Deep In the Heart Of Texas: Iowa Prepares For Alamo Bowl
The University of Iowa is planning several events during the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio. On Dec. 30, college receptions will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by the Hawkeye Huddle from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. The UI Alumni Association will be hosting a pre-game tailgate from 1:30 to 3 p.m. (tickets required for entrance). To order tickets for the pre-game tailgate and find out more about the events planned in San Antonio, visit http://www.iowalum.com/AthleticTours/BowlTour_Events06.html
Consider A Gift That Keeps On Giving: An End-Of-Year Donation
This holiday season consider giving a gift to the University of Iowa in the form of a tax-deductible donation through the UI Foundation, before the new tax year begins. UI Foundation: http://www.givetoiowa.org/2007gfeb
All In The Family? UI Uncovers Third Ice Age Sloth
For more than three years, students, staff and volunteers from the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, the UI Department of Geoscience, the Department of Anthropology and the Office of the State Archaeologist have been excavating the bones of an SUV-sized Ice Age sloth from a site near Shenandoah, Iowa. In April 2006, they announced the discovery of a juvenile sloth. This month the research team announced that diggers have unearthed the remains of a second juvenile sloth. More >>
Museum Of Natural History: http://www.uiowa.edu/~nathist/
Department of Geoscience: http://www.uiowa.edu/~geology/
Department of Anthropology: http://www.uiowa.edu/~anthro/
UI, Community Colleges Agree That 2 Plus 2=Success
The University of Iowa and five Iowa community colleges have teamed up to offer a guaranteed transfer plan that can lead to a bachelor's degree at the UI. The 2 Plus 2 Guaranteed Graduation Plan allows students to attend a community college for two years, transfer easily to the UI and earn a bachelor's degree in an additional two years. The UI is initially offering this program to students in select majors at the following community colleges: Kirkwood, Scott, Muscatine, Clinton, and Iowa Western.
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Provost Michael Hogan Des Moines Register Opinion Article On 2 Plus 2:
http://provost.uiowa.edu/docs/essays/2Plus2.htm
Grand Entrance: Iowa Memorial Union Reopens Main Lounge
The historic Main Lounge in the Iowa Memorial Union officially reopened its doors to the public Nov. 9 after completion of a five-month long restoration project. The University Lecture Committee brought Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt to campus for the first event in the lounge since renovations were completed. More >>
Iowa Memorial Union Renovation: http://www.imu.uiowa.edu/renovation/
UI Teams Up With ISU, UNI To Reduce Highway Crashes
University of Iowa researchers, in conjunction with researchers at Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa, have been awarded a three-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a transportation research center to help reduce the number of highway crashes by studying driver behavior and other safety-related issues. More >>
College of Engineering: http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: http://www.mie.engineering.uiowa.edu/
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: http://www.cee.engineering.uiowa.edu/
Inquiring Physicists Want To Know: What's The Matter?
In the continuing search for characteristics that distinguish matter from anti-matter, a University of Iowa particle physics research group has discovered a new particle whose existence was already anticipated. More >>
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/
Department of Physics and Astronomy: http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/
Dreaming of Donuts? Research Links Less Sleep, Higher Body Mass Index
University of Iowa researchers conducting a long-term health study in one rural Iowa county report an association between short sleep duration and higher body mass index. More >>
College of Public Health: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/
Department of Neurology: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/neurology/index.html
Carver College of Medicine: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/
Testosterone Replacement Therapy May Help Older Men
Testosterone replacement therapy may help improve bone mineral density, libido, erectile function, mood and muscle mass in older men with low testosterone levels, according to a University of Iowa researcher. More >>
Department of Urology: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/urology/
Nursing Researchers Find Genetic Link To Anesthetic Ineffectiveness
Researchers at the University of Iowa College of Nursing have identified an association between a gene variant and increased sensitivity to pain in some children, which may influence the effectiveness of topical anesthetics. More >>
College of Nursing: http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/
Sing Iowa's Praises: School Of Music Celebrates 100 Years
The Music Man -- Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway hit musical -- told the world what Iowans already knew: Iowa is fertile ground for music. More >>
