Faculty

Affordable Care Act: What should you know?

Thursday, November 21, 2013
The University of Iowa College of Public Health hosted a luncheon and community forum this month in Osceola, at which health management professor Dan Shane gave an overview of the Affordable Care Act and its effects on businesses in rural Iowa and small communities.

UI adds IT security measures, offers tips after 'phishing' scam

Wednesday, November 20, 2013
University of Iowa officials are enhancing security and reminding campus technology users how to avoid being duped after a number of employees became victims of a recent “phishing” scam.

Graduate directors take the stage in December

Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Graduate directors in the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present their debut directing work over the course of two weekends, Dec. 5-7 and 12-14, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building. Admission is $5 (free for UI students with valid UI ID).

Peace through contracts?

Wednesday, November 20, 2013
University of Iowa law professor Maya Steinitz has been named a Member of the Court of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center, a new legal forum for Israelis and Palestinians to settle commercial disputes.
Jimmy Durante was known for his large nose

Larger schnozzes help men take in more oxygen to fuel their muscles

Wednesday, November 20, 2013
New UI research suggests that men's larger noses are nature's way of fueling the lean muscle mass that men have in higher proportion than women; bigger noses enable men to bring more oxygen into their bodies, which in turn helps to grow and maintain their energy-hungry muscles.

UI Museum of Natural History closed Nov. 26-27 for sewer fix

Wednesday, November 20, 2013
The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 26 and 27, so workers can repair a sanitary sewer line. The museum, located in Macbride Hall in the UI’s Pentacrest, will resume normal hours Friday, Nov. 29, following the Thanksgiving holiday.

UI to launch informatics initiative

Tuesday, November 19, 2013
The University of Iowa has launched a major multidisciplinary initiative that campus leaders expect will establish the university as a national center of excellence in the rapidly evolving field of informatics. The project will include the university's latest faculty cluster hire.
Neanderthal nose

It's nothing to sniff at: Men have bigger noses because of more muscle

Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Men may have larger noses than women because they generally have more muscle, demanding larger noses to breathe in more oxygen, new University of Iowa research shows.

Psychology graduate students win dissertation grants

Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Five doctoral candidates in the University of Iowa Department of Psychology have received prestigious dissertation grants and awards this past year, helping to shape the future of the discipline.

Iowa held up as model on how to prevent newborn deaths by testing blood samples quickly

Tuesday, November 19, 2013
The State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa received big props over the weekend in a national story about the way newborn screening for deadly diseases is handled throughout the country.
Thomas Schnell

UI researchers give pilots sight in storms

Monday, November 18, 2013
Researchers at the University of Iowa and engineers at Rockwell Collins are working on new technology to keep pilots and crew safe in low visibility situations.

Multiple births costly in many ways, study indicates

Monday, November 18, 2013
A new UI study of costs associated with multiple births found that twins cost five times as much as single births, and higher multiples cost 19 times as much, in part because for both mother and newborns, multiple births mean more deaths and complications, and longer hospital stays.