Kuthy receives 2016 AAPHD Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award is one of the AAPHD’s highest awards. It recognizes an individual for excellent and distinguished service to public health dentistry.
Grossmann speaks about issues related to obesity
Ruth Grossmann, assistant professor in the UI College of Nursing, offers tips on eating healthy without breaking the bank and identifies mistakes people make when trying to fight obesity.
UI helping school districts create 'smarter lunchrooms'
Lunchrooms in five school districts across the state look a little different after students, food service workers and UI researchers made changes to promote healthy eating. The idea is to let students help redesign cafeterias to put healthier choices like fruits and vegetables up front.
UI research contradicts conventional wisdom about retinal diabetic neuropathy
For many years, scientists believed diabetic patients developed retinopathy and, as a result of damage to the eye’s blood vessels, later developed neuropathy. In this new study, however, researchers discovered that the sequence of events is just the opposite.
How well do you know the UI's trees?
The University of Iowa has debuted an app that details each of the more than 8,000 trees on campus. The UI Tree Inventory app delivers information about the number and location of trees and their condition, size, and species, with additional links to photos and descriptions.
Making insurance careers sexy to millennials
Thomas Berry-Stoelzel, professor of finance in the Tippie College of Business and director of the Vaughan Institute of Insurance and Risk Management, helps analyze how the insurance profession can attract more millennials.
#AreYouHappy?
New research by University of Iowa computer scientists uses Twitter data to study how satisfied users are with their lives.
Grow those dendrites
UI biologists have homed in on the genes that tell brain cells to grow the tendrils critical for passing messages throughout the body. In a new study, they report certain genes in nearby neurons need to be exact matches in order for the signaling branches to grow properly.
UI professor one of world's most influential ophthalmologists
Edwin Stone, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Iowa and is the director of the Wynn Institute of Vision Research, was named in "The Ophthalmologist’s" 2016 Power List of the world's 100 most influential people in ophthalmology.
Fresh opportunities to prepare graduates for global workforce
Construction is underway on the South Annex, a 65,000-square-foot addition to the UI Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences. Opening in the fall of 2017, the addition will create opportunities for students, faculty, and staff and help the college prepare its graduates for a global job market.