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IN THE KNOW NOW

Iowa Now is the university’s new destination for news
Introducing Iowa Now—now.uiowa.edu—a one-stop online shop for news, multimedia, features, and other information that tells the University of Iowa story. More

BAT DEATHS

Study identifies cause of bat deaths at wind farms
A research team based at Illinois State University, which included UI scientist David Meyerholz, used forensic pathology to determining the cause of bat deaths at wind farms. The study concluded that traumatic injury from collision with turning turbine blades is the most likely cause of death, a contradiction to a second, widely reported theory that the bats die from ruptured and bleeding lungs caused by low-pressure fields created by the turning blades. More

MURAL ON THE MOVE

Pollock’s Mural to take up (temporary) residence in Iowa’s capital
The UI Museum of Art’s painting Mural, by world-renowned American artist Jackson Pollock, will be on display at the Des Moines Art Center April 5 through July 15. More

ON THE OFFENSE

Davis looks forward to game days in Kinnick
Greg Davis has matched wits with coaches in the Southwest, Southeastern, Atlantic Coast, and Big 12 conferences for more than 30 years. This fall, he expects to confound Big Ten defenses. On Feb. 27, Davis was named offensive coordinator for the Hawkeye football program, replacing Ken O’Keefe, who resigned to accept a position with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. More

BIO-THIEVERY

UI research contributes to landmark study on photosynthesis
How did plants and algae get their ability to turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen in the presence of light, a process known as photosynthesis? It turns out that they stole it more than a billion years ago through an activity called endosymbiosis, according to a landmark study. More

PINPOINTING POLLUTION

UI engineer says better models needed to track air pollution impact on health, climate
The past decade has witnessed a significant growth in Asian air pollution, causing great concern for air quality and climate. If government policymakers hope to contain the problem, they will need increased research and better computer models of black carbon and other aerosol pollutants, also known as atmospheric brown cloud, according to a UI engineering professor. More

Related: UI researcher notes importance of particulate matter on climate, health

DOLLAR SIGN DANGER

Iowa researcher finds online merchants who emphasize price are less reliable
When buying online, beware the dollar sign. A new study by a UI researcher suggests that online merchants who display a dollar sign in the titles of their Google search engine results may be less reliable than merchants who don’t. More

SAFETY FIRST

UI Hospitals and Clinics award recognizes patient safety focus
As part of a national campaign to raise awareness about the importance of patient safety, leaders of UI Hospitals and Clinics recently announced the winner of the hospital’s 2011 Great Catch Award, which honors care providers who identify potential threats and take action to prevent harm to patients. More

GOLD FOR GREEN

UI’s hygienic laboratory certified as green building
Leaders of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa recently announced that the facility has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. More

EPILEPSY FINDING

Genetics professor discovers link between fly, human epilepsy
Since the 1930s, scientists have studied the prickle gene, noting that flies carrying mutated prickle genes exhibit physical malformations such as body bristles pointed in abnormal directions. However, until a Sunday morning two winters ago, no one had recognized that these flies were also epileptic. More

BONE HEALTH

High doses of muscle force slows loss of bone in spinal cord injury
A new clinical trial conducted by UI researchers shows that delivering high doses of “load,” or stress, to bone by activating the skeletal muscle with programmed electrical stimulation significantly slows the loss of bone density in patients with spinal cord injury. (Image by Alan boyde, courtesy of ECT) More

STUDENT ATHLETES

Iowa field hockey earns national academic team, individual awards
The Hawkeye field hockey team has been awarded the 2011 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division I National Academic Team Award. The National Academic Team Award recognizes those institutions that have achieved a team grade-point average of 3.00 or higher during the first semester of the 2011-12 academic year. More
For the Record

“Surveillance is one of the cornerstones of public health.”

UI epidemiologist Philip Polgreen, on efforts by public health offices to get early warnings of disease outbreaks by monitoring spikes in Internet traffic (NPR, Feb. 24).

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Alumni Newsmakers

“When you pull into ports, because terrorism is so high, you are always super vigilant at all times. In these 300-person lecture halls, you are just surrounded by people you don’t know.”

UI student and U.S. Navy veteran Adam Connell, describing the difficult transition from combat to the classroom (New York Times, Feb. 29).

Old Gold
THE HAWKEYE YEARBOOKS

THE HAWKEYE YEARBOOKS

Timeless treasures now online. More

From the Iowa Alumni Magazine
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Students in a UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences course called Life Design use their education not only to land a job, but also to learn how to enjoy lives of meaning and purpose. More

Advancing Iowa
“I JUST WANT TO SEE”

“I JUST WANT TO SEE”

Young Molly Troxel, who has a rare inherited eye disease, is taking hope in the work of the UI’s Institute for Vision Research to eradicate blindness. More