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.

UI researchers at the National Advanced Driving Simulator are working with volunteer research subjects to better understand the difference in driving abilities of someone who is sober, someone who has had a few drinks, and someone who has had a few more drinks.

Fruit flies are as susceptible to loud noise as teenagers attending rock concerts, scientists have learned. The discovery that being blasted by sound has the same effect on the tiny insects as it does on humans could open up new avenues of research into hearing loss.

Keith Mueller, a professor who heads the UI Department of Health Management and Policy, thinks the new federal health care law can help get more people insured, but he warned it could take some time.

A lot has been made of the hot temperatures and taking precautions to prevent health problems, but UI physiology professor, Kevin Kregel, says you don’t have to be a prisoner of an air conditioned room—your body has the ability to adjust to the conditions.