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RVAP seeks volunteers for fall 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
One in three women and one in six men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes. Many have no idea where to turn for help and healing. University of Iowa's Rape Victim Advocacy Program (RVAP) seeks volunteers for its 32-hour Volunteer Training Program Monday, Sept. 10.
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Bullock bringing backs up to speed
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
While some positions on the Iowa Hawkeye football squad are drawing national hype, the running back position draws plenty of local interest. Sophomore Damon Bullock, the "veteran" of the group, is ready to bring his complete game to the backfield while also prepping his young cohorts for game day.
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Survey: Iowa's children are healthy, feel safe
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Iowa's children are healthy, happy, and feel safe in their communities and in their schools. Those are the findings from a University of Iowa-led survey of children and households in the state. The 2010 Iowa Child and Family Household Health Survey is the only statewide, population-based study of the health and well being of the state’s children.
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Researchers identify key culprit causing muscle atrophy
Monday, August 13, 2012
Researchers at the University of Iowa have identified a key protein that causes muscles to atrophy. The protein, Gadd45a, is responsible for 40 percent of the gene activity associated with muscle deterioration. The finding opens the door to therapies to block Gadd45a and thus to deter muscle atrophy. Results appear in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Eastern exposure
Monday, August 13, 2012
A group of University of Iowa professors and local media professionals traveled to Turkey to learn about Turkish media and culture in the hope of building further relationships with educational institutions and media entities in that country.
UI medical grad named future leader
Monday, August 13, 2012
Lauren Hughes, M.D., a 2009 graduate of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, has been selected as a 2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar.
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Get to Know...Ilsa May
Monday, August 13, 2012
The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty and staff a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Meet Ilsa May, associate director of Engineering Professional Development.
UI team joins genetics challenge
Monday, August 13, 2012
A University of Iowa team of 30 researchers from four different colleges on campus is competing against 29 other teams from around the world to interpret complete DNA sequences from three different families in an effort to determine the medical problems each family faces.
Arnone and friends open UI music season
Monday, August 13, 2012
A free concert featuring University of Iowa faculty cellist Anthony Arnone and seven other musicians will open the 2012-13 performance season of the UI School of Music Monday, Aug. 26, in the Riverside Recital Hall.
Are you the next American Idol?
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Think you can sing like an angel and move like Jagger? Then stop by Hubbard Park on the University of Iowa campus Tuesday – one of 10 stops along the American Idol Small Town Audition Bus Tour.
Publications and presentations: College of Dentistry
Saturday, August 11, 2012
The latest publications and presentations from the College of Dentistry.
Publications and presentations: College of Public Health
Saturday, August 11, 2012
The latest publications and presentations from the College of Public Health.
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