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UI researcher studies how pro-family workplace benefits can affect women’s mental health

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Trying to maintain a balance between workplace and home roles can take a toll on women's mental health, and a UI researcher has studied how employer-sponsored benefits can help.

Study finds coordination of brain and breathing rhythms during sleep begins early in life

Monday, June 10, 2024
A study by University of Iowa researchers could aid in understanding sleep-related breathing disorders in children.

Iowa researcher studies incentives for dental visits

Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Iowa researcher Jason Semprini studied the affects of healthy behavior incentives on dental visits.

UI professor’s books examine journalism in digital age

Wednesday, May 22, 2024
David Dowling, a professor in the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has written one new book and edited another.

UI assistant professor receives grant for fiber optics communication study

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Ravitej Uppu, assistant professor in the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy, has received a grant to study how to improve the way information is transmitted securely at the quantum level.

Kennelty, Casteel land $17.9M award for hypertension management study

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Two University of Iowa researchers have been approved for nearly $18 million to help older adults with multiple chronic medical conditions better manage their hypertension.

UI assistant professor earns National Science Foundation grant

Friday, March 29, 2024
An Iowa assistant professor has gotten a five-year, $550,000 award from the National Science Foundation.

Howes awarded NASA grant to study magnetic reconnection in solar wind

Thursday, March 28, 2024
NASA has awarded Professor Greg Howes a $525,311 grant to study the plasma physics of magnetic reconnection in turbulent solar wind.