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Alumna named music teacher of the year

Wednesday, September 5, 2012
San Jose Mercury News
Alumna Judy Hyland is Iowa's Music Teacher of the Year.

Dwight advocates solar power for the UI

Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Iowa Public Radio River to River
Former Hawkeye football star Tim Dwight has joined an effort to bring more solar-energy infrastructure to the UI.

Workshop grad Johnson discusses his novel

Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Los Angeles Times
Writers' Workshop alumnus T. Geronimo Johnson talks about his debut novel, Hold it 'Til it Hurts.

UI data fueled decision-making study

Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Romenesko.com
A study that reveals how the brain makes decisions used data collected over more than 30 years by neurologists at the University of Iowa, which has the world’s largest lesion registry.

Making farm equipment safer for children

Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Under the Dome
Researchers who hope to prevent children from dying in tractor accidents are using the UI's state-of-the-art driving simulator to help determine when kids can safely operate farm equipment.

Wassink explains new schizophrenia study

Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Psych Central
Thomas H. Wassink describes the findings of a new UI schizophrenia study, just published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

UI Research Park has top power plant

Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Each year, POWER magazine selects the most noteworthy gas-fired power plants worldwide. The UI Research Park Tri-Generation Power Plant is one of this year's seven winners.

Stories by alumnus Derr echo Conroy

Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Short stories by Writers' Workshop alumnus Thomas Derr echo the landmark memoir by Frank Conroy.

Canter kept WWII secret for a half century

Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Iowa Public Radio Talk of Iowa
University of Iowa psychiatry emeritus Arthur Canter kept his World War II duties as a voice interceptor a secret for more than 50 years. A paid subscription is required to read this story.

Atkins promotes CPR

Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Iowa Public Radio River to River
University of Iowa pediatrician Dianne Atkins hails the advances in response to cardiac arrest in young people, and advocates learning CPR.