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UI researchers use AI to address vision impairments in prematurely born babies

University of Iowa researchers are using artificial intelligence to address vision impairments in prematurely born babies. The research, led by Michael Abramoff, professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, was featured in the NIH director's blog.
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UI students receive degrees after the fall 2021 semester

Friday, January 21, 2022
UI students receive degrees after the fall 2021 semester.
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UI students named to dean’s list for fall 2021 semester

Thursday, January 20, 2022
Nearly 1,800 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2021 fall semester.
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UI students named to president’s list for fall 2021 semester

Thursday, January 20, 2022
More than 800 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2021 fall semester.

Neuroscientist Ted Abel talks about the importance of sleep

Ted Abel, neuroscientist and director of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute at the UI, talks about the importance of sleep and the impact that sleep can have on consolidating memories.
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Understanding the brain: Why we sleep, dream, and remember

Thursday, October 28, 2021
Abel, professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and director of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute, will deliver a lecture titled “It’s not a dream, it’s a memory,” at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, in the IMU.

What we now know about how to fight the delta variant of COVID

In this column, J. Stacey Klutts, clinical associate professor of pathology in the Carver College of Medicine, explains why vaccines — and masks — are so important, and why delta is different and more dangerous.
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UI students receive degrees after spring 2021 semester

Wednesday, June 9, 2021
The University of Iowa awarded more than 6,100 degrees at the close of the spring 2021 semester.
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Dates and times of spring 2021 virtual commencement ceremonies announced

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
This spring, about 5,300 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees in livestreamed, virtual commencement ceremonies, beginning with the College of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy ceremony on May 13 and concluding with the College of Dentistry’s ceremony on June 4.
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4 faculty named inaugural Hubbard-Walder honorees

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Four University of Iowa faculty members—Gail Bishop, Ray Fagenbaum, Cinda Coggins-Mosher, and Amy Strathman—were named winners of the inaugural Hubbard-Walder Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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6 receive Regents Award for Faculty Excellence

Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, honored six University of Iowa faculty members for their exceptional contributions and sustained record of excellence. Each recipient received $1,000 and will be honored at a special awards celebration.
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UI leaders, students honored at Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women

Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Two exceptional female University of Iowa leaders and educators were awarded the Susan C. Buckley Distinguished Achievement Award for Staff and May Brodbeck Distinguished Achievement Award for Faculty at the University of Iowa’s annual Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women on April 7