News

Calculating a better hip

Friday, June 21, 2013
Doctoral student developed the first computational model that simulates the hip dislocation process as it actually occurs in the human body.

PCBs are everywhere

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Since polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are produced through industrial processes or activities, it is assumed that people living in industrial cities will have higher concentrations of these toxic chemicals in their blood than people in rural communities.

UI postdoc researches addiction and pain

Monday, March 11, 2013
Barbara St. Marie's researching the phenomenon of addiction and pain in order to develop and test interventions for people with acute and chronic pain.

Reinforcing a commitment to the public

Monday, March 11, 2013
Nick Benson serves in a number of roles these days, but his favorite is probably matchmaker. As coordinator of the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC), Benson is making new connections between the University of Iowa and Iowa communities.

Hometown Hawkeye - Graduate College

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Meredith Scherb, MA '11, believes that collaboration and change are hallmarks of librarianship. Thanks to her University of Iowa Graduate education, Scherb exhibits this mindset as Director of the Atlantic Public Library in Atlantic, Iowa.
Medora Kealy

SURP students earn national honor

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Urban and Regional Planning graduate students earn national honor

Thursday, February 14, 2013
Graduate students in the University of Iowa School of Urban and Regional Planning have received national recognition for their groundbreaking sustainability project in the city of Dubuque.

Human brain is divided on fear and panic

Monday, February 4, 2013
When doctors at the University of Iowa prepared a patient to inhale a panic-inducing dose of carbon dioxide, she was fearless.
Edmarie Guzman-Velez smiles into the camera in front of a pale brown background

Edmarie Guzman-Velez

Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Guzman-Velez conducts memory and emotion research on individuals with Alzheimer's disease.

First-Year Seminar

Friday, January 11, 2013
Graduate College seminar offers undergraduate students the chance to begin thinking about education beyond a bachelor's degree.