Outback Bowl Bound

Join the excitement as the Hawkeyes head to Tampa to face the Florida Gators on New Year's Day. Iowa is ranked 12th in the ESPN/USA Today Poll and 13th in the AP Poll. Florida is ranked 17th in both polls. Get up-to-date information on UIAA Bowl Tour events. Visit UIAA Bowl Tour Headquarters: http://www.iowalum.com/athletictours/BowlTour03.html
Outback Bowl: http://www.outbackbowl.com/

Researchers Study Decline Of Iowa Freshwater Mussels

Two researchers, one from the University of Iowa and the other from Iowa State University, have received a $20,000 seed grant from the UI Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER) to examine the geochemical reasons for the decline of freshwater mussels in Iowa's rivers over the last 125 years. More>>
UI Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research: http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/overview.html

UI Junior Wins First Place In Competition For College Journalists

A University of Iowa student has won first place in a national feature writing competition for college journalists. Lauren Smiley, a junior from Marion, won $2,000 from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation journalism awards program for undergraduates for her article, "Isaac Mizrahi at the fair," published in The Des Moines Register on Aug. 12, 2003. More>>
School of Journalism and Mass Communication: http://www.uiowa.edu/~journal/

In 2003 More Than Half Of New Teachers Remained In Iowa

Slightly more than half of new teachers who graduated from the University of Iowa College of Education in 2003 found employment in Iowa, while more than 80 percent of students who obtained master's degrees in education remained in the state. More>>
College of Education: http://www.uiowa.edu/~coe2/

UI's Don Gurnett Says Voyager 1 Is Approaching Edge Of Solar System

A University of Iowa space physicist says that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft -- the most distant manmade object at some 90 astronomical units (AU) or 8.4 billion miles from the sun -- has provided a new estimate of the distance to the heliopause, the boundary between the sun's relentless solar wind and interstellar space. More>>
Department of Physics and Astronomy: http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/

UI Physician Raises Awareness About Herpes

It is a prevalent disease, but nearly 90 percent of people affected by it do not know they have it. That is one of the sobering statistics associated with genital herpes, a sexually transmitted disease that affects one in five adults in the United States and is the focus of Herpes Awareness Week, Nov. 16-22. The week is sponsored by the American Social Health Association. More>>
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: http://obgyn.uihc.uiowa.edu/

Genetics Study Chosen As One Of Top Ten Scientific Papers

A study co-authored by University of Iowa researchers has been selected as one of the 10 best scientific papers published on early childhood development in 2002. The study, which examined the genetic component of a disorder known as specific language impairment (SLI), appeared in the July 2002 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics. More>>
Center for Statistical Genetics Research: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/pphg/csgr.html

Studies Looking At Team Approach To Improve Hypertension Treatment

The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy has been awarded two grants totaling $5.2 million to evaluate the impact of physician-pharmacist collaborative teams on adherence to blood pressure guidelines. More>>
College of Pharmacy: http://pharmacy.uiowa.edu/

UI Hancher Auditorium Wins $800,000 Wallace Foundation Grant

The University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium, in partnership with public libraries and community organizations in the Iowa towns of Marshalltown, Perry, Spencer, and Iowa City/Coralville, has been awarded a four-year, $800,000 "Leadership and Excellence in Arts Participation" (LEAP) grant from the Wallace Foundation (formerly known as the Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds). More>>
Hancher Auditorium: http://www.uiowa.edu/hancher/

Holiday "Live From Prairie Lights" Features Grinch
Dec. 17

Actors Dai Guilliam and Timm Budd will read two treasured holiday stories — Dylan Thomas' "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr. Seuss — on a special holiday edition of the WSUI "Live from Prairie Lights" series at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17. Listen to the reading — an installment of America's only radio series of live readings — on the internet at http://wsui.uiowa.edu. More>>
Department of Theatre Arts: http://www.uiowa.edu/~theatre/

Cooper Says It's Not Good To Hold It In
(Virginian-Pilot, Dec. 5)

