Faculty

Biology graduate student wins research award from American Genetic Association

Thursday, April 25, 2019
Anna Ward, a fourth-year graduate student in the Department of Biology, has won research funding from the American Genetic Association to reconstruct the evolutionary history wasps that cause a type of tumor on oak trees in North America.

Kalnins discusses the challenges of merging multiple organizations

Arturs Kalnins, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship in the Tippie College of Business, looks at the challenges faced by two churches with distinctly different cultures when they decided to merge.
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UI space researchers forge ahead with instrument-producing furnace

Thursday, April 25, 2019
University of Iowa physicists use a special furnace to produce a key piece of equipment whose manufacturing process was once lost to history. The UI is one of a handful of academic institutions worldwide with a furnace capable of reproducing the magnetic instrument, called a ring core.
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UI to host ceremonial groundbreaking for Stanley Museum of Art

Thursday, April 25, 2019
The University of Iowa will host a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new UI Stanley Museum of Art on June 7, 2019.
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Scholtz named UI vice president for research

Thursday, April 25, 2019
J. Martin Scholtz, executive associate vice president for research at Texas A&M University, has been named the University of Iowa’s new vice president for research. He will begin on June 28.

Skipping breakfast tied to higher risk of heart-related death, study finds

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Whether you eat breakfast might be linked with your risk of dying early from cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.

Skipping breakfast may increase stroke and heart risks

Skipping breakfast may increase your risk for cardiovascular disease. The connection, found in a study of 6,550 adults aged 65 to 75, was particularly strong for stroke.
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Iowa research shows connection between sleep apnea, deadly blood cancer

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
University of Iowa researchers have uncovered a link between sleep apnea and multiple myeloma, a rare but aggressive blood cancer. Their findings could improve treatment of the disease.

New diversity, equity, and inclusion director focuses on the people

Elizabeth Lara has been hired as the new diversity, equity, and inclusion director in the Graduate College.
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College of Public Health helps Ottumwa residents get active

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
The University of Iowa partners with local groups in the city of Ottumwa to improve community health by encouraging residents to run, dance, swim, or any other physical activity that increases the heart rate.
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Carrel awarded Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Margaret Carrel, UI associate professor of geographical and sustainability sciences, is one of 32 winners of a prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. Each recipient in the 2019 class of fellows will receive a grant of up to $200,000 to research, write, and publish in the humanities and social sciences.
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UI study: Skipping breakfast associated with higher risk of cardiovascular death

Monday, April 22, 2019
Eating breakfast every day has always been considered an important part of a healthy lifestyle, but a new study from the University of Iowa shows just how important it is.