
Salnas explains what all those COVID-19 statistics mean
Edmond talks about benefits of face shields over face masks
External funding supports a wide range of research and scholarship
Research funding at the University of Iowa in Fiscal Year 2020 is helping power a wide array of investigations into everything from COVID-19 and diabetes treatments, to depression, papermaking, and the poetry of Walt Whitman.

Record funding fuels research into COVID-19, writing and other areas of UI strengths
In a twist on the saying about life and lemons, University of Iowa researchers have trained their collective expertise on understanding and neutralizing the dangers COVID-19 poses to human health and society even as the pandemic has kept many of them away from campus for months in the interest of health and safety.

State Hygienic Lab staff show exceptional commitment to serving Iowans during COVID-19
The State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa (SHL) is cross-training staff and operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week to meet testing demands.
SHL helps Test Iowa reach 100,000 milestone
Test Iowa reached a milestone today: 100,000 tests have been conducted, all by the State Hygienic Lab (SHL) at the University of Iowa, since the program began on April 25.
Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a statement to announce the test numbers.

Libraries preserving images of spray-painting from Black Lives Matter protests

Nominations sought for safety award
Practicing safety in University of Iowa laboratories has never been more pertinent than it is today, in the midst of a global pandemic.
As the university begins to transition back to campus for work, the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) office is looking for examples of faculty and staff who are putting safety first in innovative ways.