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UI student researchers persevere despite pandemic challenges

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted and reshaped many aspects of our lives, but it hasn’t stopped University of Iowa (UI) students from exploring some of life’s most interesting questions through research, scholarship, and creative activity. To celebrate students’ ingenuity, resilience, and innovation, the UI Office of the Vice President for Research is sponsoring the Dare to Discover campaign, featuring 52 undergraduate and graduate students who are making waves in many disciplines across campus.

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Study finds ag workers at significantly higher risk of developing dementia

A study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds ag workers have a 46% greater chance of developing dementia than workers in other fields.

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Should employers rehire boomerang employees?

A new study from Tippie College of Business Professor Chad Van Iddekinge finds that rehiring former employees has many benefits, but the firm’s goals determine whether it’s wise to catch a boomerang employee.

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Stop making excuses for toxic bosses

A study from Stephen Courtright, professor of management and entrepreneurship in the Tippie College of Business, finds that employers need to stop giving dysfunctional managers a pass when they abuse their employees for the long-term health of the firm.

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UI distributes first round of P3 funding for student success, faculty retention initiatives

.The University of Iowa is distributing the first $7.5 million of the investment revenue generated from the public-private partnership (P3) for its utility system.

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UI startup Cardio Diagnostics launches new heart disease risk assessment for home

Cardio Diagnostics, a University of Iowa faculty startup, has commercially launched a new home clinical test for assessing patients’ heart disease risk.

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Biologists unravel full sequence of DNA repair mechanism

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have observed the entire sequence in break-induced replication, a method by which organisms from viruses to humans repair breaks in DNA.

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Professor of History Colin Gordon awarded NEH Fellowship

Colin Gordon, the F. Wendell Miller Professor of History at the University of Iowa, has received the nation’s most prestigious award for humanities scholarship, a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship.