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Join Us At The Iowa State Fair Aug. 11-21!

The Iowa State Fair, one of the most popular summer attractions in the nation, offers University of Iowa alumni a chance to reconnect with the black and gold. From our booth in the southwest corner of the air-conditioned Varied Industries Building we’ll give away thousands of athletic posters, schedule cards, and Hawkeye tattoos. Also, we’ll have daily drawings for football, basketball, and wrestling tickets, and other coveted Hawkeye items, such as highlight videos and mini Herky statues. Meet President David Skorton and a host of Hawkeye legends from years past, including star football and basketball alumni and popular Hawkeye broadcasters. The booth also will feature interactive displays from many of our outstanding academic departments, a large exhibit from University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, the Hawk Shop full of the hottest Hawkeye apparel, and athletic trophies, like Floyd of Rosedale. Don’t miss the fun from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. More >>

UI Recognizes Top 25 Iowa Schools For Advanced Placement Participation

A University of Iowa center dedicated to gifted education has identified 25 high schools in Iowa that are doing an exceptional job of giving students opportunities to take Advanced Placement exams, whose successful completion can markedly improve a student's chances of doing well in college. More >>
Belin-Blank Center: http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/

UI Libraries To Turn Catalog Cards Into Art

What to do with millions of obsolete library card catalog cards? The University of Iowa Libraries is turning many of them into art. As part of the celebration of its 150th anniversary this year, the UI Libraries will distribute old card catalog cards to people across Iowa and around the country and invite them to create a work of art on the card. The results will be displayed as part of a public art project over the next year. More >>
UI Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/

UI Civic Engagement Program To Promote Volunteerism, Service Learning

With the backdrop of the Year of Public Engagement, the University of Iowa is opening a new office dedicated to facilitating volunteerism and service learning among students, faculty, and staff. The Civic Engagement Program Office opened Monday, July 11 in room 210 Iowa Memorial Union with Mary Mathew Wilson serving as program coordinator. The office will support existing student philanthropic efforts, assist faculty members in integrating service learning into the curriculum, and connect community organizations with UI faculty, staff, and student volunteers. The provost and the vice president of student services will jointly fund this new office. More >>

UI External Support Is A Record $359.6 Million For 2004-2005

University of Iowa faculty, together with staff and students, generated an all-time record $359.6 million in grants and contracts for UI research, education, and service during fiscal 2005, an 8.5 percent increase from 2004. More >>
Office of the Vice President for Research: http://research.uiowa.edu/

NIH Grant Establishes Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Research Center

The University of Iowa has received a five-year, $7.3 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish a Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center. The lead investigator is Kevin Campbell, Ph.D., the Roy J. Carver Chair of Physiology and Biophysics and department head in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. More >>
Carver College of Medicine: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/

UI Hospitals And Clinics Specialties Rank Among The Best

For the 16th year in a row, U.S. News and World Report ranks multiple health care specialties at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics among the best in the nation. More >>
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/

Fear Of Lawsuits Affects Emergency Physicians' Heart Care Decisions

Emergency physicians who have the greatest fear of malpractice suits are more likely than their colleagues to admit and order tests for patients with chest pain or other heart symptoms, even if those patients are at low risk for actual problems, according to a study led by UI researcher David Katz. More >>
Department of Internal Medicine: http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/InternalMedicine/

Box Office Opens July 1 For Hancher 2005-06 Season Phone Sales

Beginning July 1, tickets for the 2005-06 performing arts season at the University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium will be on sale by phone or at the ticket windows of the Hancher Box office. More >>
Hancher Auditorium: http://www.hancher.uiowa.edu/

IWP Veteran Orhan Pamuk Wins Prestigious German Peace Prize

Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, a veteran of the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP), has been selected to receive the prestigious Peace Prize awarded by the Association of German Publishers and Booksellers. The award, which includes a cash prize of 25,000 euros, will be presented this October at the Frankfurt Book Fair. More >>
International Writing Program: http://www.uiowa.edu/~iwp/

UI English Alumnus Uses Education To Advantage
(Washington Post, June 27)

