Articles from 2010

UI study reveals second pathway to feeling your heartbeat

Monday, August 2, 2010
UI study indicated that the second pathway goes from fibers in the skin to most likely the somatosensory cortex, a part of the brain involved in mapping the outside of the body and the sense of posture.

Dan Tranel, remarkable mentor

Monday, August 2, 2010
Director of the Neuroscience Graduate Program does everything he can to help his students graduate.

UI unveils 30 years of interviews with international writers

Friday, July 30, 2010
Storied history of the International Writing Program is available for everyone to hear.

Informatics

Friday, July 30, 2010

Center for the Book

Friday, July 30, 2010
The Center for the Book integrates practice in the art of book production with the study of the book in society.

UI Center for the Book receives $256,000 grant from anonymous donor

Friday, July 30, 2010
The grant will cover three years, funding graduate student assistantships and a printing lectureship, and supporting professional development and programming for students and faculty.

Fabian Grimm Received 2009 "Gouden Spatel"

Friday, July 30, 2010
Grimm's award-winning research focused on finding a compound that is effective against radioresistant cancer cells under hypoxic conditions.

UI Superfund Research Program receives $16 million grant to study pollutants

Friday, July 30, 2010
UI researchers will use the grant to study the health effects of environmental pollutants, especially polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Human Toxicology

Friday, July 30, 2010
In its third year since returning to academia, the UI's program has had a positive impact on the field.