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UI earns record $867M in external funding during FY2022

The University of Iowa secured a record-breaking $867 million in external funding for fiscal year 2022, which ended June 30. This outpaces the previous record of $818 million and represents a 6% increase over fiscal year 2021.

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College of Education researcher with the Iowa Center for School Mental Health

UI researchers secure support to address mental health care, human disease, and more

UI researchers secured funding for 2,400 projects in fiscal year 2022 to advance treatments for disease, address the opioid epidemic, improve mental health care for Iowa’s youth, tackle resource challenges for renewable energy in the state, and much more.

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Christopher Ahern, John Engelhardt, Ziying Yan

2 UI start-ups secure $62M in funding to advance therapies

Two companies co-founded by UI researchers have secured a combined $62 million in financing to advance disease therapies.

The companies, Carbon Biosciences and hC Bioscience, are based on foundational research by University of Iowa (UI) professors John Engelhardt, Ziying Yan, Chris Ahern, and colleagues at other institutions.

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Researchers led by the University of Iowa have discovered two new species of crocodiles that roamed parts of Africa between 18 million and 15 million years ago and preyed on human ancestors. The Kinyang giant dwarf crocodiles (in gold) were up to four tim

UI-led researchers discover long-extinct giant dwarf crocodile species

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have discovered two new species of crocodiles that roamed parts of Africa between 15 and 18 million years ago and preyed on human ancestors. The giant dwarf crocodile species, called Kinyang, mysteriously disappeared, possibly due to changes in the climate.

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Apple Embraces the Ever-Expanding Dashboard Touchscreen

In Daniel McGehee’s informed opinion, it’s simply too late to put the genie back in the bottle. People drive an average of 29 miles a day in the US. They have phones. They’re going to want to use their phones while they’re driving. The question is, how can they do it safely, free from the distraction of the distraction-stuffed devices in their pockets?

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Expansion of the State Hygienic Lab would allow for improved efficiency for employees and better reach for Iowans.

State Hygienic Lab named healthiest lab in the nation

The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) named the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa as the healthiest lab in the nation at the association's annual meeting in May.

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8 projects approved for FY2023 P3 funding

The University of Iowa has awarded eight interdisciplinary projects with $15 million in funding generated by the public-private partnership (P3) with its utility system.

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University of Iowa Distinguished Chairs named

Peter Thorne, professor of occupational and environmental health in the College of Public Health, and Lea VanderVelde, professor of law and the Josephine R. Witte Chair, have been named recipients of the 2022 University of Iowa Distinguished Chair.

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Welsh wins 2022 Shaw Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine

University of Iowa professor Michael J. Welsh, MD, has won the 2022 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine together with Paul A. Negulescu, senior vice president and site head for San Diego research with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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three students stand with their banners in downtown Iowa City

Nominations are open for downtown banner campaign

It’s not too early to nominate a University of Iowa (UI) student or postdoctoral researcher who is on campus this summer for the next downtown banner campaign.

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UI earns record $867M in external funding during FY2022

UI researchers secure support to address mental health care, human disease, and more

2 UI start-ups secure $62M in funding to advance therapies

UI-led researchers discover long-extinct giant dwarf crocodile species

Apple Embraces the Ever-Expanding Dashboard Touchscreen

State Hygienic Lab named healthiest lab in the nation

8 projects approved for FY2023 P3 funding

University of Iowa Distinguished Chairs named

Welsh wins 2022 Shaw Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine

Nominations are open for downtown banner campaign

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