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An Iowa corn field experience drought

Gannon says soil moisture levels look good in Iowa

Thursday, June 12, 2014
UI climatologist Mark Gannon says recent rains mean that most of Iowa is no longer in a drought.
Dad with young son sitting on his shoulders

Media tip sheet: Experts for Father's Day

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 15. To help honor dads, the University of Iowa is offering a list of experts who can talk about a range of topics from the role fathers play in society to how they communicate with their infant children.

Stock prognosticators?

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
A first of its kind study by researchers at the University of Iowa suggests Yahoo’s finance message boards have a small degree of ability to predict stock price movements.
Larry Wieczorek being carried by athletes after winning the Big Ten championship

Without regret, 'Wiz' bids farewell

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
After 50 years of running in circles, University of Iowa'a director of track and field and cross country, Larry Wieczorek, has decided to "stop and see what else is going on."

BTN announces UI programming as part of 'Summer Days'

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
BTN recently announced that today, Wednesday, June 11, will be the first of this summer’s two full days of Iowa programming as a part of “School Days.”

Coming together for healing and hope

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
The Rape Victim Advocacy Program at the University of Iowa is offering a Women’s Sexual Violence Support Group beginning Wednesday, June 18 and continuing until Wednesday, Aug. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the RVAP offices, located at 332 S. Linn St., Suite 100 in Iowa City.
two women in a scientific lab

Small colleges experience big-league research

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Now entering its sixth year, the FUTURE in Biomedicine program places faculty and students from Iowa's primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI) with research faculty in the UI Carver College of Medicine for nine weeks during the summer.

UI Children's Hospital nationally ranked by US News & World Report

Tuesday, June 10, 2014
U.S. News and World Report has ranked University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in eight out of ten specialty areas in its 2014-15 Best Children’s Hospitals listings.

Media Advisory: UI College of Education to host statewide discussion of school leadership

Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Superintendents from across Iowa will gather on the the University of Iowa campus with faculty from the College of Education and Tippie College of Business Thursday, June 12, to discuss the current and future state of school leadership, as well as how to connect Iowa's schools with the business world.

Bio-printing technology may bring new organ that generates electricity inside the body

Tuesday, June 10, 2014
As 3D printing technology matures, scientists can foresee the day when we "bio-print" replacement human organs—ending transplant waiting lists, but science may push the technology even farther, says UI Advanced Manufacturing Technology Group's Ibrahim Ozbolat.

UI College of Public Health measures impact of play

Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Iowa City's Working Group Theatre and the UI College of Public Health teamed up in an effort to measure the impact of an anti-bullying play on its junior high audiences earlier this year.
A car crash

NADS study finds marijuana playing larger role in fatal crashes

Tuesday, June 10, 2014
A study by Columbia University using the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) finds an increase in the number of fatal car crashes involving marijuana.