Studies have proven that music can lift a patient's mood, help manage stress and agitation and facilitate cognitive function and help with motor movements. Now, researchers at the University of Iowa are measuring the impact music has on the health outcomes of Alzheimer's patients in Iowa City.

Medical 21, a Minnesota company founded by University of Iowa benefactor Manny Villafana, has licensed technology to create artificial veins developed at the UI College of Engineering.

UI President Bruce Harreld has named Bruce Gantz and Carroll Reasoner co-chairs of the search committee to replace Jean Robillard, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

Music therapist Alaine Reschke-Hernandez and neurologist Dan Tranel have teamed up to measure the impact music has on the health outcomes of Alzheimer’s patients in Iowa City. River to River host Ben Kieffer talks with Reschke-Hernandez and Tranel about the connections between music and the brain.

Richard Burton, professor in the UI College of Dentistry, has assumed the role of president of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS). This one-year commitment represents the seventh of his eight years of service with the ABOMS board of directors.

The UI Academic Technologies Advisory Council will accept proposals for the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards through Oct. 17. The council encourages the nomination of projects that promote collaborative learning strategies and student use of emerging technologies for teaching and learning.

University of Iowa engineering alumna Alyssa Reinhardt is an operations team leader at DuPont Industrial Biosciences, where she leads a team of 15 people focused on the company’s supply chain.

The new Visual Arts Building is filled with cutting-edge technology to help artists create, but it rests on a foundation of one basic element: light.

University of Iowa employees have numerous reasons for contributing to the UI during the annual We Are Phil faculty and staff giving program, which will take place Oct. 10–14 this year. Read on to see what motivates people to give.

The Threat Assessment and Care Team combines expertise in the areas of law enforcement, mental health, student services, organizational effectiveness, employment law, and other legal issues to provide an integrated and coordinated approach for early identification, assessment, and management of behaviors that threaten the well-being of the UI community.

President Barack Obama recently named Glenbard East High School Dean Mike Fumagalli a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Fumagalli earned a bachelor's degree in athletic training and a master's degree in science education from the University of Iowa.

University of Iowa professor David Cwiertny has been selected to serve as minority staff for the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce.