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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
 

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

Published: 
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

Ernest Pascarella: a leader and scholar

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2013.04.18 | By Heather Spangler | 03:19 PM

According to googlescholar.com, Pascarella’s work has been cited more than 22,000 times and the number increases daily. This makes him the third-most cited scholar at the University of Iowa and ranks him approximately 576th among all scholars with an email address ending in .edu on the site. Story

Matheson provides insights on NCAA infractions

The New York Times: Matheson provides insights on NCAA infractions
Published: 
2013.04.16
Coach Chip Kelly, with Oregon last fall, has moved on, long before penalties will be issued.

Dan Matheson, who spent nine years as an NCAA investigator before joining UI’s faculty as a recreation and sport business lecturer, comments on the release of information about the University of Oregon’s ongoing NCAA infractions case. Story from: The New York Times

The New York Times

Yi discusses new physics that may result from research with atom smashers

LiveScience: Yi discusses new physics that may result from research with atom smashers
Published: 
2013.04.16
Fundamental particles called quarks come in six different flavors. Protons are made of two up quarks and one down quark, while neutrons contain two down quarks and one up quark. CREDIT: Michael Taylor

Kai Yi, research scientist in the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy, is featured in an article about the new physics and new particles that may await discovery by scientists using the world's most powerful atom smashers. Story from: LiveScience

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