Faculty

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Are kids' apps scary?

Monday, June 11, 2012
Deborah Linebarger, who studies children and the media, is concerned about iPhone apps for kids.

Pant: Internet hits vs. reliability

Monday, June 11, 2012
A recent study by Gautam Pant compared how search engine results correlated to merchants’ Better Business Bureau reviews, finding that merchants who used dollar signs in their results earned markedly lower grades from the BBB.

Gable grapples with quilts

Monday, June 11, 2012
Dan Gable learns a bit about another kind of pinning.
Man with big nose

In praise of a large schnoz

Friday, June 8, 2012
University of Iowa research found that big noses defend against disease and allergies.

Swafford's memoir is reviewed

Wednesday, June 6, 2012
The new memoir by Jarhead author Anthony Swofford, an alumnus and former faculty member of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is reviewed.

This is your brain on no self-control

Wednesday, June 6, 2012
New pictures from the University of Iowa show what it looks like when a person runs out of patience and loses self-control.

Virtual soldier protects tomorrow's troops

Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The University of Iowa's Virtual Soldier Research could protect soldiers of the future and make a variety of products safer.

Grumbach worries about research cuts

Tuesday, June 5, 2012
University of Iowa cardiovascular researcher Isabella Grumbach worries about the impact of impending federal budget cuts on medical research.

Obama drops, Romney rises

Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Contract prices are down for Barack Obama and up for Mitt Romney on the Iowa Electronic Markets.

UI scientists exhume a mammoth

Tuesday, June 5, 2012
University of Iowa scientists are digging up a prehistoric mammoth discovered on a farm near Oskaloosa.

A taste of Carnaval

Tuesday, June 5, 2012
A mini-Carnaval at 4:30 p.m., Friday, June 8, outside the University of Iowa Theatre Building will feature music, dance, masks, and puppets, along with stilt-walkers from Canada's Swizzlestick Theatre.

Apocalypse is Greek word

Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The economic crisis in Europe has reached a point where even booming economies in Brazil, Russia, India, and China are slowing down. A University of Iowa expert is not hopeful for a quick end.