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Registration under way for UI Alumni Reunion 2008

The University of Iowa Alumni Association invites alumni to reconnect with old friends, reminisce about former days on campus, and make new memories during Alumni Reunion 2008, Friday, June 6 through Saturday, June 7 in Iowa City. Registration for events and activities continues through May 27. More >>

Soot found to play larger role in global warming
than previously thought
 
Soot from diesel engine exhaust and cooking fires -- widely used in Asia -- may play a larger role than previously thought in global warming, according to a University of Iowa researcher and his colleague. More >>

Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering: http://www.cbe.engineering.uiowa.edu/

UI writing programs assist doctoral student in Iraq
 
The writing programs at the University of Iowa are assisting the dissertation research of a literature student in Iraq by collecting books that will be shipped through Harvard University and the Sabre Foundation. More >>

Department of English: http://english.uiowa.edu/

UI President Mason names Loh new executive vice president, provost
 
Wallace D. Loh, dean of the college of arts and sciences, professor of public service, and professor of psychology at Seattle University, has been named executive vice president and provost of the University of Iowa, pending approval by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa. More >>

Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost: http://www.provost.uiowa.edu/index.html

UI Mathematics Department wins national award for minority recruitment
 
The University of Iowa Department of Mathematics has received one of the most prestigious awards of its kind: the 2008 AMS Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department from the American Mathematical Society. The award cites the department as "a national leader in recruiting and developing underrepresented U.S. minority doctoral students in mathematics." More >>

Department of Mathematics: http://www.math.uiowa.edu/

Video Feature: UI award-winning fund managers see slow growth, short recession
 
Managers of the Henry Fund, the University of Iowa's award-winning, student-managed investment portfolio, believe the U.S. economy has slipped into recession, but that it should be short-lived and followed by a recovery marked by slow growth six months from now. More >>

Tippie School of Management: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/mba/

UI study finds biological link between pain and fatigue
 
A recent University of Iowa study reveals a biological link between pain and fatigue and may help explain why more women than men are diagnosed with chronic pain and fatigue conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. More >>

Carver College of Medicine: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/CCOM 

UI-led consortium receives $6.25 million nanotechnology grant
 
University of Iowa researchers have received a $6.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense as part of a multi-university research initiative to design and develop nano-magnetic materials and devices, including more efficient computers and cell phones. More >>

Department of Physics and Astronomy: http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/

Susan J. Curry named dean of UI College of Public Health
 
Susan J. Curry, director of the Institute for Health Research and Policy and professor of health policy and administration in the School of Public Health  at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will become the new dean of the University of Iowa College of Public Health effective Aug. 1. She succeeds James A. Merchant, who will step down from the deanship but remain on the college's faculty. More >>

College of Public Health: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/

UI-tied poets Hass and Schultz, composer Lang win 2008 Pulitzer Prizes

The 2008 Pulitzer Committee awarded two prizes in poetry April 7, and both poets have University of Iowa ties. Frequent visiting Writers'  Workshop faculty member Robert Hass was honored for "Time and Materials,"  which also won the National Book Award, and alumnus Philip Schultz, who attended the workshop in fiction, won for "Failure." Composer David Lang, an alumnus of the UI School of Music, won the Pulitzer Prize in music for "The Little Match Girl Passion." More >>

Pulitzer Prize Winners With UI Ties: http://www.iowalum.com/pulitzerPrize/index.html

UI Press announces winners of 2008 Iowa Short Fiction Awards

The University of Iowa Press has announced the winners of the 2008 Iowa Short Fiction Awards: Glen Pourciau from Texas is the winner of the 2008 Iowa Short Fiction Award for his collection "Invite"; and Illinois writer Molly McNett's "One Dog Happy" is the winner of the 2008 John Simmons Short Fiction Award. More >>

Writing University Website: http://www.writinguniversity.uiowa.edu/

UI alumnus sang for pope in Yankee Stadium

John Des Marais, a graduate of the University of Iowa School of Music and former student of Professor Stephen Swanson, served as cantor for the Celebration of the Eucharist held Sunday, April 20, in Yankee Stadium in New York, with Pope Benedict XVI. More >>

School of Music: http://www.uiowa.edu/~music/

McCarthy, Kleiber & Street work on children's pain study
(Nurse.com, April 7)
 
