A survey conducted by the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa shows that while most children in Iowa have a medical home base, some are being left behind, including those with special-needs, on public insurance, or who are African-American. A webinar on the findings will be Friday, Oct. 4 at 2 p.m.

Friends of teens are the most significant risk factor for adolescents having that first drink too early. UI psychiatry professor Samuel Kuperman says a teen's friend might be the biggest risk factor for starting drinking ahead of family history and social behavior.

UI physicist Donald Gurnett is pleased that the Voyager I spacecraft’s plasma wave instrument, built by his own University of Iowa research group, was able to provide evidence of the leap into interstellar space.

The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy will recognize its third endowed professorship Thursday, Oct. 3, with Dr. Aliasger Salem, associate professor and head of the Division of Pharmaceutics and Translational Therapeutics, being nominated for the Lyle and Sharon Bighley Professorship in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

A University of Iowa study shows that mothers with prematurely born babies benefit emotionally and mentally from one-on-one sessions with a hospital nurse. The pilot "listening visits" may provide a framework for helping pre-term infant mothers combat anxiety and depression. Results published in the Journal of Perinatology.

Several thousand people converged on Hubbard Park Sunday, Sept. 29th for the UI 23rd annual Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival.

University of Iowa leaders say they’re planning their sharp new Art Building based on an 80-year-old idea developed here—the “radical project” of melding art practice and art theory in the same space. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

Lung transplant patients and their families walked alongside their physicians from University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics' transplant center Saturday at the American Lung Association's Fight for Air Walk in Des Moines.

The University of Iowa has named Edwin Dove and Susan Johnson this year's recipients of the Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service, recognizing their contributions to the university and the state of Iowa.

University of Iowa Tippie College of Business professors develop new digital textbook designed especially for tablets to teach business law.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present the Jerusalem Quartet, one of the world’s most respected string quartets, on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Riverside Recital Hall in Iowa City.

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