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Released: 30-Sep-2020 2:55 PM EDT
University of Iowa celebrating 100 years of shaping the face of theatre
University of Iowa

For the past century, stories written by University of Iowa students, faculty, and alumni have captivated audiences around the world. Playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, Lee Blessing, Kirsten Greenidge, Samuel D. Hunter, and Jen Silverman have re-imagined what theatre, television, and film can be, experimenting and bringing ideas together in new and unexpected ways.

Released: 29-Apr-2020 1:30 PM EDT
University of Iowa Virology Research Helps Facilitate New Clinical Trial for COVID-19
University of Iowa

Research by University of Iowa virologist Wendy Maury, has helped facilitate the launch of a new clinical trial in the United Kingdom of a drug that might help treat patients with COVID-19.

29-Jan-2020 1:05 PM EST
Study Finds Some State Laws Linked to Lower Incidence of Vaping
University of Iowa

State laws that regulate e-cigarette sales and usage may lower their use in states where those laws have been implemented, according to a new observational study from the University of Iowa published this week by the journal JAMA Network Open.

26-Dec-2019 2:55 PM EST
Study Finds Potential Link Between Cardiovascular Death and Some Types of Pesticides
University of Iowa

A new data analysis from the University of Iowa finds that people who have high levels of exposure to pyrethroid insecticides are three times more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than people with little or no exposure.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 3:50 PM EDT
Study Suggests New Metabolic Target for Liver Cancer
University of Iowa

Disrupting a metabolic pathway in the liver in a way that creates a more “cancer-like” metabolism actually reduces tumor formation in a mouse model of liver cancer. This surprising finding from a Univ. of Iowa study identifies the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier as a potential target for preventing liver cancer.

Released: 26-Aug-2019 9:40 AM EDT
New study suggests exercise is good for the aging brain
University of Iowa

University of Iowa researchers have found that a single bout of exercise benefits some older people’s brains. In experiments in which participants aged 60 to 80 exercised once and multiple times, the researchers found some individuals showed improved cognitive functions and working memory.

22-Jul-2019 4:00 PM EDT
Waist Size Is a Forgotten Factor in Defining Obesity
University of Iowa

A new study from the University of Iowa published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that some people considered to be a normal weight could unknowingly be at high risk for obesity-related health issues.

Released: 18-Jul-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Training high school teachers to implement engineering curriculum
University of Iowa

Educators from eight high schools across the country participated in a two-week professional development institute at the University of Iowa to learn to implement the Engineer Your World curriculum, which engages students in hands-on engineering experiences.

   
Released: 18-Jul-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Student, faculty artists leave their mark on communities
University of Iowa

Thanks in part to a new residency program to train students in the intricacies of creating public art, boarded-up windows, concrete walls, and fertilizer bins will become canvases for large-scale art projects in 10 Iowa communities. One city also will welcome a large-scale, solar-powered sculpture to its downtown plaza.

Released: 15-Jul-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Study shows parent/teen conversations can improve driver safety
University of Iowa

A new University of Iowa study finds that teenagers who drive cars equipped with onboard monitoring systems have fewer accidents when they have conversations with their parents about safe driving when the system flags an unsafe driving situation.

Released: 24-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Want to earn a college football scholarship? Better start tweeting
University of Iowa

University of Iowa researchers found that high school athletes who talk themselves up on social media are more apt to receive scholarship offers from Division I universities, especially lower-rated recruits, with more offers coming to athletes whose tweets were more self-promotional or ingratiating in nature.

Released: 14-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Satellite observations improve earthquake monitoring, response
University of Iowa

Researchers at the University of Iowa and the United States Geologic Survey report data gathered by orbiting satellites can yield more information about destructive earthquakes and can improve aid and humanitarian response efforts. The researchers looked at satellite data from several recent, large-magnitude earthquakes.

Released: 1-May-2019 1:40 PM EDT
Uncovering little-known aspect of black history
University of Iowa

The acclaimed national Colored Conventions Project has named two members of the UI campus community co-directors of its first pilot satellite partner, and a new course gives students an opportunity to rediscover this little-known part of Iowa history.

19-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Skipping breakfast associated with higher risk of cardiovascular death
University of Iowa

Eating breakfast has always been considered an important part of a healthy lifestyle, but a new study from the University of Iowa shows how important it is. The study finds people who never ate breakfast had an 87 percent higher risk of death caused by cardiovascular disease than those who eat breakfast.

Released: 7-Mar-2019 10:05 AM EST
Comprehensive genomic analysis might help improve cancer treatments
University of Iowa

By measuring the effect of every gene in the genome, one by one, researchers at the University of Iowa, University of Southern California, and University of California, San Francisco, have identified a new target that may help improve treatment for children with relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL).

Released: 27-Feb-2019 2:40 PM EST
Women with alcohol dependency tend to believe more than men the problem will take care of itself
University of Iowa

University of Iowa study is the first to dig deep into the differences in the way men and women handle excessive alcohol consumption.

   
Released: 12-Feb-2019 12:05 PM EST
Parents unsure how to work with schools to prevent cyberbullying
University of Iowa

Parents know they need to work with their child’s school to prevent cyberbullying, but a new study from the University of Iowa shows many wonder how.

Released: 6-Feb-2019 9:45 AM EST
UI Students Develop App to Improve Public Speaking—Without Imagining the Audience in Their Underwear
University of Iowa

A case of the nerves is normal when students give class presentations. Nico Aguilar did that one better when he was a University of Iowa student.

Released: 19-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST
Professor Puts Artistic Spin on Marine Research
University of Iowa

University of Iowa Assistant Professor in Printmaking Terry Conrad joined scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on a research cruise to study foraminifera, single-celled organisms that live in the ocean, and to create related art as part of a Science-Through-Art effort funded by the National Science Foundation.

   


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