Articles from August 2026
University of Iowa researchers examine the environmental journey of everyday chemicals
Thursday, August 27, 2026
A team of researchers from the University of Iowa and the University of Colorado Boulder recently explored what happens to the chemicals in personal care product in a review article published in Nature Reviews Chemistry.
Green Beret joins academia
Thursday, August 27, 2026
After serving as a Special Forces medic across Asia, Patrick Link brings global experience and a problem-solving mindset to biomedical engineering.
UI to Welcome Dr. Cristopher Moore as Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
The University of Iowa welcomes Dr. Cristopher Moore, an expert in AI, algorithmic fairness, and complex systems, as an Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor.
Building rockets — and engineers
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Rocketry and aerospace have long fascinated Sam Manley, one of the leaders behind a student team building a competition-worthy, high-powered rocket.
Marzen represents OPL at Farnborough International Airshow
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Randy Marzen, test director at the University of Iowa Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL), joined an Iowa delegation at one of the world’s largest aerospace trade events in July.
ME student wins scholarship for Insure Your Future video
Monday, August 17, 2026
Dominic Channon, a University of Iowa mechanical engineering student, has won a scholarship for a video explaining the perspectives he's gained about the insurance industry during his internship with the Direct X Group
Vicory engineers a better way to clean hospitals
Monday, August 17, 2026
Connor Vicory, a University of Iowa industrial and systems engineering major, has launched a startup called Vicory Solutions. Through the company, Vicory developed Control, a software that helps hospitals standardize room cleaning and reduce the risk of infection.
Engineering a better way to explain scoliosis care
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Working alongside experts at UI Health Care, biomedical engineering students turned a classroom project into a teaching tool that’s now helping young patients understand scoliosis treatment.
Will more downpours spike Iowa nitrate levels? Experts weigh in
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Larry Weber, director of the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa, explains that Iowa is experiencing an increasing pattern of several drought years followed by intense rainfall, and that nitrogen can build up in the soil during the drought years before getting "flushed" into waterways during spring flooding.
KCCI Investigates: How Des Moines Water Works, NASA and University of Iowa work together on nitrates
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Using NASA satellites and AI, UI professor Jesus Gomez-Velez and researchers at IIHR are looking at waterways and other conditions to try and forecast the nitrates coming from upstream.
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