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Doug Snodgrass

Legal minefield

Monday, August 5, 2013
A University of Iowa College of Law alumna and student help military veterans navigate the legal system to receive benefits for their service and sacrifice.

Drug addicted moms face barriers to recovery

Monday, August 5, 2013
Jeffrey Segar, director of the Iowa Statewide Perinatal Care Program and University of Iowa Children's Hospital director of neonatology, says a new drug-screening protocol designed to detect drug-addicted newborns has been adopted by roughly 80 birthing hospitals in the state.
Jefferson Building

Iowa City considers turning building back into hotel

Monday, August 5, 2013
The City of Iowa City and the University of Iowa will look at possible plans to turn the former Jefferson Hotel back into a hotel. It currently houses offices for UI faculty and staff.
a photo of a premature baby holding someone's finger at UI Health Care

Building bridges and creating connections

Monday, August 5, 2013
This year's University of Iowa Health Care Annual Report features examples of the ways UI Health Care experts are building bridges and creating connections—through patient care, education, and research missions.

Livability.com names Iowa City one of nation's Top 10 College Towns

Friday, August 2, 2013
Livability.com has named Iowa City one of the nation’s Top 10 College Towns, based on a comparison of quality of life, travel amenities and other features in small and mid-sized cities across the United States.
Kevin Dubbins, a UI senior engineering student, poses on his bicycle during the Journey for Hope, a cross-country bike trek

UI senior cycles for a cause

Friday, August 2, 2013
Kevin Dubbins, a senior in the UI College of Engineering, is taking part in Journey of Hope, a cross-country bike trek to raise funds and send a message of acceptance for people with disabilities.

UI study finds bigger lungs improve odds of transplant survival

Friday, August 2, 2013
A new University of Iowa study finds that bigger may be better when it comes to lung transplants.
Bottles of breast milk at the Mother's Milk breast bank at the University of Iowa

UI donor breast milk bank makes a difference

Friday, August 2, 2013
Donor breast milk that is donated, tested, and pasteurized at a University of Iowa milk bank is making a big difference for moms who wish to breast feed but can't, especially those with premature babies.
spirit of Dubuque boat

A day in Dubuque

Friday, August 2, 2013
It’s an easy 90-minute drive from Iowa City to Dubuque, but once you get there, so many more interesting modes of transportation abound.
Michael Last is a parasitologist at the Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa in Coralville who first recognized that an outbreak of diarrheal disease in Iowa in June was caused by the microscopic parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis

UI expert lauded for first recognizing parasite that caused outbreak of diarrheal disease

Friday, August 2, 2013
Patricia Quinlisk, Iowa's state epidemiologist, says that Michael Last, a parasitologist at the State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI, is a "good, good, good microbiologist" after he first recognized the microscopic parasite that caused an outbreak of diarrheal disease in Iowa.
A scene from The Little Tin Man standing in the produce aisle, one of many independent films

UI cinema alumnus directs world-class film fest in Tipton

Thursday, August 1, 2013
Will Valet, a UI cinema alumnus and current director of the Hardacre Film Festival, says that the unique venue of the gorgeous Hardacre Theatre in downtown Tipton, Iowa, has allowed organizers to build a world-class festival in a small town.
2012 Kid Captain Brandi Yates stands with the Iowa Hawkeyes during a home football game in 2012.

UI Children's Hospital announces 2013 Kid Captains

Thursday, August 1, 2013
University of Iowa Children's Hospital announces this year's Kid Captains, former and current patients whose stories will be highlighted throughout the Iowa Hawkeyes' 2013 football season.