Researchers at the University of Iowa are developing a system to help children better cope with pain during difficult medical procedures. The system uses Web-based software to advise nurses on the best way to distract children from painful procedures, such as reading a book, watching a video, talking, or playing a game. The research team, led by professors ANN MARIE McCARTHY, CHARMAINE KLEIBER and NICK STREET in the Tippie College of Business, developed the software after analyzing data from a multisite research study that observed parents distracting their children who were undergoing painful procedures. More >>

Tippie College of Business: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/ 

UI research contributes to hybrid computer materials
(Science Daily, April 3) 

A modern computer contains two different types of components: magnetic components, which perform memory functions, and semiconductor components, which perform logic operations. MICHAEL FLATTÉ of the University of Iowa will lead a multi-university research team, working to combine these two functions in a single hybrid material. This new material would allow seamless integration of memory and logical functions and is expected to permit the design of devices that operate at much higher speeds and use considerably less power than current electronic devices. The research grant was awarded to the University of Iowa as part of a multi-university research initiative and is funded by a $6.5 million grant from the Department of Defense. More >>

Optical Science Technology Center: http://www.ostc.uiowa.edu/

UI study shows impact of TV viewing on teens
(Evening News and Tribune, April 2)
 
In 1921, while plowing a field in rural Idaho, 14-year-old Philo Farnsworth had an idea that led to one of the most important inventions of the 20th century: the television. Today, the average American household has three to five TVs and the average teen spends 23 hours a week watching them. In fact, research by the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA has found that next to family, television has the greatest social impact on the lives of teens. In an average year, a teenager will spend more time watching TV than in a classroom. The EVENING NEWS is based in Jeffersonville, Ind., and THE TRIBUNE is based in New Albany, Ind. More >>

Kuusisto: legally blind governor can lead
(New York Times, March 14)
 
STEPHEN KUUSISTO, who teaches creative nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa, describes the challenges that David Paterson will face as governor of New York, but also the special strengths and skills he will bring to this leadership position as a legally blind individual. Paterson will not only become the third African-American governor since Reconstruction, he will also be the first legally blind chief state executive, Kuusisto writes in an op-ed contribution that explores how he believes it's a safe bet that Paterson's visual impairment will be harder for the public to understand than his race. More >>

Iowa Alumni Magazine – In the Mind’s Eye: http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/apr08/minds_eye.cfm

UI's Gaffney opposes use of HGH, testosterone
(Sports Illustrated, March 11)
 
In an article exploring steroids in America and how the culture of enhancement extends far beyond sports, Jack McCallum writes that we're entering a brave new world. A serious academic and research war rages between those who say that HGH and testosterone are natural substances that need to be replenished when the body's supply runs low and those who proclaim such a philosophy as quackery. "There are very basic questions we're trying to get answers to," says GARY GAFFNEY, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa's College of Medicine. He is against doctors prescribing HGH and testosterone for anti-aging reasons, and even dislikes the term. "Is aging a disease? Should it be treated?" Gaffney believes there hasn't been nearly enough testing on the potential long-term effects of HGH and testosterone-replacement therapies. More >>

Department of Psychiatry: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/psychiatry/index.html

Stalking the Wild PCB (Iowa Engineer)

When Keri Hornbuckle talks about her research on the fate and transport of pollutants in the Great Lakes, the professor of civil and environmental engineering leans forward, gestures broadly, and begins to pepper her speech with words like "opportunity," "pride," and "public good." Her own commitment to the common good is reflected in her research on persistent organic pollutants, including the synthetic musk fragrances added to many household products, fluorinated compounds used as surface protectants such as Scotchgard(tm), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a class of about 200 chemicals used widely in the manufacture of paints, caulking compounds, and electrical transformers. More >>

Remarkable People: Mark Knabel

A chance meeting introduced Mark Knabel to the work that would change his life. It was the year 2000, and Knabel had taken his family to Rome for the Great Jubilee, a Catholic celebration of faith and forgiveness. There he met a Lupita Assad, a nurse organizing medical mission trips to poor communities around the world. "I happened to run into her among three million people," recalls Knabel, a Sheboygan, Wis., dermatologist and 1979 University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine graduate. "I have to think there was some divine intervention involved." More >>

Video Feature: Local chefs tout culinary creativity in UI's 'Iron Chef' cook-off

With a handful of surprise ingredients, 15 minutes to prepare a recipe, and one hour to cook, teams of local chefs contended in the University of Iowa's "Iron Chef" cook-off April 4 at the Iowa Memorial Union. The cook-off was part of a daylong symposium called "Food, Ethnic Identities and Memory," which included food-themed lectures throughout the day. View the video >>

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