Faculty

Professor Mani Subramanian and his colleagues demonstrate how caffeine dehydrogenase, when combined with a dye solution, can show the caffeine content in soft drinks.

UI professor describes caffeine detection research

Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Mani Subramanian, director of the UI Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, describes a discovery that may one day lead to the development of a cheap and easy test to determine how much caffeine is present in beverages.
Brian Hand discusses science education

UI's Brian Hand helps improve Iowa's performance on the 'nation's report card'

Friday, August 8, 2014
Students in classrooms across Iowa and around the globe who use UI science education professor Brian Hand’s teaching approach, not only improve their learning of science and math, but improve their critical-thinking skills, which leads to better jobs and having more success.

Recent deaths

Monday, August 4, 2014
Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

UI Children's Hospital announces 2014 Kid Captains

Monday, August 4, 2014
Hawkeye football wouldn’t be the same at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital without a stellar team of Kid Captains kicking off each week, and this year’s team is up to the job.

Achievements: UI faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news

Monday, August 4, 2014
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.
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University of Iowa, children's museum pair up for Play Fair event

Friday, August 1, 2014
Get Ready Iowa, an initiative of the University of Iowa’s DeLTA Center, partnered with the Iowa Children’s Museum to host a Play Fair to teach the importance of playtime in children’s development.

Hourcade discusses work on autism, technology

Friday, August 1, 2014
Juan Pablo Hourcade, UI associate professor of computer science, discusses how technology can help children on the autism spectrum.
heat map

A map for eye disease

Thursday, July 31, 2014
Vision specialists at the University of Iowa have created the most detailed molecular map of a region of the human eye associated with disease, including age-related macular degeneration. The map catalogs more than 4,000 proteins in each of three areas of the choroid. Results appear in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology.

Media advisory: UI researchers discuss smartphone app for seniors with hearing aids

Thursday, July 31, 2014
The University of Iowa is hosting a media availability on Monday, Aug. 4 to discuss a study pairing seniors with a smartphone app to evaluate the effectiveness of hearing aids. The research is part of the UI’s reorganized Center on Aging, which unites research, activities in communities statewide, patient services and education and training with the mission to improve the health and well being of...

Media advisory: Genetic counseling for college students

Wednesday, July 30, 2014
The University of Iowa is hosting an information session on genetic counseling, an emerging field, in Iowa and around the U.S., in which professionals work with patients on health issues according to their genetic profile. The session is for students at Iowa colleges and in schools in neighboring states who are interested in master's programs in the field.

Biologists describe mechanism promoting multiple DNA mutations

Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Research showing that cancer development frequently involves the formation of multiple mutations arising simultaneously and in close proximity to each other may one day lead to the development of new cancer therapies.
physics & astronomy machine shop

UI offers prototype help for inventors, entrepreneurs

Wednesday, July 30, 2014
UI ProtoLabs at the University of Iowa can connect inventors and entrepreneurs with area machine shops in physics and astronomy, engineering, and advanced design and manufacturing that specialize in several kinds of prototypes; the program will help folks bring ideas from a napkin to reality more easily.