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UI's Cram says knee replacements double, pose challenges to Medicare

Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Total knee replacement surgeries have more than doubled over the past two decades in the U.S., posing challenges to controlling spending in the Medicare program, according to research published by University of Iowa's Peter Cram.

UI partners to launch Tanager Place Research Center

Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The University of Iowa is one of five higher education institutions partnering to create the Tanager Place Research Center. The goal is to pool expertise to help troubled children and their families through research projects that will impact policy and practice.

UI astronomer helps NASA record symphony of sound in space

Wednesday, September 26, 2012
University of Iowa astronomer and experiment principal investigator Craig Kletzing jokes that his wife calls the chirps and whoops captured by one of NASA's two recently launched Radiation Belt Storm Probes spacecraft "alien birds."

Ron Steele shares Hawkeye memories

Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The veteran Iowa newsman and UI Alumni Association board chair proves that once a Hawkeye...

Curry comments on recommendation to screen adults for alcohol misuse

Tuesday, September 25, 2012
University of Iowa College of Public Health Dean Susan Curry comments on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s recommendation that clinicians screen all adults 18 and older for alcohol misuse and provide individuals engaged in risky drinking with counseling interventions.

UI Muslims, expert offer mixed view on Middle East protests

Tuesday, September 25, 2012
University of Iowa Muslim students, a UI expert, and members of the local community share mixed views on the now-infamous anti-Muslim video that sparked uprisings in the Muslim world.

Hagle: swaying independents key to King-Vilsack race

Tuesday, September 25, 2012
University of Iowa political science professor Tim Hagle says that northwest congressional race candidates Steve King and Christie Vilsack will need to sway independent voters to win the district.

History professor comments on Shell Oil's setbacks in the Arctic

Tuesday, September 25, 2012
University of Iowa history professor Tyler Priest, author of The Offshore Imperative: Shell Oil's Search for Petroleum in Postwar America, comments on the setbacks the company has faced in reaching new oil reserves in the Arctic.

UISG promotes Wingman initiative

Monday, September 24, 2012
University of Iowa Student Government officials relaunched their Wingmancampaign Sept. 19 with the tagline Be Safe, Be Smart, Be a Wingman.

New UI Golden Girl ready to shine

Monday, September 24, 2012
University of Iowa's new Golden Girl Whittney Seckar-Anderson was happy to have the baton passed—literally—from last year's Golden Girl, Chelsea Russell.