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Published: 2013.06.19 | By Jennifer Brown | 10:20 AM
Published: 2013.06.19
By Jennifer Brown
10:20 AM
A University of Iowa study reveals significant disparities between minority and white clients in success rates for completing substance abuse treatment programs. Moreover, these disparities vary widely from state to state. Story
 

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

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

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

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

Video game may help keep aging brains smart

Published
2013.05.01

Research by UI professor public health Frederic Wolinsky finds that people aged 50 and up who played a "Road Tour" video game gained at least three years of mental skill improvement after one year. Story from: US News

US News

Dual enrollment boosts college success for high school students

Published
2013.05.01

A University of Iowa study shows that high school students enrolled in college courses are more likely to obtain a college degree, and the benefit is especially for students living in poverty. Story from: KJZZ radio

KJZZ radio

Want to slow mental decay? Play a video game

road tour screen shot

A University of Iowa study shows that older people can put off the aging of their minds by playing a simple game that primes their processing speed skills. The research showed participants' cognitive skills improved in a range of functions, from improving peripheral vision to problem solving. Results published in the journal "PLOS One." Story

What are NASA researchers testing in Iowa?

Published
2013.04.30
Man looking at computer screen

NASA and the University of Iowa's Iowa Flood Center are partnering on research that test how well satellites in space measure rainfall on earth. Story from: Cedar Rapids Gazette

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Chemicals pervasive in Chicago air

Environmental Health News: Chemicals pervasive in Chicago air
Published
2013.04.30

Research by UI engineering professor Keri Hornbuckle finds Chicago's air is filled with toxic chemicals. Story from: Environmental Health News

Environmental Health News

Nuclear waste expert to speak at UI

Rodney Ewing, an academic and longtime campaigner for a cautious, sensible approach to nuclear waste disposal, will speak at the University of Iowa at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2. Ewing’s talk, to be held in Room W151 in the Pappajohn Business Building, comes amid conflicting views on the role of nuclear energy in a so-called green economy, balanced with the safety of reactors and the safe storage of nuclear waste. Story

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