Thursday, May 1, 2008

Delta Dental of Iowa makes $1.5 million gift to UI College of Dentistry

Delta Dental of Iowa has made a $1.5 million gift commitment to help fund a planned major renovation of the Dental Sciences Building that houses the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. The gift was made by the newly formed Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation through the University of Iowa Foundation. (more)

Papanicolaou receives national civil engineering prize

A researcher in the University of Iowa College of Engineering has received one of the most prestigious awards given by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Thanos Papanicolaou, Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow of Engineering, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, associate faculty research engineer at IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, and a researcher at the UI Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize. (more)

Discovery has implications for heart disease

UI study on heart attack, stroke invites participants

Faculty and staff honored with 2008 Audrey Qualls Diversity Awards

UI students win awards at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

UI Hospitals and Clinics to honor nurses May 6-12

Singer-songwriter P.J. Olsson to perform on 'Java Blend' May 9

UI Hospitals and Clinics to celebrate National Hospital Week May 12-16

Solow: not everyone's income falls during a recession (Yahoo Sports, May 1)

Porter testifies on home foreclosures (AOL News, April 30)

Traynelis discusses cervical disc study (Tucson Citizen, April 30)

Porter: suits against lenders difficult (The Charlotte Observer, April 30)

Columnist cites Iowa Electronic Markets (Congressional Quarterly, April 30)