Faculty

Nopoulos named chair and DEO of Department of Psychiatry

Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Peggy Nopoulos has been named chair and departmental executive officer (DEO) of the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, following a national search in which she was recommended as the top finalist for the position.

UI researchers win early-career grants from NSF

Monday, July 2, 2018
UI faculty have won grants through the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development program.
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UI pharmacy researchers help rural doctors improve care with innovative virtual service

Monday, July 2, 2018
UI College of Pharmacy researchers have created a virtual, web-based pharmacy service that offers Iowa primary-care providers in small towns and rural areas additional help in managing chronic health conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. The team is looking to expand the service in Iowa and beyond.
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Aiming for nationwide buzz

Thursday, June 28, 2018
As a third class of Mandela Fellows attends the Young African Leaders Initiative held at the University of Iowa, 2017 YALI attendee Isaac Quaidoo is building on his experience in Iowa, taking a new, more ambitious view of his honey and bee product business in Ghana.

Focus on research amplified, expanded in search for new vice president

Thursday, June 28, 2018
The University of Iowa will refocus the scope of the Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) when it hires a new vice president, shifting the role of economic development elsewhere within the university.

UI alumni to adapt Stephen King story

UI alumni and Bettendorf, Iowa, natives Scott Beck and Bryan Woods are finalizing a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to adapt Stephen King’s “The Boogeyman” for a new horror film. Beck and Woods’s script for this year’s A Quiet Place, co-written by director and co-star John Krasinski, made $328 million.

UI engineering professor wins award for flood outreach

Wednesday, June 27, 2018
IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering professor honored for flood outreach

UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital ranks in ‘U.S. News & World Report’ 2018–19 Best Children’s Hospitals

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
“U.S. News & World Report” has ranked University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in four specialties in the new 2018–19 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings published online June 26.

UI alum Jeff Tomsic ups his directing game with his feature film debut, 'Tag'

University of Iowa alumnus and Cedar Rapids native Jeff Tomsic's feature film directing debut, Tag, opened third at the box office, raking in $14.6 million—more than half of its $28 million price tag—in its first weekend.

Aerial photography’s surprising role in history

Research by Paula Amad, associate professor and department chair of the Department of Cinematic Arts, is quoted in an article by Time magazine about the history of aerial imaging.
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UI-developed technology diagnoses leading cause of blindness

University of Iowa Health Care patients are the first in the nation to have access to a new technology that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose diabetic retinopathy. The technology, IDx-DR, is the only medical device authorized by the FDA that uses AI for the autonomous detection of diabetic retinopathy.

Hancher, Voxman buildings win 2018 American Architecture Awards

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Hancher Auditorium and Voxman Music Building on the University of Iowa campus were named winners of the prestigious 2018 American Architecture Awards for the best new buildings designed and constructed by American architects in the U.S. and abroad and by international architects for buildings designed and built in the United States.