Alumni Association's 'Iowa Voyagers' Offers Travel Options

Whether you enjoy an adventure to Antarctica, a leisurely river cruise, a covered-wagon trek, a whale watch, a study vacation on Oxford University's campus in England, a Swiss Alps hike with your family, or a luxurious Caribbean cruise, the University of Iowa Alumni Association's 2004 Iowa Voyagers travel program offers something for everyone.
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UI Ranked 19th Best U.S. Public National University

The University of Iowa is the 19th best public national university in the country, according to the latest rankings published by the magazine U.S. News & World Report. The ranking places the UI in the top 12 percent of some 162 public national universities. More»

UI Wins $1.4 Million For International Education, Arabic Instruction

University of Iowa International Programs will strengthen new undergraduate and graduate programs in international studies and fund courses in less-commonly-taught languages such as Arabic and Kannada with two related grants, totaling more than $1.4 million. More»
UI International Programs: http://www.uiowa.edu/~intl/

Iowa Electronic Markets Opens Trading On California Governor Recall

The Iowa Electronic Market (IEM) has opened trading on the outcome of the California governor recall election, offering futures contracts on the outcome of the voting. Traders can speculate on several outcomes of the Oct. 7 vote. Among them are whether Gov. Grey Davis will be recalled, and if he is, who will be elected governor. Listings include contracts for candidates Cruz Bustamante and Arnold Schwarzenegger. More»
Tippie College of Business Iowa Electronics Market: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/about/

UI Ranks High In Value, Quality Of Life In Two National Guides

The University of Iowa is a great educational value, and it makes Iowa City one of the "coolest places to work, play, study, party, and live," according to two national rankings published this month. Kaplan Publishing's "The Unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 328 Most Interesting Colleges, 2004" includes the UI among "Schools that offer the best value for your tuition dollar," and Outside Magazine's Sept. 2003 issue ranks the UI 10th on its list of the Top 40 "Schools where you can hit the books AND the back country." More»
UI Admissions Office: http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/

Researchers Use SIREN Driving Simulator To Study Driving Risk Factors

In the space where the engine normally resides sits an array of electronic instrumentation that turns an ordinary vehicle into the high-fidelity driving simulator known as SIREN (Simulator for Interdisciplinary Research in Ergonomics and Neuroscience). These instruments allow Matthew Rizzo, M.D., UI professor of neurology, engineering and public policy, and his colleagues, to record and analyze in detail the actions and reactions of the driver. It also allows them to look for scientific answers to the kind of questions that have been circulating in the media recently such as when and how do age-related deficits make a person an unsafe driver? More»
UIHC Department of Neurology – Matthew Rizzo, M.D., Biography: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/neurology/neurologymds/rizzo.html

UI Awarded $22.2 Million NIH Contract To Study Respiratory Bacteria

The University of Iowa is the lead institution for a seven-year, $22.2 million contract awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The contract is for a Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens Research Unit (BRPRU) that includes basic research programs and a clinical trials component to study bacteria that cause respiratory illness in humans.. More»
UI Health Care: http://www.uihealthcare.com/

Surgeons First To Remove Entire Esophagus With Surgical Robot

University of Iowa Health Care specialists recently performed the world's first total removal of a cancerous esophagus and affected lymph nodes using a surgical robot. More»
UIHC Department of Surgery: http://aboutplastic.surgery.uiowa.edu/

International Writing Program's Global Community Comes Together At UI

The beginning of the 2003-04 school year at the University of Iowa on Aug. 25 signals the coalescence of a unique global community of writers, as the International Writing Program begins it annual three-month residency. This year -- despite unprecedented challenges in obtaining entry visas, due to tightened U.S. security measures, 25 writers representing 21 countries will make the UI their temporary home.More»
UI International Writing Program: http://www.uiowa.edu/~iwp/

