Dan Reed, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Iowa and Tel Aviv University to enhance research collaboration through mutual scientific workshops, joint research projects, and exchange of researchers and students. The MOU focused in particular on four areas of mutual research interest between the two schools...

A panel of UI faculty and staff will lead an informational session about the funding opportunities available from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) from 3-4 p.m. Oct. 12 in C44-A of General Hospital. Panelists will highlight information gleaned from PCORI’s recent “Getting to Know PCORI” workshop as well as campus assistance available to researchers as they prepare PCORI...

“We don’t collaborate, we collide!” declares Irina Patkanian as she sits down for a conversation with fellow artists Lisa Schlesinger and Marion Schoevaert to discuss their Iphigenia Project and its culminating piece, Iphigenia at Lesvos: Story of a Refugee. The project has been unfolding for several years and reflects not only current world events, but the three women’s process-oriented working...

Daniel A. Reed, University of Iowa Vice President for Research and Economic Development since 2012, stepped down Oct. 1. John Keller, dean of the UI Graduate College, has been named interim vice president. Reed retains his UI position as Computational Science and Bioinformatics Chair and Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Medicine. “Not long after hitting a...

University of Iowa Office of Research and Economic Development oversight of safety and compliance related to research has been combined into a single position, effective this fall. Jennifer Lassner, Senior Assistant Vice President for Research, is overseeing those areas in addition to managing the organization’s broader research administration activities. This includes taking over responsibilities...

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) has approved a $200,000 Strategic Infrastructure Program grant to support the work of protostudios, a University of Iowa-managed, state-of-the-art, rapid-prototyping facility located in the MERGE co-lab space in downtown Iowa City. Protostudios works with clients to develop fully functional prototypes of inventions allowing them to test, redesign, and...

University of Iowa researchers and scholars invest years of education and investigation in the lab and out in the field to become experts within their disciplines. But the ability to “walk the walk” doesn’t always translate into an ability to “talk the talk” when it comes to sharing that expertise and knowledge with non-experts. That’s why the University of Iowa Office of Research and Economic...

Last spring, the Office of Research & Economic Development gathered together 40 artists, scientists, engineers, and scholars to brainstorm possibilities for new interdisciplinary projects that engage the public, either artistically, scientifically, or both.

University of Iowa startup and medical device developer iotaMotion Inc. has raised $2 million in a seed financing round to fuel the development of novel robotic systems for cochlear implantation surgery. The company says its technology, based on research within the UI Carver College of Medicine's Department of Otolaryngology, will enable surgeons to achieve more precise, individualized solutions...

For the third year, the University of Iowa Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (OVPR&ED) helped sponsor the Innovative Software Engineering (ISE) Coding Garage this summer, bringing together 15 high school students from the Iowa City area to create their own mobile apps. Because of the partnership between the Coralville-based ISE and OVPR&ED’s prototyping and 3D...