If you majored in English as an undergraduate, chances are parents, grandparents, and peers with more "practical" degrees will wonder aloud how you expect to make a real living. But while it's true an undergraduate English degree won't prepare you for a specific career, like other liberal arts degrees, it serves as a broad base for a range of careers, many of them quite lucrative. Michael Dinsmore, 35, thought he was going to be a teacher when he graduated with his bachelor's degree in English and master's degree in teaching from the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. But he spent just one year inside a classroom, and that was teaching computer science. After that, he decided he would rather "implement" computer science than teach it. "The first six months, I read manuals and online information constantly," said Dinsmore, of Gaithersburg, Md. "And one 'for dummies' book won't be enough -- learn everything that you can about the subject, and ask questions of your co-workers." Dinsmore sold his English degree and teaching experience to hiring managers as an advantage, not a hindrance." A version of the story also ran in the DETROIT (Mich.) FREE PRESS. More >>
Department of English: http://www.english.uiowa.edu/%20
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/

Weiler Comments On Athlete Asthma
(Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, June 26)

So many people — both recreational athletes and professionals — are being diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma that the nation's largest group of athletic trainers has drawn up its first guidelines for dealing with the condition. The National Athletic Trainers' Association's asthma guidelines, released Tuesday during its annual meeting in Indianapolis, are aimed at familiarizing trainers, health professionals, parents, and coaches with asthma's symptoms and treatments. JOHN WEILER, a professor emeritus of internal medicine at the University of Iowa who has studied exercise-induced asthma for more than 20 years, said many athletes keep their asthma secret, fearing it could hurt their chances of a professional career. "A guy who's played four years of football at state college and is looking at the NFL, it just isn't something he wants to (let) get out," he said. More >>

Sidel: Terror Laws Hurt Higher Ed
(International Herald Tribune, June 28)

In an op-ed commentary, University of Iowa law professor MARK SIDEL said U.S. anti-terror laws are having a chilling effect on American college and university campuses by stifling dissent, redirecting scarce grant money to anti-terror initiatives and prompting international students to forego study at American campuses and choose instead universities in other countries. The same article was published on the Web site of the HONG KONG STANDARD. More >>
College of Law: http://www.law.uiowa.edu/

Amendment Bars Wasserman Research Funding
(Inside Higher Ed, July 6)

EDWARD WASSERMAN, the Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Iowa, and Sandra Murray, an associate professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, were singled out when the House of Representatives voted last month to approve an appropriations bill for the National Institutes of Health. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, a Texas Republican, successfully sponsored an amendment to bar the National Institute of Mental Health from providing any additional support to two research projects that they head. He said that the projects — one ( Murray's) dealing with marriage and one (Wasserman's) dealing with pigeons — were outside the institute's mission, despite strong backing from the institute. The amendment has infuriated many researchers, who say that members of Congress should not block projects that have been approved through the NIH's respected peer review system. The pair discussed the situation with the publication in a Q & A titled "Blacklisted Professors." Asked what it is like to have his research project become the target of a member of Congress, Wasserman responded, "It's frankly startling that, after thorough evaluation by multiple layers of peer scientists and professional administrators for both scientific excellence and mental health relevance, a currently funded NIMH research project can be subject to de-funding by Congress without thorough debate and accountable voting. So, instead of finalizing my presentation to an international psychological congress, finishing three scientific papers for publication, and mentoring a visiting high school student in my laboratory, I've had to direct virtually all of my attention to Congressional actions and political maneuvers." More >>
Department of Psychology: http://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/

Good Sports

It's surprising what stunts, yells, big personalities, and even bigger props can accomplish on a stage as vast as Kinnick Stadium. Throughout the game, the  cheerleaders roll with the action on the field and rally the fans—already buoyed by an unseasonably warm November afternoon and some mid-day celebrating. More >>

At the Bijou:  Still Reeling In Film Fans

Known for its range and variety of films, the Bijou, a student-run theater since 1972, is as busy as ever this summer with a schedule that includes foreign films, short films, and controversial films, like June’s screening of Downfall, a movie about Adolph Hitler that some critics complain is too sympathetic to its subject. More >>

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