When you gotta go, you gotta go. So let them go, a group of doctors is advising elementary-school teachers. In a recent issue of a medical journal, five urologists from the University of Iowa found that most elementary teachers don't allow children to go to the bathroom if it's not during a scheduled break. That may fit the teacher's academic schedule, but it might imperil children's health, warned the study's lead author, UI professor of urology CHRISTOPHER COOPER. The Virginian-Pilot is based in Hampton Roads. More>>
Department of Urology: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/urology/index.html

UI Study Examines Elder Abuse
(ABC News, Dec. 2)

Cases of elder abuse are underreported and are resolved inconsistently nationwide due to significant differences in laws between states, according to a new University of Iowa study released Monday. The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, is thought to be the first to compare rates of elder abuse to laws in all 50 states, said DR. GERALD JOGERST, the university's interim head of family medicine and lead investigator on the study. Describing elder abuse as "a national problem," Jogerst said the new study examines abuse that occurs in private residences, not care facilities. The definition of abuse was divided into several categories, including physical, sexual, emotional, financial exploitation, and neglect. States that require mandatory reporting and tracking of elder abuse reports have much higher investigation rates than states without such requirements, Jogerst said. The Iowa research follows a 1996 report that found only one in five cases of elder abuse is reported and substantiated. More>>
The Associated Press story also appeared in the NEW YORK TIMES; ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION; FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM, Tex.; the TUSCALOOSA NEWS and TIMES DAILY, Ala.; The LEDGER, Fla.; CENTRE CITY DAILY TIMES, WILKES BARRE WEEKENDER, Penn.; NEWSDAY, N.Y.; BILOXI SUN-HERALD, Miss.; MACON TELEGRAPH, Ga.; WICHITA EAGLE, Kans.; and the OMAHA WORLD HERALD.
Department of Family Medicine: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/familymedicine/

Polumbaum Comments On Basketball In China
(New York Times Magazine,Nov. 23)

An article about a 14-year-old Chinese basketball phenom describes the growing popularity of the sport in China. Basketball arrived in China piggybacked on the moral fervor of Y.M.C.A. missionaries like Max Exner, an ex-roommate of James Naismith and a participant in the very first peach-basket scrimmage in Springfield, Mass. The novelty found fertile soil, and its roots dug in. Exner took it to Shanghai in 1908, during the last gasp of the last imperial dynasty. According to JUDY POLUMBAUM, a China expert and journalism professor at the University of Iowa, the basketball craze lent momentum to social reform and the cutting of Manchu-style braids, which could get in the way of a two-hand set shot.
School of Journalism and Mass Communication – Judy Polumbaum: http://www.uiowa.edu/~journal/faculty/polumbaum.html/

Squire: Iowans Like Caucus Attention
(Austin American-Statesman, Nov.9)

With crops harvested and an early winter closing in, caucus season is hard upon Iowa. The precinct political gatherings and the campaigns leading to them have become as much a part of state culture as "The Bridges of Madison County," "The Music Man," and "Field of Dreams." The political power is a matter of some state pride. "Like most states with relatively small populations, it is easy for Iowa to get ignored on the national scene," said PEVERILL SQUIRE, a political scientist at the University of Iowa. "Thus I suspect most Iowans enjoy the attention the caucuses generate, even those who do not participate in them. And while I do not think Iowans have developed a sense of entitlement in regard to the importance that has come to be attached to the caucuses, they are a bit defensive about challenges to their prominent role in the process." More>>
Political Science: http://www.uiowa.edu/~polisci/

Crumbs of Wisdom: A Cookie Recipe Bridges Generations

Bonnie Colenso Postovit, an alumna from Starkey, Oregon, writes about the lessons she learned trying to replicate a cookie recipe passed down to her from a frugal mother-in-law with a giving heart. Her essay is an award winner in Iowa Alumni Magazine's 2003 nonfiction writing competition. More>>

Looking Back: Recalling Inspiring UI Moments Of 2003

It's been a big year for The University of Iowa: we hired a new president, we earned favorable spots in several top 10 lists, and we generated a record-breaking amount in external funding. This year brought us many inspiring moments we'll be proud to recall for years to come. More>>

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