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.

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.

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.

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.

Joshi Charuta, director of pediatric epilepsy at UI Children's Hospital, reports high satisfaction with a telemedicine pilot program; most parents said they are able to talk about the same information during their telemedicine visit as an in-person visit and are not worried about privacy.

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This week's news that comedian Andy Kaufman was alive turned out to be a hoax, but UI communication studies professor Kembrew McLeod writes that "Kaufman himself would have probably done it better."

The happiest patients are those who have regular contact with their doctors. A University of Iowa study finds that VA patients who have established "continuity of care" with primary-care physician are most satisfied with their treatment. The study comes as the American health care system moves to a more team-based approach to care, known as patient-centered medical home. Results appear in the...

The University of Iowa CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) research group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy recently originated and completed an analysis which led to the discovery of a new and unexpected particle in proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS detector.

Jennifer Robinson, UI professor of epidemiology and cardiology, served as vice chair for the expert panel that this week announced new guidelines for use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs focused less on targets for lowering bad LDL cholesterol levels and more on patient risk levels.

The number of Latino students enrolled at the University of Iowa has nearly doubled to 1,600 over the last five years, and Latino students are also the leading domestic minority group enrolled at the UI.

Law professor and anti-trust expert Herb Hovenkamp says the Justice Department's decision to approve the U.S. Airways-American Airlines merger will help low-cost carriers.