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2009 News Archive
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December
- University of Iowa experts encouraged by national cancer trends
- Hockenberry, Wehby Receive New Investigator Research Awards
- Gerr named director of Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
- Radio dramas aimed at reducing unintended pregnancies in Iowa
November
- Check for Depression in Older Adults During the Holidays
- WiderNet Grant to Provide Disability Resources in Developing Countries
- Pleasant surprise: waste sort finds no redeemable beverage containers
- H1N1 is subject of free talk Nov. 19
- Private rural drinking water well study results released
- College of Public Health Students Take Up-Close Look at Garbage
October
- Registration underway for midlife planning conference Nov. 5
- UI College of Public Health hosts information fairs Oct. 27-28
- Healthcare reform advocate Wendell Potter to speak Nov. 4 at UI
- Barkey to speak Nov. 2 about eliminating lymphatic filariasis in Haiti
- Health care symposium on leadership, quality is Oct. 30
- National Day of Remembrance honors former nuclear weapons workers
- Author Victoria Kastner's talk on Hearst Castle is Oct. 27
- President Obama names Field to advisory board on worker health
- Osher Institute offers free life transitions forum Oct. 23
- $2.2 million NIH grant supports UI women's reproductive health research
- Osher Institute Humor Writing Course Begins Oct. 12
- Parkinson's Disease May Increase Crash Risk in Low Visibility
- Adventures in Painting Series Begins Oct. 7
- Forum to Promote Farm Safety, Health Nov. 18-19
- UI Nets 103 of 113 NIH Grants to Iowa Under Federal Stimulus Funding
September
- Provost Appoints Schnoor to Head UI Water Sustainability Steering Committee
- Osher Institute Advanced Creative Writing Workshop Begins Sept. 29
- Ida Beam Professors to Present Emmy-winning Documentary Oct. 1
- Mathematical Field of Dreams Conference at UI set for Sept. 25-27
- Field Contributes to WHO's Global Initiative on Radon
- UI School of Social Work's Latino Conference in Des Moines set for Oct. 9
- Learn to make lace with Osher Institute beginning Sept. 23
- Osher Institute Egyptian dance class begins Sept. 22
- Cancer patients will benefit from restaurant opening Sept. 17
- Farm Safety Week a reminder to take precautions on rural roads
- Stephen Shortell named 2009 Hansen Award recipient
- Osher Institute class on directing choreography begins Sept. 19
- Learn to Belly Dance with Osher Institute beginning Sept. 17
- Goldsmith receives 2009 I-CASH Hall Of Fame Award
- UI heart and stroke prevention study seeks participants
- UI researchers collaborate on study of back pain in older adults
- Students add gynecological care to UI Student Health Insurance Plan
- Osher Institute offers group guitar lessons beginning Sept. 15
- Osher design class with Margaret Wenk begins Sept. 14
August
- College of Public Health panel to lead film discussion Aug. 27
- Lecture and symposium Sept. 18 to focus on medical home concept
- Expert to speak on preventing infection Aug. 27
- UI professor to discuss animal-human diseases Aug. 25
- University of Iowa leadership awards ARRA grants
- UI study finds increase in unintentional poisonings in Iowa
- Updated fact book profiles health of Iowans
July
- Study: being active as a preschooler pays off later in childhood
- Iowa committee issues five principles to guide health care reform
- Hospital evacuation roles, response to be discussed July 30
- Osher Institute offers July programs
- Preparing for emergencies topic of July 15 presentation
- Cognitive training reduces older adults' health care costs
- I-CASH to convene rural roadway safety stakeholders meeting
- Goodman to discuss helping animals during disasters July 9
- Atchison receives Loyola award for leadership
- UI graduate students awarded Stanley Awards for Research Abroad
- Haberl to discuss Safeguard Iowa Partnership July 8
June
- McGuire to lead College of Public Health Board of Advisors
- College of Public Health honors Chaloner for community engagement
- Osher Institute announces Lunch and Learn Programs
- Osher winery tour site changed for June 30
- Increased household endotoxin associated with poverty, people, pets
- UI faculty members receive Collegiate Teaching Awards
- Enrollment open for Osher Institute's Shakespeare workshops
- Survey reveals health effects of 2008 floods on UI students
- Record flood of 2008 results in UI flood research projects of 2009
- UI to host clinical and translational science researchers June 8-9
- Osher announces 'Lunch and Learn,' guitar lessons
May
- Nominations sought for 2009 I-CASH Hall Of Fame Award
- College of Public Health students, faculty, staff honored
- Iowa's lessons for national health reform are the focus of May 28 meeting
- UI names two recipients of Brody Award for Faculty Excellence
- Study: veterinarians at high risk for viral, bacterial infections from animals
- UI College of Public Health honors two outstanding alumni
- Third annual Osher winery tour series begins May 26
- UI research teams awarded pilot grants
- Abstracts being accepted for agricultural safety and health forum
- State epidemiologist to discuss influenza A (H1N1) May 6
April
- U.S.News Ranks Graduate Programs, Colleges
- NIH funds UI blood pressure study for $8.5 million
- Grant Wood Osher class offered on April 23
- UI recognizes students, faculty, staff and alumni at Finkbine Dinner
- Atchison recognized for work on health care access
- MEDIA ADVISORY: Experts to testify on proposed alcohol establishment zoning
- Community invited to view global health exhibit April 15-24
- Agricultural medicine course offered June 8-12
- UI receives international training grant for underrepresented students
- UI WISE program awards travel grants
March
- Report finds injuries a leading cause of death in Iowa
- Upcoming Osher classes, opportunity
- Public invited to discuss health care reform April 2
- UI injury prevention researcher receives national honor
- Catalyst Award diversity seed grants announced
- Cognitive training lowers the risk of worsening depressive symptoms
- Study finds school buses among safest way to travel in Iowa
- College of Public Health dean appointed to U.S. health task force
- Media Invitation: Farm equipment, vehicle crash prevention conference
- UI helps advance colorectal cancer awareness
- State Health Registry provides latest on cancer in Iowa
- Osher class on the Qur'an begins March 19
- UI, ISU, UNI to highlight undergraduate research in Des Moines March 9
- News briefing on 'Cancer In Iowa: 2009' is March 9
February
- Farmers invited to farm equipment/vehicle crash prevention conference
- Class on 19th-century photography offered March 4
- UI/VA team studies effect of exercise on cognition in Parkinson's disease
- UI researchers win $899,401 grant to identify air pollutants in U.S. cities
- Osher class: Registration deadline for memoir writing Feb. 23
- Tests may predict driving safety in people with Alzheimer's disease
- Agricultural health, safety research project proposals sought
January
- OLLI at Iowa taps "Writing University" for Nonfiction Writing Programs
- UI schedules public teach-in panels on sustainability Feb. 5
- UI environmental health research projects funded
- Heartland Center seeks proposals for pilot research projects
- UI study finds MRSA in Midwestern swine, workers
- Farmers, motor vehicle operators top Iowa worker deaths
- New Investigator Research Award recipients announced
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offers 'Behind the Scenes' for Elling concert
- Radon expert urges testing during National Radon Action Month
- Details help researchers identify weapons workers for health screenings
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