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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
 

Exploring the Willa Cather Archive

Published: 
2013.04.30 | By University Communication and Marketing | 10:40 AM

Matthew Lavin will present “Digital Biographies of Books: Death Comes for the Archbishop as a Case Study” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2 for the next lecture in the PDH4L series. The talk is free and open to the public. Story

Study finds a good use for personality tests on the job

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2013.04.29 | By Tom Snee | 10:50 AM

If employers want to learn more about an employee’s personality, an award-winning study from the University of Iowa finds that the employee might not be the best person they talk to. Story

Welch comments on Iowa's new reading assessments

Quad-City Times: Welch comments on Iowa's new reading assessments
Published: 
2013.04.27
Jane Addams Elementary School third-graders Carter Morrell, 9, and Kadene Tatum, 9, work on reading together. Quad-City Times photo by Larry Fisher

Cathy Welch, director of statewide testing programming for the Iowa Testing Programs at the UI College of Education, says Iowa's new reading assessment tests determine a child's ability to not just read the words on a page but comprehend them in a story that is part of a series. Story from: Quad-City Times

Quad-City Times

Mentoring Moscow

Published: 
2013.04.26 | By Heather Spangler | 08:42 AM
a 10-member delegation from Moscow visits with UI officials on campus.

A 10-member delegation from one of Russia’s premier research institutions visited the University of Iowa this past week to gather ideas to help improve its growing university. The visit was hosted primarily by the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center. Story

UI's Hagle comments on Sen. Lee's speech

Deseret News: UI's Hagle comments on Sen. Lee's speech
Published: 
2013.04.23
Conservatives need to start making a better case for what they stand for, Sen. Mike Lee said Monday in a speech to a Washington, D.C., think tank.

UI political science professor Tim Hagle comments on the impact of a speech delivered by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, to a Washington, D.C. think tank. Story from: Deseret News

Deseret News

Public engagement in higher education

Published: 
2013.04.23 | By University Communication and Marketing | 03:00 PM

University of Iowa faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to participate in a workshop, Public Engagement in Higher Education, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 26 at the UI College of Public Health. Story

Escaping the Shallows

Published: 
2013.04.23 | By University Communication and Marketing | 11:08 AM

David Dowling will present “Escaping the Shallows: Deep Reading’s Revival in the Digital Age” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25 for the Public Digital Humanities for Lunch series. Story

UI research finding may lead to better understanding of inner ear development

Published: 
2013.04.23 | By Gary Galluzzo | 11:05 AM

University of Iowa research has resulted in a discovery that may help physicians and other researchers to better understand normal inner ear development as well as diseases of the inner ear. Story

Legal and social science race scholars to be introduced at UI conference

Published: 
2013.04.19 | By Tom Snee | 11:20 AM

A conference at the University of Iowa College of Law later this month hopes to properly introduce scholars in the law and social sciences who study race, but not with each other. Story

Ankle device conceived at UI goes to market

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2013.04.19 | By University Communication and Marketing | 09:59 AM

An ankle replacement device conceived originally at the University of Iowa debuted this week at the 2013 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in Chicago. Story

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