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UI summer program gives hands-on research experience to high school students
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Max Otoadese is one of 39 high school students from across the state, nation, and world pursuing hands-on science at the UI this summer, thanks to the College of Education Belin-Blank Center's Secondary Student Training Program. The rigorous, five-week residential research program also provides 3 semester hours of college credit.
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UI's Summer Hawk program triples over last year
Monday, July 6, 2015
The number of students taking advantage of the University of Iowa's one-of-a-kind Summer Hawk Tuition Grant program has more than tripled this year over last.
UI's Leslie appointed to NIH Council of Councils
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
University of Iowa medical faculty member and entrepreneur Kim Leslie has been elected to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council on Councils, a body that directly advises the NIH director.
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Another part of the 'wow experience'
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Patients, families, construction crews and hospital staff celebrated the "topping off" of the new University of Iowa Children's Hospital building with a month filled with events that let everyone leave their mark on the new building.
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'French fry hypothesis' busted
Thursday, June 11, 2015
In a study that seems to defy conventional dietary wisdom, UI scientists have found that adding high salt to a high-fat diet actually prevents weight gain in mice. The findings highlight the profound effect non-caloric dietary nutrients can have on energy balance and weight gain.
Reaching new heights
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Will Imbus was diagnosed with early-onset scoliosis—an abnormal, side-to-side curve of the spine in children under 5 years old. Technology used at UI Children’s Hospital is reducing the number of surgical procedures for early-onset scoliosis patients.
Iowa's only nationally ranked children's hospital
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
"U.S. News & World Report" has ranked University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in Iowa City in nine specialties in the new 2015-16 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. UI Children’s Hospital is the only hospital nationally ranked for pediatric care in Iowa.
Simple interventions can reduce surgical site infections
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
A multi-center study led by infection control experts with UI Health Care finds that implementing a series of simple interventions before surgery can reduce the rate of surgical-site infections by up to 40 percent.
Bacteria may cause Type 2 diabetes
Monday, June 1, 2015
A UI study shows that chronic exposure to a toxin made by staph bacteria produces in rabbits the hallmark symptoms of Type 2 diabetes, including insulin resistance and glucose intolerance. The findings suggest that eliminating staph bacteria or neutralizing the toxins might have potential for preventing or treating the disease.
New studies contradict earlier findings on Rett syndrome
Thursday, May 21, 2015
UI neuroscientist Andrew Pieper and colleagues at three other universities, show that bone marrow transplant does not rescue mouse models of Rett syndrome, a severe neurological disease that affects very young girls. The findings directly contradict seemingly promising results published in 2012, which initiated a clinical trial for human patients.
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Celebrating commencement
Monday, May 18, 2015
This past weekend, thousands of UI students were joined by faculty, staff, and families as they celebrated their educational milestone at commencement ceremonies around campus.
Abel awarded $4 million to study heart failure and diabetes
Friday, May 15, 2015
E. Dale Abel, director of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center at the University of Iowa, has been awarded two separate grants totaling $4 million from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to study the connection between diabetes, obesity, and heart failure.
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