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UI College of Education brings advanced science education to rural areas

May 18, 2018

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Iowa Now

The Belin-Blank Center’s STEM Excellence and Leadership program brings hands-on science and technology education to rural Iowa schools. Funded in part through a $1.9 million National Science Foundation grant, the program provides talented middle school students with extra hours of STEM instruction...

RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK

May 10, 2018

The Office of Outreach and Engagement awards partners for excellence and service Student, actor, director, teacher, and singer Tempestt Farrar confidently stepped up to the podium Wednesday, May 9, at the 2017-18 Annual Year-End Celebration for the Office of Outreach & Engagement to accept her...

UI engineering students help eastern Iowa woman get back in the saddle

May 8, 2018

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Iowa Now

Eastern Iowa resident Aulanda Krause worried that her mother, Monna Metcalf, would never ride her horse again because her prosthetic leg rubbed her skin, causing painful sores. Krause enlisted the help of four University of Iowa biomedical engineering students to create a device that solved the...

UI students reimagine park experience with unique adaptation plan

May 3, 2018

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Iowa Now

As part of the Climate for Change Theme Semester, UI urban and regional planning students reimagined a portion of an Iowa City park as a sanctuary for native plants and wildlife. Students recently presented their adaptation plan for the Terry Trueblood Recreation Area to President Harreld and city...

College of Education works with Iowa City school district to boost student success

May 2, 2018

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Iowa Now

UI College of Education professors and students are partnering with Kirkwood Elementary School in Coralville as part of a new college prep program called Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID). The program, which encourages children to attend college, will expand to other schools in the...

UI biomedical engineering students tackle lymphedema in breast cancer patients

May 1, 2018

Source

Iowa Now

As part of their senior design course, four UI biomedical engineering students created the GAMA bra, a compression garment that can be worn by breast cancer patients after a unilateral mastectomy. The garment could help thousands of patients avoid painful swelling associated with lymphedema.

UI student veteran excels in second chance at college degree

April 27, 2018

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Iowa Now

Michael Simon is making the most of his second go-round as an undergraduate at the University of Iowa. The veteran and geoscience major from Guttenberg, Iowa, invented a mechanism to clear river debris, sparked by an idea he had during a geology class.

Student uses world-renowned UI driving simulator to make rural roads safer

April 24, 2018

Source

Iowa Now

Kayla Faust, a student in the UI College of Public Health, is launching a study to see how farmers react while driving farm vehicles. The study uses the university’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) and the findings can help make rural roads safer.

UI film students work with Bettendorf eighth-graders to create movie trailers

April 20, 2018

Source

Iowa Now

UI students in the Department of Cinematic Arts worked with eighth-graders at Bettendorf Middle School to create movie trailers and welcomed them to campus for a visit.

UI study: Statins save lives of people with high levels of bad cholesterol

April 17, 2018

Source

Iowa Now

Cholesterol-lowering drugs are more likely to save thousands of additional lives when used in people with higher levels of LDL cholesterol, or “bad” cholesterol, according to a new study from the University of Iowa, published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association.”

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