Articles from October 2020

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Resource: Research and COVID-19

Thursday, October 29, 2020
The University of Iowa Office of the Vice President for Research manages a Website to help guide faculty, staff, and student researchers, scholars, and creative artists as they work during the pandemic..
Ali Milani undergraduate researcher

Fall Undergraduate Research Festival goes virtual

Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The annual festival, hosted by the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU,) will be held in short sessions via Zoom during the week of November 9-13, 2020. “Despite the challenges of the fall 2020 semester, University of Iowa undergraduates have collaborated with faculty mentors to participate in research all over campus, and remotely, that complements their academic studies and develops...

Hygienic Lab ambassador plays critical role in serving Iowa during COVID-19

Friday, October 16, 2020
If the State Hygienic Laboratory’s Coralville operation is headquarters in Iowa’s war on COVID-19, Connie Henderson is the lab’s forward scout and envoy to clinics across the state. Henderson, a retired laboratory manager at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, has served as an SHL Ambassador since 2019, providing expert guidance to the lab, helping SHL better connect with and meet the needs of...

Video of town hall on international engagement and foreign influence available online

Wednesday, October 14, 2020
A video and PowerPoint from the Office of the Vice President for Research’s (OVPR) Oct. 12 International Engagement (Foreign Influence in Research) Town Hall is now available online. Links to the materials may be found on the Division of Sponsored Programs’ (DSP) Website at https://dsp.research.uiowa.edu/international-engagement#slide. The event was held in response to growing national concerns...
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OVPR will host a town hall on foreign influence on Oct. 12

Friday, October 2, 2020
In response to growing national concerns about the potential for foreign influence in academic research, a virtual town hall on international engagement in research is scheduled for October 12, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CST. It is open to all University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students. The town hall will cover new federal regulations and disclosure requirements related to foreign influence in...

Register now for free webinar on research security Oct. 7

Friday, October 2, 2020
University of Iowa research faculty, post-docs, staff, and administrators are invited to participate in a free regional webinar on research security from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Central Time) Wednesday, Oct. 7. Hosted by the University of Minnesota and other institutions in Minnesota, the webinar will be led by the director of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Kelvin...