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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
 

College of Education experts weigh in on bridging the achievement gap

Iowa City Press-Citizen: College of Education experts weigh in on bridging the achievement gap
Published: 
2013.05.17

Several UI College of Education experts are among those sharing thoughts on the Iowa City Community School District's diversity policy and what more can be done to help students living in poverty. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.) Story from: Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa City Press-Citizen

Spotlight: Melody heart valve puts teen back in the game

Health at Iowa: Spotlight: Melody heart valve puts teen back in the game
Published: 
2013.05.14
Rebecca Hemm, University of Iowa Children's Hospital patient

Fourteen-year-old Rebecca Hemm of Moline, Ill., was among the first to receive a Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve at University of Iowa Children's Hospital, allowing her to play tennis on her school team and sing in the choir. Story from: Health at Iowa

Health at Iowa

UI Stroke Center named Iowa's first Comprehensive Stroke Center

Published: 
2013.05.20 | By Molly Rossiter | 08:00 AM

The Primary Stroke Center at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is among first to achieve a new designation of Advanced Certification Comprehensive Stroke Center. Story

UI experts comment on suggestion to lower blood alcohol limit

The Gazette: UI experts comment on suggestion to lower blood alcohol limit
Published: 
2013.05.14
Officer Shawn Burke administers a traffic safety check point organized by Cedar Rapids Police in Southwest Cedar Rapids which started at 11:00p.m. on March 29, 2013. (Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette)

Several National Advanced Driving Simulator experts at the UI share insights on the decision by the National Transportation and Safety Board to push states to reduce the legal blood alcohol limit from 0.08 to 0.05. Story from: The Gazette

The Gazette

UI expert discusses Angelina Jolie's decision to remove breasts

Des Moines Register: UI expert discusses Angelina Jolie's decision to remove breasts
Published: 
2013.05.15

Dr. Carol Scott-Conner, a UI cancer surgeon, predicts that Angelina Jolie’s action to have a preventative double mastectomy will lead some women with family histories of breast cancer to ask their doctors whether they should be tested for the faulty genes. Story from: Des Moines Register

Des Moines Register

Lewin: baby steps to marriage equality

Huffington Post: Lewin: baby steps to marriage equality
Published: 
2013.05.13

Ellen Lewin, UI professor of gender, women, and sexuality studies and anthropology, writes about lesbian and gay parenthood, and how society is taking baby steps toward marriage equality. Story from: Huffington Post

Huffington Post

Reviving Towncrest

Published: 
2013.05.16 | By Tom Snee | 10:01 AM
architectural rendering of Towncrest neighborhood

An analysis by a group of University of Iowa business students suggests that Iowa City focus its efforts to redevelop the Towncrest neighborhood on a piece of city-owned vacant land at the corner of First Avenue and Muscatine Road. Architectural rendering provided by Iowa City Department of Planning and Community Development. Story

UI's Noonan says social, cultural changes contribute to rise of unwed parenting

The Gazette: UI's Noonan says social, cultural changes contribute to rise of unwed parenting
Published: 
2013.05.15
Brittany Honer helps her daughter, Kaitlin Ansell, 5, across the monkey bars at Jacolyn Park on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. A U.S. Census Bureau reports a big spike among unwed mothers in the 20 to 24 age range, which includes Honer, 22. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Social shifts, along with cultural differences, are among the top reasons unmarried parenting has become more common, says UI associate sociology professor Mary Noonan in a story on the rise of unwed parenting nationally and locally. Story from: The Gazette

The Gazette

The developmental genetics of space and time

Published: 
2013.05.15 | By Albert Erives | 08:44 AM

Understanding the concept of morphogen gradients—the mechanism by which a signal from one part of a developing embryo can influence the location and other variables of surrounding cells—is important to developmental biology, gene regulation, evolution, and human health. Story

Task force recommends screening all adults for alcohol misuse

Time Magazine: Task force recommends screening all adults for alcohol misuse
Published: 
2013.05.14
Photo of a tall glass of beer in a bar. Jimmy Anderson/Getty Images

Nearly 30 percent of adults drink more alcohol than is considered healthy, and there are serious consequences for them, their families, and their communities, says U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Member Sue Curry, dean of the UI College of Public Health. Story from: Time Magazine

Time Magazine

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