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UNESCO designates Iowa City as the world's third City of Literature
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated Iowa City, Iowa, the world's third City of Literature, making the community part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. More >>
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Official UNESCO announcement
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38314&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Roundup of photos, audio, video and other materials
http://at-lamp.its.uiowa.edu/virtualwu/index.php/main/unesco
Porter study finds bankruptcy law reform has hurt the poor most
A new study co-authored by University of Law professor Katherine Porter found that federal bankruptcy reforms that took effect in 2005 have not protected low-income people nor forced well-off people to pay their debts, as the law intended. More >>
College of Law: http://www.law.uiowa.edu/
UI engineer to help write 'environmental report card' for 2008 Olympics
A University of Iowa College of Engineering professor has been named to a five-member, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) team that will issue an "environmental report card" for the 2008 Olympic Games. More >>
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering: http://www.cbe.engineering.uiowa.edu/
UI to provide $50,000 for students to create new late-night programs
Students have great ideas for new activities but are often hindered by small budgets and few resources. The University of Iowa now has a way for students to plan new weekend programs, and get help paying for them. Through Late Night at Iowa, a $50,000 grant for alcohol-free, late-night programs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, students can complete an event proposal and apply for funding. More >>
Office of Student Life: http://imu.uiowa.edu/osl/index.php
Big Ten Network match generates more than $90,000 for UI flood relief
A $25,000 matching gift from the Big Ten Network to the University of Iowa Flood Relief Fund has spurred more than $65,000 in donations to the UI Foundation for the university's flood relief efforts, for a total of more than $90,000 from the network's initiative. More >>
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UI purchases 22 mobile units to be used by School of Music, Theatre Arts
http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/december/120208mobile_units.html
UI documentary on 2008 flood now available to view on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=43042CF2A1508659
It’s official: UI to face South Carolina in Outback Bowl
It's finally official and it's back to the Outback for the University of Iowa football team. The Hawkeyes -- winners of eight games overall and five in Big Ten Conference play -- will face South Carolina (7-5, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, in the 2009 Outback Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. More >>
Outback Bowl tour packages now on sale
The University of Iowa Alumni Association is now taking reservations for the university's official bowl tour for the Hawkeyes' appearance in the Outback Bowl game Jan. 1 in Tampa, Fla. More >>
UI leads discovery of gene associated with epilepsy
A University of Iowa-led international research team has found a new gene associated with the brain disorder epilepsy. While the PRICKLE1 gene mutation was specific to a rare form of epilepsy, the study results could help lead to new ideas for overall epilepsy treatment. The findings appear in the Nov. 7 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics. More >>
Carver College of Medicine: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/CCOM/index.html
Department of Biology: http://www.biology.uiowa.edu/department.php
$1 million Carver Trust grant will modernize UI dental research space
Research areas in the University of Iowa's Dental Science Building, home to the UI College of Dentistry, will undergo significant upgrades and modernization thanks to a $1 million grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, Iowa, made to the UI Foundation. More >>
College of Dentistry: http://www.dentistry.uiowa.edu/
UI expert comments on how to prevent and handle bullying
Pushing and punching. Spreading rumors and name-calling. Whether it's physical or verbal, bullying has no place at school or in cyberspace. Tammy Wilgenbusch, clinical psychologist with UI Children's Hospital, discusses why bullying occurs and how to prevent it. More >>
UI Children’s Hospital: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/uichildrenshospital
Iranian poet Maryam Ala Amjadi embraces the adventure of writing in English
English is not the native tongue of young Iranian poet Maryam Ala Amjadi, who is in residence this fall in the University of Iowa International Writing Program. And paradoxically, that is the primary reason that she writes exclusively in that foreign language: She says that writing in English provides a limiting framework that pushes her to seek the best means of expression. More >>
International Writing Program: http://www.uiowa.edu/~iwp/
Big Ten Network to air ‘Conversation from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop’
