Molly Barnhart transferred to the University of Iowa from Iowa State University, and you might think it had something to do with the Cyclone-Hawkeye thing. It didn't. She transferred because it was more convenient to attend class at UI while she underwent chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer in Iowa City, following a double mastectomy.

UI Health Care has started handing out the iPhone 4S, which will eventually replace pagers. The transition began more than a year ago, with about 65 phones. That number has since grown to 1,500 and may reach 2,000 when everything is said and done.

Michaela Inman had just made a competitive gymnastics team. She was spending more time in the gym and running frequently. So when she began complaining of pain in her right ankle in May 2011, Michaela’s parents and local pediatrician thought it was nothing more than a sprain.

The College of Dentistry at the University of Iowa has been awarded a $1.6 million federal grant to operate a dentist-scientist training program. The program, run by dentistry professor Christopher Squier, has been funded continuously since 1985.

Claudia Beverly, a national gerontological policy expert, will give two lectures and be available for media interviews as an Ida Cordelia Beam Visiting Professor in September.

The Partnership for Alcohol Safety will discuss Iowa City’s 21-only ordinance for alcohol consumption at its bi-monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11, beginning at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2390 of the University Capitol Centre in downtown Iowa City.

UI physiologist Gary Pierce has developed a new technique to measure a person's heart health with the help of their finger's pulse, which is easier to record and also works better with obese patients, whose femoral pulse can be difficult to obtain reliably.

IBM vice president Martín-J. Sepúlveda will visit the UI College of Public Health Thursday, Sept.12 to receive the 2013 Hansen Award and deliver the keynote lecture at a free conference.

What can be done to stop America's epidemic of sexual violence? Survivors and UI experts weigh in.

UI engineering Professor Ching-Long Lin received a five-year, $3.2 million grant in August from the National Institutes of Health to conduct analysis using a 3-D lung model to predict lung disease in both an individual and a large population range.

A University of Iowa physiologist has a new technique to measure the stiffness of the aorta, a common risk factor for heart disease. The procedure involves measuring the pulse in the finger or on the arm, combined with an individual's age and body mass index.

Vicki Grassian, director of the UI Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute and professor of chemistry, describes her award-winning work on the role of mineral dust in the atmosphere.