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UI professor sheds light on racial tensions in Ferguson
Friday, August 15, 2014
UI history professor Colin Gordon has emerged as a national authority on the demographic shifts in Ferguson, Missouri, and the larger St. Louis area, that some say underlies the boiling tensions between mostly black residents and predominantly white authorities.
Cystic fibrosis mucus defect present at birth
Friday, August 15, 2014
New research by University of Iowa scientists shows that cystic fibrosis (CF), a life-shortening, inherited condition that affects about 30,000 Americans, causes detachment abnormalities in airway mucus that impairs the ability to clear particles and germs out of the lungs.
Educating Iowa students: Alex Bartlett
Friday, August 15, 2014
Alexandra Bartlett of Clive, Iowa, considered leaving her home state for college, but the opportunities the University of Iowa offered her were too good to pass up.
Achievements: UI faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news
Friday, August 15, 2014
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.
The show goes on
Friday, August 15, 2014
From the latest issue of Iowa Alumni Magazine, a look at the UI Opera Theatre program.
Climate march comes to Iowa City/Coralville Aug. 19-21
Thursday, August 14, 2014
The Great March for Climate Action will be in Coralville and Iowa City Aug. 19-21 as it works its way across the United States to Washington, D.C., in an effort to raise awareness and initiate change in response to concerns about a climate crisis.
Media tipsheet: UI experts for back-to-school topics
Thursday, August 14, 2014
To help everyone make a smooth transition, the University of Iowa is offering a list of experts who can talk about everything from helping a child get on the right sleep schedule to what a college student should and shouldn’t bring when moving into their dorm room.
Reed names Conrad, Matthes to new economic development posts
Thursday, August 14, 2014
University of Iowa Vice President for Research and Economic Development Dan Reed announced Aug. 14 several senior staff changes to lead the university’s expanding economic development activities.
Sen. Tom Harkin tours UI's National Advanced Driving Simulator
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Sen. Tom Harkin visited the National Advanced Driving Simulator at the University of Iowa's Oakdale Research Campus on Tuesday, Aug. 12.
UI alumna takes app business full time
Thursday, August 14, 2014
University of Iowa graduate Blake Rupe is now working full time at the Iowa Startup Accelerator on her Re-APP mobile recycling app.
UI-related businesses named finalists in Pappajohn Business Plan competition
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Four start-up businesses with UI connections are among the 10 finalists seeking $50,000 in prize money in the statewide John Pappajohn Business Plan competition.
Sen. Tom Harkin visits National Advanced Driving Simulator
Thursday, August 14, 2014
U.S. Senator Tom Harkin appeared Tuesday at the National Advanced Driving Simulator at the University of Iowa's Oakdale Research Campus in Coralville.
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