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December 2017

Rachel Maller chosen as CLAS Commencement Speaker

Rachel Maller, intern in the University of Iowa Public Policy Center’s Social and Education Policy Research Program under director Sarah Bruch, was selected as the speaker for the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) commencement on Saturday, Dec. 16.
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The UI Hydraulics Laboratory is shown in 1933. The recent acquisition of a set of journals written by the lab’s founding director help paint a picture of the early days of the University of Iowa’s internationally renowned hydraulics research.

Old Gold: Newly acquired journal documents early days of renowned UI hydraulics lab

From 1921 to 1933, the founding director of the University of Iowa’s IIHR–Hydroscience and Engineering chronicled the institute’s beginnings in his journals, which recently were purchased at auction and donated to the University of Iowa. UI archivist David McCartney discusses the acquisition.
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Hedgcock shows how planning backwards can help with New Year’s resolutions

Associate professor of marketing William Hedgcock participates in a discussion of the best ways to keep New Year’s resolutions by using better planning. 
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Arts and Humanities Initiative (AHI) proposals are due March 6

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (OVPRED) is accepting applications for spring 2018 Arts & Humanities Initiative (AHI) program. This program encourages leading edge scholarship, creative activities and interdisciplinary research.  The next deadline is Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

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UI experts help Iowa businesses stay on the analytics cutting edge

The Tippie Analytics Cooperative helps businesses improve their operations with data analytics while providing students with on-the-job experience.

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Humanities faculty named DSHB Faculty Scholars

The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB) at the University of Iowa funds awards meant to advance the education of liberal arts students, including aspiring scientists, by helping to defray research-related expenses. It recently named associate professors Amber Brian, Mary Cohen, Marie Kruger, Brenda Longfellow, and Miriam Thaggert DSHB Faculty Scholars.
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University of Iowa working with actor Michael J. Fox to find cure for Parkinson’s disease

The University of Iowa College of Public Health has been working with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, gathering and analyzing data collected during numerous studies the foundation funds to find a treatment for the disease.
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Trying to cut back on sugar? This year’s 3MT competition winner is studying how to do just that

Sharon Idiga, this year’s winner of the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), is studying how a hormone in the body regulates sugar intake, and her research could lead to new therapies for diabetes and obesity.
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Ali Salem and Kareem Ebeid in Salem's lab in the Pharmacy building

UI researchers use nanoparticles to target, kill endometrial cancer in lab study

The new treatment could improve survival rates for the roughly 6,000 U.S. women diagnosed with type II endometrial cancer every year, and also represents an important step in the development of targeted cancer therapies.
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Pigeons can discriminate both space and time

Pigeons aren’t so bird-brained after all. New research from the University of Iowa shows that pigeons can discriminate the abstract concepts of space and time, likely using a different region of the brain than humans and primates to do so.
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