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After a national search, Brad Rohrer has been named the university’s next chief information officer and associate vice president. Rohrer succeeds Steve Fleagle, who will retire this spring after 40 years of service to UI. Rohrer, vice president for information technology at the University of Miami, will begin on Feb. 23.
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Farrukh Bashir has been named associate vice president and director of University of Iowa Facilities Management. Bashir succeeds Lynne Finn, who will retire after a decade of service to the university. Bashir, assistant director of Facilities Management at the University of Minnesota, will begin on Feb. 2.
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Tippie business analytics professor Patrick Fan isn’t a physician, but his research and collaboration with health care faculty could improve cancer care. Fan is using AI and data from thousands of patients to create models that predict a cancer patient’s risks and prevent complications during care. Fan’s work could help care teams improve outcomes and enhance patient comfort.
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UI researchers have developed a model to create a reliable stream of single photons, or tiny particles of light, that are building blocks for quantum technology — a key component to nearly all everyday technology. Learn how this discovery could lead to much faster computers and far more secure communication systems.
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UI business analytics professor Jeff Ohlmann is studying the viability of a new concept called crowdshipping, where businesses ask in-store customers to deliver online orders in exchange for a gift card or reward. Find out why Ohlmann says the concept, already being piloted by big box stores, could work for small businesses.
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In the 1930s, Sheryl Stoll’s mother wasn’t allowed to compete in the Iowa high school girls state basketball tournament because the school superintendent thought it would be too strenuous for young women. That memory, and meeting Iowa women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen, inspired Stoll to create an endowment called the Iowa High School Girls Basketball Pioneer Fund that supports women’s basketball at Iowa.
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UI alumna Sally Hoelscher turned her love of crosswords into a second career — creating puzzles for USA Today and even The New York Times. Try her “Ode to Iowa City” puzzle, and see how you stack up (or across or down) against a national puzzle pro.
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