UI seismologist discusses "Mars quake"
Bill Barnhart, seismologist and assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, talked about the first-ever detection of tremors on Mars.
UI seismologist talks about "Marsquake"
Bill Barnhart, a seismologist and assistant professor in earth and environmental sciences, appeared on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” program to talk about the first-ever detection of a quake on Mars.
UI space researchers forge ahead with instrument-producing furnace
University of Iowa physicists use a special furnace to produce a key piece of equipment whose manufacturing process was once lost to history. The UI is one of a handful of academic institutions worldwide with a furnace capable of reproducing the magnetic instrument, called a ring core.
Scholtz named UI vice president for research
J. Martin Scholtz, executive associate vice president for research at Texas A&M University, has been named the University of Iowa’s new vice president for research. He will begin on June 28.
Skipping breakfast tied to higher risk of heart-related death, study finds
Whether you eat breakfast might be linked with your risk of dying early from cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.
Skipping breakfast may increase stroke and heart risks
Skipping breakfast may increase your risk for cardiovascular disease.
The connection, found in a study of 6,550 adults aged 65 to 75, was particularly strong for stroke.
Iowa research shows connection between sleep apnea, deadly blood cancer
University of Iowa researchers have uncovered a link between sleep apnea and multiple myeloma, a rare but aggressive blood cancer. Their findings could improve treatment of the disease.
Carrel awarded Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
Margaret Carrel, UI associate professor of geographical and sustainability sciences, is one of 32 winners of a prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. Each recipient in the 2019 class of fellows will receive a grant of up to $200,000 to research, write, and publish in the humanities and social sciences.
UI study: Skipping breakfast associated with higher risk of cardiovascular death
Eating breakfast every day has always been considered an important part of a healthy lifestyle, but a new study from the University of Iowa shows just how important it is.
UI grad student balances traditional scholarship and public engagement projects
Aiden Bettine, the UI’s first Humanities for the Public Good graduate assistant, is creating the Transgender Oral History Project of Iowa to collect, preserve, and celebrate the lives and stories of transgender and gender non-conforming people across Iowa and build a digital archive of transgender history.