University of Iowa Insights
Monthly podcast featuring University of Iowa newsmakers
- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 21
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2011
University of Iowa Insights May 2011
Researchers in the Department of Neurology at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are gaining valuable insight into how the brain works by studying patients with selective forms of brain damage.…
00:06:50 |
Mon 02 May 2011
University of Iowa Insights April 2011
Burns occur year-round, during events both remarkable and routine. Barbara Latenser and the UI Burn Treatment Center staff treat these injuries with skill and compassion. Hear Latenser describe treat…
00:06:42 |
Thu 31 Mar 2011
University of Iowa Insights March 2011
Sabah Hussein Enayah, an Iraqi mother of three, moved her family across the world for a pilot program that allows her to earn a Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. Hear about her journey – and how she’l…
00:08:03 |
Mon 28 Feb 2011
University of Iowa Insights February 2011
UI researcher Craig Kletzing studies space weather with $30 million NASA grant.
For better or worse, most of us have been affected by something called "space weather" without even realizing it. To l…
00:06:00 |
Mon 31 Jan 2011
University of Iowa Insights December 2010
For most people the wail of an ambulance siren barely registers. It’s just part of the soundtrack of life in a city. But sirens signal more than an emergency. They announce that trained professionals…
00:06:09 |
Wed 01 Dec 2010
University of Iowa Insights November 2010
‘Iowa Insights’ podcast: How community-based tourism will assist an African locale
In developing countries, tourism profits often pad the pockets of foreign investors. But an organization called Tra…
00:07:22 |
Sun 31 Oct 2010
University of Iowa Insights October 2010
Could a chocolate a day keep preeclampsia at bay?
Chocolate probably isn’t the first food that comes to mind when creating a healthful prenatal diet, but a recent study from the University of Iowa a…
00:04:51 |
Fri 01 Oct 2010
University of Iowa Insights September 2010
University of Iowa graduate student Kerry Howley discusses the chilling effect cryonics can have on relationships in her essay "Until Cryonics Do Us Part". The essay was published in the July issue …
00:07:30 |
Wed 01 Sep 2010
University of Iowa Insights May 2010
University of Iowa senior Kyle Vint talks about his experience on the university’s small but mighty debate team. Iowa Debate, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, captured its fourth nat…
00:15:02 |
Tue 04 May 2010
University of Iowa Insights April 2010
Pediatrician Linda Cooper-Brown discusses picky eaters and how to encourage kids to eat a balanced diet; Susan Assouline of the College of Education's Belin-Blank Center explains how the UI is establ…
00:11:46 |
Tue 06 Apr 2010
University of Iowa Insights March 2010
Ann Campbell, professor of management sciences, discusses the transportation logistics needed to bring relief supplies to Haiti and to rebuild the country’s infrastructure; international programs pro…
00:12:56 |
Fri 26 Mar 2010
University of Iowa Insights February 2010
UI Pentacrest Museums Director Pam White talks about the UI Museum of Art’s post-flood partnership with the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, the museum’s presence on campus, and the process of envision…
00:15:34 |
Mon 01 Feb 2010
University of Iowa Insights December 2009
Leisure Studies Professor Ben Hunnicutt explains how work-sharing arrangements have been used to preserve jobs during past recessions, Counseling Psychology Professor John Westefeld discusses suicide…
00:12:55 |
Wed 02 Dec 2009
University of Iowa Insights November 2009
Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, an associate professor of art, talks about how she uses art classes to inspire incarcerated women and teens; Pam Hoogerwerf of the University of Iowa Children's Hospital …
00:10:57 |
Thu 29 Oct 2009
University of Iowa Insights October 2009
Iowa Writers’ Workshop student Benjamin Nugent discusses his book “American Nerd: The Story of My People;” Law Professor Randy Bezanson explains his new book, “Art and Freedom of Speech;” and Beth Ho…
00:12:56 |
Thu 01 Oct 2009
University of Iowa Insights September 2009
David Perlmutter, the new director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, chats with Nicole Riehl about how the school is responding to major changes in the media industry; Dr. Judith Cr…
00:13:09 |
Mon 31 Aug 2009
University of Iowa Insights August 2009 Special Edition
Hancher Executive Director Chuck Swanson explains how the Joffrey Ballet is raising money to help Hancher Auditorium and the School of Music recover from the 2008 flood. He tells the story behind the…
00:04:59 |
Fri 07 Aug 2009
University of Iowa Insights August 2009
Linda J. Cooper-Brown with the University of Iowa Children's Hospital tells parents how to reduce the chance for tears and tantrums on the first day of school; Malik Henfield, assistant professor in …
00:13:34 |
Fri 31 Jul 2009
University of Iowa Insights July 2009
Liz Christiansen, director of the Office of Sustainability, describes Iowa’s current conservation efforts and how the university is bringing the issue of sustainability into the classroom; Nonfiction…
00:12:22 |
Wed 01 Jul 2009
University of Iowa Insights June 2009
University of Iowa campus planning director Rod Lehnertz explains how the university plans to live with the Iowa River one year after the historic flooding of 2008. English professor Stephen Kuusisto…
00:13:03 |
Mon 01 Jun 2009
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