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UI Office of Sustainability offers new vision, expands academic and research efforts under new director

Monday, April 29, 2019
The University of Iowa’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment enters a new era of academics, research, and involvement on campus and in the community under the leadership of Stratis Giannakouros.
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UI space researchers forge ahead with instrument-producing furnace

Thursday, April 25, 2019
University of Iowa physicists use a special furnace to produce a key piece of equipment whose manufacturing process was once lost to history. The UI is one of a handful of academic institutions worldwide with a furnace capable of reproducing the magnetic instrument, called a ring core.
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UI to host ceremonial groundbreaking for Stanley Museum of Art

Thursday, April 25, 2019
The University of Iowa will host a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new UI Stanley Museum of Art on June 7, 2019.
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Scholtz named UI vice president for research

Thursday, April 25, 2019
J. Martin Scholtz, executive associate vice president for research at Texas A&M University, has been named the University of Iowa’s new vice president for research. He will begin on June 28.
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Iowa research shows connection between sleep apnea, deadly blood cancer

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
University of Iowa researchers have uncovered a link between sleep apnea and multiple myeloma, a rare but aggressive blood cancer. Their findings could improve treatment of the disease.
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College of Public Health helps Ottumwa residents get active

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
The University of Iowa partners with local groups in the city of Ottumwa to improve community health by encouraging residents to run, dance, swim, or any other physical activity that increases the heart rate.
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Carrel awarded Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Margaret Carrel, UI associate professor of geographical and sustainability sciences, is one of 32 winners of a prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. Each recipient in the 2019 class of fellows will receive a grant of up to $200,000 to research, write, and publish in the humanities and social sciences.
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UI study: Skipping breakfast associated with higher risk of cardiovascular death

Monday, April 22, 2019
Eating breakfast every day has always been considered an important part of a healthy lifestyle, but a new study from the University of Iowa shows just how important it is.
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Outstanding faculty, staff, and students recognized during annual Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women

Friday, April 19, 2019
Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Tricia Kroll, and Susan Junis were recognized for their exemplary leadership, accomplishments, and service during the Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women ceremony. Eight students were also honored.
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IWP’s Merrill awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Director of the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program Christopher Merrill was one of 168 winners of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s 2019 fellowships. The recipients, announced April 10, were chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants.
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UI student improving the health of his hometown

Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Dillon Constant is working with his hometown of Newton, Iowa, through a partnership between the community, the UI, and Grinnell College intended to develop community-based programs that support and promote health and obesity prevention.
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liveWELL: Avid gardener’s plants grow, even when it’s snowing

Monday, April 15, 2019
Carole Kern, assistant to the executive associate dean for faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, expanded her gardening skills and took the leap to growing food indoors. Find out how you can too!