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Peek-Asa, Janssen talk about how to stay safe while having summer fun

Faculty members Corinne Peek-Asa and Brandi Janssen of the College of Public Health talk about how to stay safe and avoid injury while having summer fun.

Mueller discusses Medicaid cut impacts on rural hospitals

Proposed Medicaid cuts would make things harder for Iowa’s rural hospitals and could jeopardize access to health care for rural residents, says Keith Mueller, UI College of Public Health interim dean.

Robinson comments on helping reduce the number of women with cardiovascular disease

Jennifer Robinson, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health, says that to successfully improve risk-factor control for women suffering from cardiovascular disease, awareness efforts must be coupled with quality clinician education and implementation programs.

Hamann discusses bicycle fatalities and public policy

In this podcast, Cara Hamann, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health, discusses her research into the increasing number of bicycle fatalities in Iowa and how public policy can help make roads safer for bicyclists.

Public Health student Mobley receives national public health honor

Monday, July 3, 2017
College of Public Health doctoral student Erin Mobley was one of four students nationally selected by AcademyHealth to receive the Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship in recognition of her commitment to the field of health services research or health policy and potential to contribute to health services research or health policy in the future.
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Former US Poet Laureate reflects on his writing and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Monday, July 3, 2017
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera says his time at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop was a pivotal bridge between his writing as a young activist in the Chicano Movement and his writing as a poet laureate.

UI students receive degrees after 2017 spring semester

Thursday, June 29, 2017
The University of Iowa awarded nearly 4,300 degrees at the close of the 2017 spring semester.

UI students named to president’s list for spring 2017

Thursday, June 29, 2017
More than 400 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2017 spring semester.

UI students named to dean’s list for spring 2017

Thursday, June 29, 2017
More than 4,800 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2017 spring semester.
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University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital ranks in six specialties on latest ‘U.S. News & World Report’ list

Tuesday, June 27, 2017
“U.S. News & World Report” has ranked University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in six specialties in the 2017–18 Best Children’s Hospitals list: No. 20 in neonatology, No. 21 in nephrology, No. 34 in cancer, No. 36 in urology, No. 45 in pulmonology, and No. 48 in cardiology/heart surgery.
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The key to virtual team leadership? Fast typing

Thursday, June 22, 2017
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that to the fastest typist go the leadership spoils. The study suggests that the fleet-fingered are more likely to emerge as the leaders of virtual work teams that have members scattered among different offices.

Hans Breder, artist, founder of UI’s Intermedia program, dies at 81

Professor emeritus Hans Breder passed away Sunday at age 81. Breder founded the internationally renowned and highly influential Intermedia program in the UI’s School of Art and Art History in 1968; Breder directed Intermedia from its establishment until his retirement in 2000 and remained a prolific artist throughout his life.