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Healthy food is good for you–and can sell, too

Tuesday, March 11, 2014
You don't just need to rely on hot dogs and pizza to make a buck at concession stands. A study led by the University of Iowa examined sales, revenues, and profits at a booster-run concession stand in Iowa that offered healthy food items, from apples to string cheese, over a full season. The club registered stable sales and revenue, while profits remained intact. Results appear in the Journal of...
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Author draws on personal experience for new book

Monday, March 10, 2014
Terry Wahls, UI clinical professor of internal medicine, details lifestyle changes and Paleolithic-style food plans to combat autoimmune diseases and other chronic medical conditions in her new book, "The Wahls Protocol."
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UI faculty, staff, students recognized during International Women's Day

Monday, March 10, 2014
In honor of International Women's Day March 8, UI International Programs shares just a few achievements of UI students, staff, and faculty; the inspiring and high-impact work of these women is a true testament to the day's 2014 theme, "Equality for women is progress for all."

Cancer in Iowa

Monday, March 10, 2014
The latest annual report on cancer in Iowa estimates 17,400 new cancers will be diagnosed among Iowa residents in 2014. In addition, an estimated 6,400 Iowans will die from cancer, according to the “Cancer in Iowa: 2014” report released today by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Child protection: A global responsibility

Thursday, March 6, 2014
The 2014 Provost’s Global Forum at the University of Iowa, “Child Protection: A Global Responsibility,” will address the global and local impact of child abuse and neglect through several events that are free and open to the public March 26-28 on the UI campus.
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Misplaced protein causes heart failure

Thursday, March 6, 2014
A University of Iowa study shows that decreasing the density of a network of fibers inside heart cells can protect against heart failure.

Choosing STEM excellence

Monday, March 3, 2014
More than 150 high school students from around the state came to campus to present original research and participate in hands-on learning labs during the 2014 Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium hosted by the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center.
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Sharing STEM knowledge

Monday, March 3, 2014
Five of the more than 150 Iowa high school students from across the state were chosen to advance to a national conference after presenting their original research on the UI campus during the 2014 Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.

UI researcher: blacks face disparities in drug treatment

Monday, March 3, 2014
UI psychiatry professor Stephan Arndt published a paper last year that found blacks are an average of 10 percentage points less likely to graduate drug treatment than whites with similar addiction profiles.

Carl Djerassi, chemist who developed the pill, to speak at UI symposium March 8

Monday, March 3, 2014
Author and chemist Carl Djerassi will give a keynote address at the symposium "Pill and Pen: Contraception and Unwanted Pregnancy in Literature and Popular Culture." The symposium will be held March 7 to 9 in various locations across the UI campus.

News briefing on 'Cancer in Iowa: 2014' report is Monday, March 10

Monday, March 3, 2014
The annual "Cancer in Iowa" report issued by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, will be released at a special press briefing at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 10.
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Students attend STEM symposium at University of Iowa

Friday, February 28, 2014
About 150 Iowa students attended the 2014 Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium hosted Thursday and today by the UI College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center; 15 of the students presented original research, and nine UI colleges, departments, or facilities gave lab tours.