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UI students named to President's List for spring 2013

Friday, July 26, 2013
Some 300 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the President's List for the 2013 spring semester.

UI students named to Dean's List for spring 2013

Friday, July 26, 2013
Some 4,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the Dean's List for the 2013 spring semester.
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Hawkeyes welcome 2013 season

Friday, July 26, 2013
No offense, mom and dad, but college football players would rather not be home for the holidays. They'd rather be making trips to bowl games. UI seniors Brett Van Sloten, Christian Kirksey, and James Morris spent some time at the Big Ten Football Media Days and Kickoff Luncheon discussing their hunger to get back to the postseason.
An artist's rendering shows the twin satellites of the Van Allen Probes mission in tandem orbit above the Earth. Image credit: NASA.

UI researchers help answer long-standing question about Van Allen radiation belts

Thursday, July 25, 2013
University of Iowa researchers and their colleagues have found that the energy in the Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts originate within the belts themselves, from accelerating electrons. Results appear in the journal Science Express.

UI College of Pharmacy announces new leadership appointments

Thursday, July 25, 2013
The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy announces several new leadership changes.

A promising target to treat asthma

Wednesday, July 24, 2013
A University of Iowa-led team has found a promising, new way to treat asthma: Target an enzyme in airway lining cells. The finding could lead to the development of drugs that block the enzyme, CaMKII, from excessive oxidation, which can trigger asthma attacks.

Beyond the classroom

Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Sixty high school students from China visited the University of Iowa Tuesday, July 23, as part of a Midwest tour to learn about the culture, conservation, and commerce surrounding the Mississippi River.

World's longest coffee break

Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Iowa Now caught up with a few of our retiring colleagues to hear a bit about their work, share the excitement of their future plans, and perhaps capture just a bit of that “institutional memory” they are taking with them.

Parents mostly pleased with healthier school food programs

Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Parents with children in Iowa's public schools are are generally pleased with federal guidelines mandating healthier choices available in school cafeterias yet some are concerned about portions, freshness, and taste, according to a new survey from the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa. The survey comes in the wake of changes to school-nutrition programs mandated by the federal...

Future school counselors visit State Capitol

Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Nine University of Iowa College of Education students gained a new perspective on how education policy decisions are made at the top levels thanks to a visit to the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.
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UI students receive degrees after 2013 spring session

Tuesday, July 23, 2013
The University of Iowa awarded an estimated 5,200 degrees at the close of the 2013 spring session.

Discovering research

Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Thirty-one of the country's and the world’s brightest high school students performed six weeks of hands-on scientific research as part of the University of Iowa's Secondary Student Training Program (SSTP). Students will present their findings in a poster session from 10 a.m. to noon this Friday, July 26.