2008 News Archive

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June

• Public health experts offer flood-cleanup information
• Deadline extended for agricultural safety and health forum abstracts
• Osher Institute offers 'Lunch and Learn' series in July
• UI faculty members receive Collegiate Teaching Awards
• Carver Trust makes $2 million grant for UI public health building
• Enrollment open for Osher Institute's Shakespeare workshops
• Marengo, Tama wineries hosting "Wines of Iowa" tours June 11
• UI study calls for more rigorous testing of radon detectors
• UI Alumni Association presents 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards June 7

May

• UI students receive funds for human rights summer internships
• Osher 'Wines' class to visit Ames' Prairie Moon Winery June 4
• Nominations sought for 2008 I-CASH Hall of Fame Award
• UI Screenings for Munitions Workers to Conclude in July
• UI graduate students awarded Stanley Awards for Research Abroad
• College of Public Health students, faculty, staff honored
• UI College of Public Health to Honor Alumni Award Recipients May 16
• Students Honored For Interdisciplinary Health Research Posters
• Study to Examine Older Drivers and Assistive Technology
• Abstracts Being Accepted for Agricultural Safety and Health Forum
• UI Part of Multi-center Islet Transplantation Study
• UI researcher honored with national injury prevention award
• UI Study on Heart Attack, Stroke Invites Participants

April

• Hygienic Lab, Missouri Look to Expand Newborn Screening Plan
• UI Co-hosting April 29 Program for Free Medical Clinic Providers
• UI Student Engineering Team's Hand-held Water Sanitizer Wins EPA Award
• Osher Institute, Riverside Theatre Offering Shakespeare Workshops
• College of Public Health Honors Lynch for Community Engagement
• Grand Rounds Series: "Interpandemic Influenza Vaccination Rates in Hospital Health Care Workers: Implications for Pandemic Preparedness", April 28, 2008.
• Grand Rounds Series: "Public Health Impacts of Industrial Food Animal Production", April 23, 2008.
• Osher Institute's Popular 'Wines of Iowa' Class Returns May 28
• UI researchers awarded $1.2 million for nanotoxicity study
• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Names Wolfe Board President
• Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health Offers Training Program

March

• Grand Rounds Series: Food Safety Expert to Speak April 4
• U.S.News Ranks College of Public Health No. 11 Among Public Universities
• Osher Institute Hosts Special Art Museum Course
• Susan J. Curry Named Dean of UI College of Public Health
• Osher Institute, Carver College of Medicine Offer Mini Medical School
• Heartland Center Hosting Occupational Health Symposium March 27-28
• State Health Registry Issues 2008 Cancer Report
• Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Is Focus of New "Cancer in Iowa" Report
• Osher Course "University Treasures" Begins March 31
• Heartland Center Hosting 'Facts About Mold' Course March 26
• New Center at Forefront of Rural Health Communication
• Osher Workshop "Own Your Future" to Be Held March 29
• Study: Increased Risks for Women Three Years After Ending Hormone Therapy

February

• Report: Major Shortage of Public Health Workers
• Report Highlights Community Health System Governance
• Osher Course on 'Gandhian Thought' Begins Feb. 28
• Deadline for CHEEC Seed Grant Proposals is March 3
• Study: War Can Lead to Long-term 'Epidemic' of Firearms Injuries to Children

January

• Heartland Center Seeks Proposals for Pilot Research Projects
• UI STAR Registry Helps Adults Age 50 and Over Take Part in Studies
• Farmers Account for One-third of Iowa Worker Deaths in 2007
• UI Study Examines Decision-Making Deficits in Older Adults
• Study: Weight-loss Tips Differ in African-American, Mainstream Magazines
• Osher Hosting Pre-performance Class on 'Pentagon Papers'

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