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Terry Wahls, UI clinical professor of internal medicine, details lifestyle changes and Paleolithic-style food plans to combat autoimmune diseases and other chronic medical conditions in her new book, "The Wahls Protocol."

Henry B. Tippie, one of the top five donors to the University of Iowa, says his support for the university and his engagement with current students is “repayment for benefits received.”

UI law professor Josephine Gittler, who directs the National Health Law and Policy Resource Center, says elder abuse is "a large and growing problem,” noting that the most prevalent form of abuse is financial exploitation through illegal or improper use of funds, property or assets.

Muscatine residents and leaders were treated to three different visions for the future of the Muscatine riverfront presented by graduate students from the UI School of Urban and Regional Planning; the event was part of the process of gathering information about improvements to the park.

In honor of International Women's Day March 8, UI International Programs shares just a few achievements of UI students, staff, and faculty; the inspiring and high-impact work of these women is a true testament to the day's 2014 theme, "Equality for women is progress for all."

The latest annual report on cancer in Iowa estimates 17,400 new cancers will be diagnosed among Iowa residents in 2014. In addition, an estimated 6,400 Iowans will die from cancer, according to the “Cancer in Iowa: 2014” report released today by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History will present a lecture from UI professor emeritus Charles Hindes, “Wood-fire and Smoke-firing Aesthetics and Techniques,” at 6 p.m. Monday, March 24, in Room 1415 of Studio Arts Building.

UI researchers had subjects listen to, watch, and blindly touch a variety of everyday sounds, silent videos, and common objects, and found that after an hour, a day or a week, seeing and touching trumps listening when it comes to remembering.

The University of Iowa College of Law and Buena Vista University have entered into an agreement that will allow undergraduate students at Buena Vista to earn both their bachelor’s and law degrees in six years.

The UI launched the Transforming Large Lectures Project with two classes in this spring semester, using technology both to help students prepare for class and to allow for more interaction among students and between students and the professor.

March is commonly known as "March Madness" on the hardwood, but it's also "National Athletic Training Month," which is a month used by those in athletic training to promote the profession.