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University of Iowa chemists study environmental safety, health effects of nanotechnology
Friday, September 25, 2020
A group led by Sara E. Mason at the University of Iowa has obtained renewed funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study the environmental safety and human health effect of nanomaterials. Mason’s group is part of a national consortium called the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.
Meet the new namesake of Johnson County
Friday, September 25, 2020
Lulu Merle Johnson grew up in Iowa, helped end segregation at the University of Iowa, and as a scholar changed our view of slavery. She’s now the new namesake of Johnson County.
University of Iowa team wins $1M NSF grant to lead a multi-university consortium to advance medical AI
Thursday, September 24, 2020
To address concerns around patient privacy and data security in medical artificial intelligence, Stephen Baek, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Iowa, along with UI investigators Xiaodong Wu, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Nick Street, professor of business analytics, has received a $1 million phase one grant from the National...
UI employees step up to help State Hygienic Lab with COVID-19 testing
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Meet the small army of temporarily reassigned University of Iowa employees who helped fill critical roles in the COVID-19 testing process over the summer at the State Hygienic Laboratory.
Keeping people safer with Iowa technology
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Technology developed at Iowa is used to develop artificial intelligence software that can detect potential safety risks ranging from weapons to slip and fall hazards.
Imitation Games: We Take an $80 Million Driving Simulator for a Spin
Thursday, September 17, 2020
At the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) research center, more than 40 faculty, staff, and students use a 93-ton moon-lander-looking machine and a variety of vehicle cabs to study the way people drive. This test rig—called NADS-1—rides on seven belts (six on the x-axis, one on the y). All in, this costs about $80 million, but it allows researchers to perfect today's...
NADS provides national leadership on COVID-19 research protocols
Thursday, September 17, 2020
National Advanced Driving Simulator Director Daniel McGehee made recommendations for human subjects testing in driving research for the COVID-19 era to the Transportation Research Board during its mid-year meeting earlier this month. How to keep people safe in driving research—in both simulators and on-road vehicles—is not something that has been widely shared or standardized in the research...
‘US News’ ranking includes University of Iowa among nation’s best universities
Monday, September 14, 2020
The University of Iowa is listed 34th in the latest rankings of the nation’s public universities published by “U.S. News & World Report,” the same position as last year.
Peek-Asa study shows farmers need more time to get to trauma centers
Thursday, September 10, 2020
A study by Corinne Peek-Asa in the College of Public Health finds that farmers who are injured on the job take an hour longer to get to a trauma center because of the isolation of their jobs and distance EMTs must travel.
Tippie researchers discuss how WFH is changing corporate college
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Tippie College of Business researchers Daniel Newton and Michele Williams talk with River to River about the first five months of work from home have changed corporate culture.
NASA-funded study at IIHR explores connections between reduced air pollution due to COVID-19 and decreases in precipitation in the western United States
Thursday, September 3, 2020
New research at the University of Iowa College of Engineering will study the connections between reduced air pollution due to COVID-19 shutdowns and sharp decreases in precipitation in the western United States.
Study says parents’ teaching style can be instrumental in helping children learn how to safely cross busy roads
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
New research from the University of Iowa shows parents who teach children ahead of time how to properly choose gaps in traffic can help them learn more quickly how to cross roads safely. The study found that timely instruction from parents led to improvements in children’s road-crossing abilities.
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