Faculty

Surgeons monitor a procedure remotely

Kumar comments on remote-monitoring

Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Remote monitoring of intensive care patients—a strategy to maximize scarce medical expertise—can cost hospitals from $50,000 to $100,000 per bed in the first year of operation, according to a study by lead author and UI fellow Gaurav Kumar.

Coming home, moving on

Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Workers for big multinational companies who spend time on a foreign assignment have a higher than normal turnover rate when they come back home, and a new study suggests that’s because they don’t feel fully appreciated for their global experience.

Cystic fibrosis discovery

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine have discovered a genetic process that can restore function to a defective protein, which is the most common cause of cystic fibrosis (CF).

Miller: No Peregrine silver bullet

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Robert Miller, who joins the University of Iowa law faculty this fall, says there is no silver bullet for Peregrine Financial Group investors.

UI writers attend African book fair

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Five award-winning writers are representing the University of Iowa International Writing Program at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair.
Photo of a business class

Gardial explains business curriculum changes

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business Dean Sarah Gardial explains recent changes in the curricula of business schools.
Baby screening

Hygienic Lab promotes awareness of newborn screening

Monday, July 30, 2012
State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI has launched Putting Babies First, focusing on public awareness of the screening of newborns to identify and treat disorders.

Bills talks problematic higher ed model

Friday, July 27, 2012
David Bills, a professor of sociology of education at the University of Iowa, highlights some of the problems with the current higher education model.

UI collaborates on Italian excavation

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
UI Professor Glenn Storey is collaborating with European archeologists on excavations at a Benedictine Abbey in Italy (in Italiano).

UI research funding again tops $400 million

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The University of Iowa eclipsed $400 million in external funding for research for the fourth consecutive year. The UI's total share of external funding for fiscal 2012 was $438 million, up 3.2 percent compared to fiscal 2011, when excluding short-term stimulus funding. The UI also landed a record number of grant awards.
Illustration of a head in a vice, from Chronicle of Higher Education story

Fethke writes about presidency perils

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Business faculty member Gary Fethke, former interim president of the UI, writes about "The Precarious Profession of University President."

Malloy develops pediatric heart 'maps'

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
UI Children's Hospital researcher Lindsey Malloy led a project that developed three-dimensional "maps" of electrical signals in children's hearts.