galluzzo | 11:13 AM
image of Saturn

A UI undergraduate student and his UI colleagues have discovered one way in which the bubble of electrically charged particles around Saturn, also known as Saturn's magnetosphere, changes with the planet's seasons. The finding could change how we view the Earth's magnetosphere. Results appear in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Story

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