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College affordability and the American dream

Thursday, May 3, 2012
University of Iowa President Sally Mason blogs that accessibility and affordability of higher education are keys to achieving the American dream.

Hagle comments on Penn State trustee elections

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
University of Iowa political science professor Tim Hagle says political scandals get people interested in elections that wouldn’t otherwise interest them.

Gurnett listens to sounds of space

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
University of Iowa physicist Donald Gurnett has been listening to the sounds of space since Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter more than 30 years ago.

Parenthood doesn’t help improve your diet, study finds

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
A study by University of Iowa professor Helena LaRoche found that the diets of adults does not improve after they’ve had children.

Breastfeeding: A more costly approach?

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Research by University of Iowa sociologist Mary Noonan found that women who breastfed for six months or longer saw greater reductions in their long-term earnings.

Medical examiner, UI pathologist dies

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Earl Rose, the Dallas medical examiner who tried to stop the Secret Service from removing John F. Kennedy's body before he had conducted an autopsy, then later joined the UI faculty as a professor of forensic pathology, died today in Iowa City.

Idea of Internet voting under attack

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Doug Jones, University of Iowa professor of computer science, discusses Internet voting flaws. Jones is the author of Broken Ballots: Will Your Vote Count?

Iowan more than a footnote in JFK lore

Monday, April 30, 2012
The world tends to remember 85-year-old Earl Rose, a retired forensic pathologist and University of Iowa professor now facing his own final days, for one fleeting moment in the middle of a national tragedy. He was a Dallas medical examiner who tried to keep White House aides from removing John F. Kennedy’s body before an autopsy had been conducted.

Is farm tile a flood factor?

Monday, April 30, 2012
Keith Schilling, adjunct assistant professor in the University of Iowa Department of Geoscience, writes in an op-ed that excessive tile drainage from farm fields could exacerbate flooding.

Designing while deployed

Monday, April 30, 2012
University of Iowa student Dustin Smart designed a special Earth Day commemorative t-shirt while deployed with Air National Guard in Afghanistan.