Articles from February 2020

Hourcade on IPR's River to River on 2020 US Census

Tuesday, February 25, 2020
There are several changes to the 2020 U.S. census. For example, for the first time ever, people will be given the option to fill out the census online and through a mobile app. These changes, however, do not come without their own set of challenges. Juan Pablo Hourcade of the University of Iowa and a member of the U.S. Census Scientific Advisory Committee joins host Ben Kieffer on this segment of River to River to explain the motivation behind these changes and why this $15 billion count is the law.

Alumni news: "Hurdler hunts Tokyo Games after Google"

Douglas spent past 3 years clearing hurdles for Iowa & interning at Google.

Chipara et al. to receive the 2019 Ear and Hearing Editors' Award...

Tuesday, February 11, 2020
... for "Efficacy and Effectiveness of Advanced Hearing Aid Directional and Noise Reduction Technologies for Older Adults With Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss. Ear and Hearing, 40(4):...

Nithyanand on "Reddit enlists users to combat coronavirus misinformation"

Rishab Nithyanand [...] said it’s totally up to moderators to decide how seriously they want to take the issue of bunk science and lies. “They’re completely unpaid ...