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U of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics CEO: 'Everything in healthcare doesn't need to be done by a hospital CEO'
Friday, January 10, 2020
CEO Suresh Gunasekaran expands on how University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics is facing the threat of uncoordinated retail medicine, and answers questions on board oversight and the changing role of the hospital CEO.
IEM is the granddaddy of political prediction markets
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Political prediction markets are valuable as an election forecasting tool, and the first such market was the Iowa Electronic Market, developed by faculty at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business.
Tippie professor helps women entrepreneurs in Kenya
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Patrick Johanns, a faculty member in the TIppie College of Business, is leading a University of Iowa group on a trip to Kenya to help women who own their own fishing businesses strengthen their businesses and work more safely.
Study links common pesticides to cardiovascular death
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
A new study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds people who have had greater exposure to a chemical commonly found in consumer pesticides have a higher likelihood of dying from cardiovascular disease.
Study links pesticides to cardiovascular disease death
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
A new study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds that people who have had greater exposure to pyrethroids--chemicals found in commonly-used pesticides--have a higher likelihood of dying from cardiovascular disease.
UI expert offers winter safety tips for bicyclists
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Steven Spears, a transportation policy expert in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and an avid cyclist, offers tips to help riders stay safe on the roads during winter months, when temperatures are cold and pavement often is covered with ice, snow, sand, and salt.
UI research is at the cutting edge of automated vehicle research
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Dan McGehee, director of the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS), discusses the university's research that improves driving safety and explains the difference between autonomous and automated vehicles in this news podcast.
Researchers date possible last stand by ancient human species
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
An international research team co-led by the University of Iowa has dated the last known appearance of Homo erectus, one of modern humans’ direct ancestors. Researchers examined animal fragments from a fossil bed where homo erectus remains had been found and dated the surrounding landscape to determine homo erectus last appeared at a site called Ngandong, on the Indonesian island of Java, between...
Iowa JPEC program teaches problem-solving skills to high school students
Thursday, December 12, 2019
STEM Innovator, a program offered by the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Iowa, trains high school teachers around the country to teach problem-solving and entrepreneurial skills to their students.
Research shows farm injuries are underreported
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Research from Corinne Peek-Asa of the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds that on-the-job farm injuries are underreported because of gaps in the injury reporting and recording process, making it more difficult to address occupational injuries by agricultural workers.
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