The University of Iowa Center for Media Production has announced that a new UI television series, “Conversations from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop,” will debut on the Big Ten Network at 3 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 11. The premiere episode will feature Writers’ Workshop graduate Curtis Sittenfeld, author of “Prep,” “The Man of My Dreams,” and, most recently, “American Wife,” a book New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd refers to as a “fantasy version of Laura Bush’s life.” The Sittenfeld episode will air again at 3 a.m., Monday, Dec. 15, and 9 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 17. Preview the Sittenfeld interview at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcOf3QxsHGE
Philibert: genetics link to alcoholism risk
(U.S.News & World Report, Nov. 20)
Variations in the genetic makeup of alcoholics may affect how much they drink, a new study suggests. And the key might be the brain's control of serotonin, a mood-influencing neurological chemical. The research could potentially help doctors understand who might be at highest risk of becoming an alcoholic, and then treat that person, said study co-author Ming D. Li, head of neurobiology at the University of Virginia. The genetic blueprint that people inherit from their parents accounts for an estimated 40 percent to 50 percent of a person's risk of becoming alcoholic, said Dr. ROBERT PHILIBERT, director of the Laboratory of Psychiatric Genetics at the University of Iowa. More >>
The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics: http://genetics.grad.uiowa.edu/
Polgreen comments on Google Flu Trends
(New York Times, Nov. 12)
Ailing Americans are entering phrases like "flu symptoms" into Google and other search engines before they call their doctors. This has given rise to a new early warning system for fast-spreading flu outbreaks, called Google Flu Trends. Tests of the new Web tool from Google.org, the company's philanthropic unit, suggest that it may be able to detect regional outbreaks of the flu a week to 10 days before they are reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The premise behind Google Flu Trends has been supported by an unrelated study indicating that the data collected by Yahoo, Google's rival in Internet search, can also help with early detection of the flu. "In theory, we could use this stream of information to learn about other disease trends as well," said Dr. PHILIP POLGREEN, a University of Iowa assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology and an author of the study based on Yahoo's data. More >>
Department of Epidemiology: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/epi/
Columnist experiences Hawkeye tailgating
(Chicago Tribune, Nov. 15)
Columnist Barbara Brotman writes, "One minute, my only connection to college football was a vague awareness that it existed. The next minute I was standing outside a stadium with a Hawkeye temporary tattoo on my cheek and a Big Ass Turkey Leg in my hand. My daughter, a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA student, beamed. "This is Iowa football," she said proudly as I tried to wipe barbecue sauce from my other cheek without letting go of my meal, an Iowa football delicacy that looked like haunch of brontosaurus. More >>
Athletics links: http://www.uiowa.edu/homepage/sports/index.html
Loh looks at limiting faculty online course load
(Inside Higher Ed, Nov. 18)
A story about staffing online courses notes that at the University of Iowa, some faculty members taught an unusually large number of extra courses and earned lots of overtime pay. Usually, said WALLACE LOH, the university's provost, he has the opposite problem -- trying to persuade faculty members to give time and effort to develop and teach online courses. He's now considering ways to make those incentives work, starting with instituting rules that will limit so-called overload pay by allowing only one extra course (online or not) per semester and capping enrollment in online courses to 36. "I don't think you can do justice to your students and your classes if you're teaching that much, even if your sections have a relatively few number of students," he said. More >>
Reinforcing a need: UIHC social worker joins Iowa National Guard, offers support to returning soldiers
Dan Grinstead knew he could make a difference to soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. So at the age of 56, he decided to become one. More >>
President’s Residence turns 100
The University of Iowa President’s Residence, a neo-Georgian home perched on a bluff overlooking the Iowa River, is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and a photo gallery showcases the building’s historic architecture. The home was completed in 1909 for a total cost of $25,067 and originally contained 16 rooms and four bathrooms. With renovations over the years, the house now offers more than 12,000 square feet of living area. More >>
‘Mad Money’ comes to the University of Iowa campus
If you missed CNBC’s airing of Jim Cramer’s antics during the “Mad Money” visit to campus last month, you can view video clips, a photo slideshow and other materials on the Tippie College of Business Web site. More >>
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