The Iowa Board of Regents has selected Pappas Consulting Group, Inc., to continue the review of two academic areas at the three public universities beginning in March. TIER, or the Transparent Inclusive Efficiency Review, identified several areas for review in academics.

In a meeting with state business and education leaders today, Friday, Feb. 13, University of Iowa President Sally Mason outlined steps the UI is taking to accelerate the transfer of biomedical research into the marketplace.

University of Iowa biomedical research could reach clinical trials faster under a new pilot project.

Linda Snetselaar’s research and scholarship is relevant to everyone’s way of life—after all, we all eat. Snetselaar, UI professor of epidemiology and associate provost of outreach and engagement, will deliver the 32nd annual UI Presidential Lecture, “Food, Culture, and Community,” Feb. 22.

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Allison Kindig, a University of Iowa graduating senior from Cedar Rapids, has been awarded a 2015 Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Kindig, a Presidential Scholar and an active member of the UI’s Honors Program, is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering as well as a minor in business administration and a certificate in global health studies.

A University of Iowa study in mice shows that disrupting one protein can simultaneously curb alcohol cravings and protect the heart and liver from alcohol-induced damage. The findings suggest that the RGS6 protein may be a useful drug target both for treating alcoholism and reducing the organ damage caused by chronic alcohol consumption.

The University of Iowa will soon be growing its own crop dedicated entirely to creating energy. The plant—a sterile hybrid grass called Miscanthus—will be harvested and used to supply power, steam, and chilled water to the main campus.

Leaders of the University of Iowa’s TIER, or Transparent Inclusive Efficiency Review, working groups evaluating information technology, human resources, finance, sourcing and procurement, and academic cases, provided an update to the UI Faculty Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 10.

Laura Wood Fernandez, a University of Iowa alumna with both a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Teaching, forges new ground as a science teacher in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, thanks to a grant to redesign her classroom and a partnership with the University of Iowa College of Education.

University of Iowa researchers, funded by the National Science Foundation, studied 774 stream gauges across 14 states and found flooding more frequent.

A University of Iowa study has found that land-clearing fires in Central America intensified the tornadoes of April 27, 2011, the worst day of U.S. tornadoes since 1974.