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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

UI receives $21 million to better predict water-related hazards

UI receives $21 million to better predict water-related hazards

Cooper Worth, News Reporter April 18, 2022

The University of Iowa will play a pivotal role in a federally run, $360 million project to improve the United States’ ability to predict water-related hazards and manage water resources. The...

University of Iowa Associate Professor Jasper Halekas poses for a portrait in his laboratory at Van Allen Hall in Iowa City on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Halekas researches the magnetic field on the moon’s surface.

University of Iowa associate professor receives grant to investigate the moon’s swirls

Simone Garza, News Reporter April 17, 2022

A University of Iowa professor will soon explore the swirls on the surface of the moon. Jasper Halekas, associate professor in the UI department of physics and astronomy, is the deputy principal...

UI professor to research collaborative regenerative medicine in Ireland

UI professor to research collaborative regenerative medicine in Ireland

Ryan Hansen, News Reporter April 14, 2022

A University of Iowa professor will travel to Ireland for a collaborative effort aimed at advancing research in the field of regenerative medicine. James Ankrum, UI associate professor of biomedical...

University of Iowa researcher Tianbao Yang seats at his desk where he works on AI research on Friday, Aril 8, 2022.

Amazon awards grant to UI researchers to decrease discrimination in AI algorithms

Arabia Parkey, News Reporter April 12, 2022

University of Iowa researchers are examining discriminative qualities of artificial intelligence and machine learning models, which are likely to be unfair against one’s race, gender, or other characteristics...

A lab mouse is seen in a lab in the Bowen Science Building at the University of Iowa on Monday. April 11, 2022.

UI researchers identify drug to cure mice of COVID-19 symptoms, may treat older adults

Anthony Neri, News Reporter April 11, 2022

Researchers at the University of Iowa found a drug to prevent older mice, who suffer from COVID-19 in a similar way to older people, from dying of the virus. The older mice that had COVID-19, which...

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UI researchers to determine how entrepreneurs balance ethics, decision-making

Ryan Hansen, News Reporter April 10, 2022

Researchers at the University of Iowa are investigating how entrepreneurs and businesses balance ethics and decision-making in creating a successful business. Interest in the research stems from...

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UI neuroscientists discover mechanism crucial to memory storage

Anthony Neri, News Reporter April 4, 2022

A neuroscience research team at the University of Iowa has discovered a crucial biochemical mechanism that impacts memory storage. Its research article was published in the journal Science Advances on...

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UIHC to offer food resources to pregnant patients facing food insecurity

Anthony Neri, News Reporter March 31, 2022

An interdisciplinary research group at the University of Iowa is collaborating with a local non-profit food bank to identify and serve pregnant patients at UI Hospitals and Clinics who are facing food...

Graduate Research Assistant in the department of civil and environmental engineering Danielle Land filters a water sample in the Seamans Center on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Land is part of a group that is developing an online tool that identifies which homes might be at risk of water contamination from lead.

UI researchers to develop lead detection tool for water

Ryan Hansen, News Reporter March 29, 2022

Researchers at the University of Iowa are developing a system for residents and public health officials that will allow them to more easily detect lead in drinking water across the state. The research...

Tiffany Adrain poses in the Paleontology Repository with a woolly mammoth’s molar tooth which was discovered in 1912 by A.O. Thomas on Monday, March 28, 2022.

University of Iowa fossil expert identifies woolly mammoth tooth in Sheldon, Iowa

Samantha Bielema, News Reporter March 28, 2022

A construction worker in Northwest Iowa discovered something unexpected among the rocks during an excavation earlier this month — a woolly mammoth tooth. Tiffany Adrain, a University of Iowa fossil...

Gary Christensen stands in the Seamen’s Center for a portrait on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.

Two UI professors, engineering dean to be nominated by American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers

Madeleine Willis, News Reporter March 9, 2022

The American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering will induct two University of Iowa professors and the dean of the College of Engineering as members. The inductees represent the top...

College of Public Health is seen in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021.

Iowa cancer report advises urgent return to cancer screenings after pandemic

Anthony Neri, News Reporter March 7, 2022

Iowa medical experts are urging the community to get screened for cancer after the pandemic delayed many tests. At a virtual news briefing on Monday, Iowa medical panelists reviewed the annual Cancer...