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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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UI research finds employees less likely to work with politically-opposed companies

Ryan Hansen, News Reporter November 15, 2021

Prospective employees are much less likely to apply to work at businesses with public political views in opposition to their own, according to research co-authored by a professor from the University...

Photo Illustration by Ayrton Breckenridge.

Iowa City residents volunteer for free home energy efficient audits

Natasha Keicher, News Reporter November 14, 2021

The City of Iowa City and Green Iowa AmeriCorps are conducting voluntary home energy audits to help residents make their homes more energy-efficient. Green Iowa AmeriCorps is a statewide community...

Associate Professor of civil environmental engineering and IIHR interim director, Gabriele Villarini poses for a portrait alongside IIHR Assistant Research Scientist, Wei Zhang, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2017.

IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering celebrates 100 years

Simone Garza, News Reporter November 14, 2021

The University of Iowa’s IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering, formerly known as the Iowa Institute for Hydraulic Research, is celebrating over 100 years of research and education with University of...

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Carver College of Medicine Latinx Faculty Council works to improve representation

Madeleine Willis, News Reporter November 14, 2021

The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine recently established the Latinx Faculty Council to bring together faculty members to serve the broader Latinx and Hispanic community and improve representation...

Windmills are seen in Mechanicsville, IA on Wednesday, July 11, 2018.

UI professor looks toward a carbon-free Iowa

Natasha Keicher, News Reporter November 9, 2021

Targeted investment in clean energy infrastructure could help Iowa be carbon-free by 2040. Decarb Iowa 2040, a study project headed by University of Iowa Chemical and Biochemical Engineer Professor...

A fly’s slivered ovary is seen on the screen of a confocal lens on November 7, 2021. The green triangle-shaped object on the bottom right is being studied.

UI researchers’ findings on cell movement may inform new cancer treatments

Anthony Neri, News Reporter November 9, 2021

A group of University of Iowa researchers at the Carver College of Medicine found a cell function that could inform future cancer and birth defect treatment.  The study, published in the journal eLife...

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UI researchers find link between cannabis and driving impairment

Anthony Neri, News Reporter November 7, 2021

Individuals who use cannabis before driving show impaired driving abilities and memory encoding, University of Iowa researchers found. UI scientists used driving simulations and EEG tests to analyze...

Flood attenuation and climate change researcher Federico Antolini, currently pursuing his PhD in geoinformatics, poses for a portrait near the Iowa River on Monday Nov. 1, 2021.

Flood attenuation techniques potentially more effective than dams

Natasha Keicher, News Reporter November 7, 2021

Traditional flood mitigation techniques, like dams, are not effective against the increased flooding that climate change will bring, University of Iowa research has found. A study by UI graduate...

University of Iowa graduate student and Ph.D. candidate Logan Augustine poses for a portrait inside the chemistry building on Oct. 26.

UI grad student Logan Augustine heads for Los Alamos after winning national research award

Anthony Neri, News Reporter October 31, 2021

University of Iowa graduate student Logan Augustine is taking steps to make nuclear power a safer source of energy. Augustine, a fourth-year graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and member...

UI Professor Keri Hoadley takes on FIREBall-2 mission

UI Professor Keri Hoadley takes on FIREBall-2 mission

Simone Garza, News Reporter October 29, 2021

Keri Hoadley, assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa, won an award from the California Institute of Technology to study how galaxies, planets and stars are created for...

An electric car charging station, located at Kum & Go on Riverside Drive in Iowa City, is seen on Wednesday Oct. 27, 2021.

Farmers say electric vehicles, biofuels should work together

Natasha Keicher, News Reporter October 27, 2021

The decisions by car manufacturers to only produce light-duty electric vehicles in the future may cause farmers to change how their biofuel crops will be used. Iowa farmers say those potential changes...

Fred Ullrich poses for a portrait in his office located at the College of Public Health building on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021.

In rural counties, UI research shows higher rates of COVID-19 cases, deaths

Ryan Hansen, News Reporter October 27, 2021

Cases and deaths from COVID-19 are much higher in rural counties than in urban counties, according to research from the University of Iowa College of Public Health. Data trends show nonmetropolitan...