School of Music: http://www.uiowa.edu/~music/
Li, Kim And D'Ambrosio Continue Success Of UI Writers In Whiting Awards
Three authors who graduated from writing programs at the University of Iowa won 2006 Whiting Writers Awards, continuing a distinguished record by UI alumni in one of the most highly recognized award competitions for young writers. More >>
Writers' Workshop: http://www.uiowa.edu/~iww/
Nonfiction Writing Program: http://www.english.uiowa.edu/nonfiction/index.html
Frost: Rumors Of Books' Demise In Digital Age Greatly Exaggerated
(Forbes, Dec. 1)
To the fear-mongerers among the literati, the Internet is a threat to the paperbound book. But, oddly, that isn't how things are working out. In fact, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA library conservator GARY FROST takes the opposite—and optimistic—view that "screen-based reading and the digital revolution ... are actually going to engender a renaissance of print." Frost's point is that all book production is already digital, and that's saved publishers a lot of money, allowing for more books to be printed. The only meaningful decrease in printed books, Frost says, is nothing bibliophiles should lament. Gone are the books of airline and train schedules while novels, nonfiction and poetry books flourish. More >>
Libraries Preservation Department: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/preservation/
Alumnus Deals With Full Deck, And Then Some
(Santa Fe New Mexican, Nov. 24)
Professional card stacker Bryan Berg first set a Guinness World Record for a house of cards when he was a high school senior in Iowa. Personal appearances all over the country helped pay for his schooling at the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA and his master's degree in design from Harvard. More >>
Candid Camry: UI Research Focuses On Teen Driving
(Arizona Daily Star, Dec. 3)
Some parents are using technology to help teens improve their driving, especially during their most dangerous first few hundred hours on the road. In the parking lot of a northeast Iowa high school, video highlights and other data are downloaded daily via wireless signals from cars driven by a group of 25 teens who have volunteered for a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA research program. The teens have had a small camera installed behind their rearview mirrors. The camera is always recording. The video is stored permanently only if the car experiences G-forces beyond a preset limit, a condition triggered by excessive acceleration, deceleration or taking a curve too fast. When limits are exceeded, 10 seconds of video is stored from beforehand after the incident. This story originated in the Chicago Tribune and was distributed through its syndication service. More >>
Public Policy Human Factors & Vehicle Safety Research: http://ppc.uiowa.edu/dnn4/HumanFactorsbrVehicleSafety/
Carmichael: U.S. Shares Blame For China Pollution
(The Oregonian, Nov. 24)
The enormous dust clouds gather in the Gobi Desert. They sail on Siberian winds to China. They pick up mercury, aerosols and carbon monoxide spewed by Chinese coal plants and factories. Then every five or six days in spring, eastern China flushes like a gigantic toilet. The dust plumes, now as large as countries, ride high over the Pacific Ocean, pushing hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and ozone, polluting the U.S. West Coast and contributing to global warming. Yet it's all too easy to blame China for the mess. U.S. consumers, who buy China's goods and use far more resources than the Chinese, share responsibility. "Americans in our cleverness are not good Boy Scouts," says GREG CARMICHAEL, a University of Iowa atmospheric chemist, "because we've put the latrine upstream of the campsites." The Oregonian originates in Portland. More >>
Chemical and Biological Engineering:
http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/~chemeng/
Iowa, Naturally: Writer Explores State's Wild Side
From my study window, I see the ancient white pine and relict skeletons of those trees and animals whose lives have passed. In winter, I peer through frost that accumulates on the window of my 150-year-old Iowa farmhouse. But today, it is warm and the thaw-dampened soil smells richly of earth, wet grass, and decayed leaves. More >>
Wild Iowa Photo Contest: http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/wildphotos/index.html
Campus Attempts To Master Its Destiny With New Space Plan
Cranes nose above the campus skyline like busy storks, promising deliveries. Since 1998, they've towered over nearly two dozen building sites and marked the addition or major renovation of one-fourth of the university's physical plant. Guiding this growth and the pressure of future expansion is the Campus Master Plan, a new edition of which was released earlier this fall. The first UI plan to forecast growth of the colleges, it pledges to bring order to the demands for additional or better space, while protecting the spirit of the campus and its green spaces. More >>
Related Feature: Facilities Management-Building Success http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Efyi/issues/issues2006_v43/11202006/
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