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No confirmed cases of EV-D68 at UI Hospitals and Clinics

Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Although some Iowa hospitals have confirmed cases of EV-D68, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics reports no confirmed cases of EV-D68, said Eli Perencevich, professor of medicine at the UI Carver College of Medicine. But doctors have submitted several specimens to be tested. Actual care and management of the virus are very standard and are part of our protocol, he said.

UI's AirCare celebrates 35 years

Monday, September 8, 2014
The UI Hospitals and Clinics celebrated the 35th anniversary of the AirCare Program Sunday at an open house that also marked the 10th anniversary of the UI Department of Emergency Medicine.

UI Police, K9s place first in K9 Olympics

Monday, September 8, 2014
Officers from the University of Iowa Department of Public Safety took home first and third place titles in this year's K9 Olympics.

UI political science professors weigh in on 2014 election

Friday, September 5, 2014
University of Iowa political science professors Cary Covington and Tim Hagle weigh in on how political campaigns will take shape between Labor Day and Nov. 4.

Law school strategies help enrollment rebound

Thursday, September 4, 2014
First year student enrollment at the UI College of Law has rebounded nicely this year after the law school cut its tuition and took other steps to attract students.

UI art museum brings art to schools

Thursday, September 4, 2014
This year, the UI Museum of Art K-12 School Programs set a record for student participation during the 2013-14 academic year. It brought art to more than 25,500 students, traveling to 98 locations in 16 communities and nine counties across Iowa.

Mother's intuition and UI experts save baby's life

Thursday, August 28, 2014
Maybe it was mother's intuition or her experience as a nurse, but Kimberly Andon knew something was wrong with her newborn baby. Learn more about how her daughter's life was saved thanks to experts at UI Children's Hospital.

UI professor shares his knowledge of Indian yoga master B.K.S Iyengar

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
UI Professor Frederick Smith shares his knowledge of the Indian yoga master B.K.S Iyengar who died last week at the age of 95.

UI professor maps out the roots of Ferguson civic unrest

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Robert Siegel talks with Colin Gordon, a history professor at the University of Iowa, about how the map of St. Louis County reveals some of the sources for the recent unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

UI professor explains demographic shifts in Ferguson

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Colin Gordon, a UI history professor who has studied housing in St. Louis, has emerged as an authority on demographic shifts and zoning restrictions in Ferguson, Missouri.