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Promise and Progress: Building a stronger state together
Monday, September 21, 2015
Today and every day, it’s clear that the UI is a tremendous resource for the nation, the world, and especially the state of Iowa. A new website from the Provost’s Office of Outreach and Engagement shows how deeply our university is woven into Iowa’s social, economic, and cultural fabric.
Building the new UI Children's Hospital
Monday, September 21, 2015
University of Iowa faculty and staff have a unique opportunity to be recognized in the new UI Children's Hospital on a special donor wall reserved just for UI employees.
Media advisory: Stream sensors installed in Davenport
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Iowa Flood Center engineers will install stream-stage gauges along two flood-prone waterways in Davenport. The installation takes place on Thurs. Sept. 17. Media are invited.
UI cystic fibrosis researchers receive $11 million grant renewal for gene therapy work
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Researchers in the University of Iowa Pappajohn Biomedical Institute have received a five-year, $11 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to continue advancing gene therapy to treat and prevent cystic fibrosis, a life-shortening, lethal lung disease.
Helping kids read, succeed
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Finding the best literacy resources for children in Iowa has just gotten a lot easier thanks to the Iowa Reading Research Center. The center, which recently found a new home at the University of Iowa, offers creative and fun ideas such as playing Sight Word Hopscotch or Beat the Clock.
UI researchers receive first-in-the-nation grant to study neuroendocrine tumors
Monday, September 14, 2015
Neuroendocrine tumors are slow-growing cancers that occur primarily in adults but could also occur in children. They develop where the nervous and endocrine systems interact and are most commonly found in the small intestine, lungs, and pancreas.
Cy-Hawk series game ball makes its way to Ames
Friday, September 11, 2015
In advance of the Iowa–Iowa State football game, students, faculty, and fans gathered on the Pentacrest for a pep rally and members of the UI Army ROTC prepared to deliver the game ball.
River mapping in Red Oak
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Engineers with the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa mapped the bottom of the East Nishnabotna River in Red Oak—a first step for an online flood map.
UI working with development group to create downtown tech space
Thursday, September 10, 2015
The University of Iowa is partnering with ICAD to create a "tech-geek nerd space" in downtown Iowa City that links education, business, and technology innovation.
Westefeld shares how we can prevent suicide
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
The week of Sept. 7-13 is National Suicide Prevention Week. It is important to reflect on suicide, its prevalence, risk factors, what to do if concerned about someone, and where to get help, according to John Westefeld, a suicidologist and UI College of Education professor.
Targeting glucose production in liver may lead to new diabetes therapies
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
A new University of Iowa study shows that a biological checkpoint known as the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier (MPC) is critical for controlling glucose production in the liver and could potentially be a new target for drugs to treat diabetes.
UI ranked 34th best public national university by 'U.S. News'
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
The University of Iowa ranks 34th among the nation's best public universities, according to the latest rankings published by the magazine "U.S. News & World Report."
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