January 2017

Deadline extended to Feb. 10 for Discovery and Innovation Awards

The deadline has been extended to receive nominations for the Discovery and Innovation Awards, which honor University of Iowa faculty, staff and student research, innovation, mentorship and startup success.

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How do you shrug at someone via text?

Social media has become an increasingly powerful tool for businesses to build their brands, and a University of Iowa researcher is studying how some use “textual paralanguage” to do it well *high five* while others do it Just. Plain. Bad.

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UI spinout company VIDA Diagnostics raises $5.1 million Series B funding

VIDA Diagnostics Inc., a medical software and services company based in the UI BioVentures Center and created through research at the UI College of Engineering, recently announced the company raised $5.1 million in Series B funding.

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CPH student paper wins American Statistical Association prize

Yaohui Zeng, a doctoral student in biostatistics in the College of Public Health, has been selected as a winner of this year’s student paper competition sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Statistical Computing.

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State Hygienic Lab Director Atchison to retire June 30

Christopher Atchison, Director of the State Hygienic Laboratory (SHL) at the University of Iowa, has announced plans to retire June 30 after serving the state of Iowa and the University of Iowa in that role for a decade.

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UI ranked No. 2 in US for its entrepreneurial programs

The University of Iowa has been ranked No. 2 in the country for its entrepreneurial programs by a higher education financing organization that praised its wide array of programs and reasonable tuition.

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UI posts new rules on drone use

The University of Iowa has instituted a new policy governing the appropriate use of un-crewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones, on or above university property.

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UI Research Park company awarded competitive grant from National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Innovas Technologies, located at the University of Iowa Technology Innovation Center in the UI Research Park, a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) seed funding grant to conduct research and development on mobile micro-sensors aimed at eliminating $40 billion in waste in equipment used in industries such as power generation, oil and gas, industrial manufacturing and commercial cooling.

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An optimist’s guide to changing course on global air pollution

Gregory Carmichael, Karl Kammermeyer Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa, will deliver the 34th annual UI Presidential Lecture “What Goes Around, Comes Around: The Global Reach of Air Pollution” on Sunday, Feb. 19. “Iowa Now” recently sat down with Carmichael to talk about his work.

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UI posts new rules on drone use

[Note: This story was updated on 2/27/17 to reflect clarifying language in the UI UAS policy]

The University of Iowa has instituted a new policy governing the appropriate use of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones, that use university property for takeoffs or landings.

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Research and Economic Development

Deadline extended to Feb. 10 for Discovery and Innovation Awards

How do you shrug at someone via text?

UI spinout company VIDA Diagnostics raises $5.1 million Series B funding

CPH student paper wins American Statistical Association prize

State Hygienic Lab Director Atchison to retire June 30

UI ranked No. 2 in US for its entrepreneurial programs

UI posts new rules on drone use

UI Research Park company awarded competitive grant from National Science Foundation

An optimist’s guide to changing course on global air pollution

UI posts new rules on drone use

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