Travelers Dance Company Will Animate Bell's Poetry At Festival

The Travelers Dance Company of Iowa City has been invited to the 10th Annual Dancing Poetry Festival in San Francisco to perform work inspired by the poetry of University of Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty member Marvin Bell, Iowa's Poet Laureate. The company will perform "Today, Tibet" Saturday, Oct. 4 in the Florence Gould Theater of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco's renowned fine arts museum. More»
UI Writers’ Workshop: http://www.uiowa.edu/~iww/

O'Hara Comments On Post-Partum Depression
(Naples Daily News, Aug. 12)

Most new mothers know the baby blues, that sad, weepy feeling that sweeps over them in those first weeks after giving birth. But a surprising number -- 10 to 15 percent -- also experience a far more serious illness called postpartum depression, whose symptoms can include feelings of hopelessness and thoughts of suicide. "A woman could be sufficiently depressed that she would hold the belief that her child was better off dead than alive, and think this was a positive thing," said MICHAEL O'HARA, a psychology professor at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and an expert on postpartum depression. "It could be a very strongly held delusional belief driven by the depression." The Daily News is in Florida. More»
UI Department of Psychology: http://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/

Gallery, Lightfoot, Lack Profiled
(Sports Illustrated, Aug. 11)

UI students ROBERT GALLERY and ANDREW LIGHTFOOT and alumnus WILL LACK are profiled in a story about college football offensive linemen being the most intelligent players on the team. Gallery, a tackle who will start for the 2003 Hawkeyes, is an elementary education major who student-taught last spring, while Lightfoot, co MVP of the 2002 Hawkeyes, is a student in the UI Carver College of Medicine. Lack, a four-year member of the Hawkeyes, is now a student at Harvard Medical School. This story is not on Sports Illustrated's Web site and can be found only in the print version of the magazine.

Fitch Ponders Use Of God's Name
(Tacoma News Tribune, Aug. 18)

Fans of European soccer star David Beckham show their appreciation by filling the Internet with "Becks is God" posts, and some replica jerseys have replaced the name "Beckham" on the back with "God." The increasing use of God in this way isn't a sign that the culture as a whole is leaning away from God, said KRISTINE FITCH, an associate professor at the University of Iowa. Fitch works in the Department of Communication Studies, researching the way language helps to form culture. "If anything, U.S. culture is leaning more toward organized religion," she said. "Fundamentalism is stronger than it has ever been." Perhaps, Fitch theorizes, the increasing use of God on signs and in conversation is a form of subtle resistance to the increasing fundamentalism. The article originally appeared in the RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER, and a version of the article ran Aug. 15 on the website of the NAPLES DAILY NEWS in Florida.More»
UI Department of Communication Studies: http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/

McLeod: Commentary Is Free Speech Issue
(Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 21)

This summer, threats to freedom of expression are mobilizing First Amendment lawyers and comedians concerned about the right to criticize - and be funny about it. Topping their list is a lawsuit filed this month by the Fox News Network against political satirist Al Franken and his publisher, Penguin. The charge: that Mr. Franken is violating the network's trademark on the phrase "fair and balanced" by using it in the title of a book being rushed to stores this week: "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right." Those who find the lawsuit frivolous and an infringement on free speech include The Wall Street Journal and The Authors Guild. And legal observers say this case - and one earlier this summer involving director Spike Lee and a new cable channel "Spike TV" - contribute to the perception that intellectual property cases are getting out of hand. "As culture increasingly becomes fenced off and privatized, it becomes all the more important for us to be able to comment on the images, ideas, and words that saturate us on a daily basis. This is what makes it first and foremost a free-speech issue," says KEMBREW MCLEOD, a communications professor at the University of Iowa who has studied intellectual property and culture. "The problem is that courts and lawyers interpret it as an economic issue. Both positions make sense, it just depends on which we want to value more." More»

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'Bountiful Harvest' Is Reviewed

Leslie Loveless' published compilation of Iowa farm photographs taken by A.M. 'Pete' Wettach during the 1930s and '40s is full of "wonderful images." More»

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