Big Ten Network To Officially Launch Aug. 30

University of Iowa men's and women's intercollegiate sporting events, along with academic programming from the university, will be available soon to television viewers on the new Big Ten Network, which officially launches in prime time at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30. Along with its official launch date, the Big Ten Network released today a number of cable operators in Iowa that have signed on to carry the network so far. The network will also be available for viewing in Iowa to subscribers of Direct TV and the new AT&T U-verseSM service. More >>

UI Anthropologist, Colleagues Discover Remains Of Earliest Giant Panda

Although it may sound like an oxymoron, a University of Iowa anthropologist and his colleagues report the first discovery of a skull from a "pygmy-sized" giant panda -- the earliest known ancestor of the giant panda -- that lived in south China some two million years ago. More >>

Related: Ancestor Of Giant Panda Was Pygmy-Sized (Scientific American, June 18) http://www.sciam.com

Department of Anthropology: http://www.uiowa.edu/~anthro/

UI Researcher Finds Good Students Help College Football Programs Win

What if big time college football programs had more success on the field when their players did better in school? When UI sociology professor Michael Lovaglia and a colleague combined the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate with several indicators they call the Athletic Success Rate, they discovered that football programs with better academic progress have significantly higher athletic success. More >>

Department of Sociology: http://www.uiowa.edu/~soc/

Law Professor Helps Farmers Understand Intellectual Property Law

A University of Iowa law professor is helping farmers understand how intellectual property law may affect routine planting and harvesting operations. Law professor Mark Janis and the American Farm Bureau Federation have developed a question-and-answer guide on intellectual property law, tailored to plant agriculture. More >>

College of Law: http://www.law.uiowa.edu/

Washington Post Wins Iowa Gallup Award For Journalism Using Polls

The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication and The Gallup Organization have named The Washington Post the recipient of their 2006 annual award recognizing excellent journalism using polls. More >>

School of Journalism and Mass Communication: http://www.uiowa.edu/jmc/

UI Alumni Association Presents 2007 Distinguished Alumni Awards

The University of Iowa Alumni Association recently honored 13 notable alumni and friends of the UI with the Distinguished Alumni Award, the organization's highest honor. The awards, presented annually since 1963, recognize the outstanding achievements and service of UI alumni and friends. More >>

Alumni Association DAA: http://www.iowalum.com/daa

Grillers Should Be Cautious Of Health Risks

Although grilling can be a good alternative to pan-frying meat, people need to take precautions to avoid both food-borne illness and certain cancers that have been linked to grilling, said University of Iowa experts with the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Institute for Rural and Environmental Health. More >>

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/cancercenter/

UI Researchers Contributed To Iowa's Keg Registration Law

As part of an effort to reduce adolescent drinking, Iowa's new keg registration law will require all kegs purchased within the state to be tagged with an identification number. In Keokuk County, the University of Iowa Prevention Research Center worked closely with a group of local legislators, retailers, school district administrators and other interested residents to help develop one of the state's first countywide keg registration ordinances. More >>

UI Study Shows Faulty Membrane Repair Causes Heart Disease

During vigorous exercise, heart muscle cells take a beating. In fact, some of those cells rupture and without an efficient repair process those cells would die and cause heart damage (cardiomyopathy). University of Iowa researchers have discovered a specific repair mechanism in heart muscle and identified a protein called dysferlin that is critical for resealing heart muscle cell membranes. More >>

Carver College of Medicine: http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/CCOM/index.html

UI Press Book Portrays Iowa City Music Scene In Photos, Music

"Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians," a new release by the University of Iowa Press, features photographs by Sandy Dyas and an introductory essay by UI Writers' Workshop alumnus and faculty member Chris Offutt as well as a CD featuring the music of Greg Brown, Dave Moore, Bejae Fleming, Dave Zollo, Bo Ramsey, Pieta Brown, Kevin Gordon and many other Iowa musicians. More >>

University of Iowa Press: http://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/

Old Capitol Museum Exhibit Features Iowa's Baseball Legacy

The Old Capitol Museum will exhibit "Hometown Heroes: Iowa's Baseball Legacy," a collection of Iowa baseball history and artifacts from national baseball icons Friday, June 29, through Sunday, Sept. 9. More >>

The Old Capitol Museum: http://www.uiowa.edu/~oldcap/

Sally Mason Leaves Purdue A Better Place
(Journal & Courier, June 22)

In an editorial, the paper says that, "In 2001, Sally Mason came back to Purdue University -- where she'd once been a graduate student -- from the University of Kansas. She left behind a place she had worked for 21 years. Hired as the university's provost, she was picked by Purdue President Martin Jischke. Since then she has led a team of administrators through some of the most dynamic changes in the university's history. ..." The paper is based in West Lafayette, Ind. More >>

Related: UI President Sally Mason Welcome Page http://www.uiowa.edu/uipresidentialsearch/welcome/index.html

UI Alumnus Is No. 2 Amazon Reviewer
(Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 24)

Lawrance Bernabo, who received a doctorate in rhetorical studies at the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA and teaches in Duluth, has become the No. 2 reviewer at amazon.com. "I just always liked taking apart everything," he said, explaining his interest in critiquing a wide range of subjects. "I'm willing to dissect the Democratic national debate and I'm ready to talk about the latest comic book issue of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'" The No. 1 reviewer, Harriet Klausen, is a former librarian who reviews mostly historical romances and "whose freakish speed at reviewing has caused some to wonder if she's really human."

Rhetorical Studies: http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/graduate/rhetoric_public_advocacy.html

UI Among Groups Seeking To Reduce Carbon
(Insidehighered.com, June 27)

Timothy White, president of the University of Idaho, is among a growing list of 300-plus institution leaders to sign the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, a much-publicized effort through which campuses pledge to eventually become climate neutral. White also has promised to mitigate the university's effect on global warming through membership in the Chicago Climate Exchange. And there, his academic company is far more limited. Only the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Michigan State, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tufts University and Hadlow College in Britain have agreed through this effort to reduce their carbon emissions over the next several years. More >>

Hovenkamp Comments On Supreme Court Rulings
(Business Week, June 29)

With controversial rulings on abortion and campaign finance, the current U.S. Supreme Court has waded into some of the most explosive issues in American politics. But there's another important emerging feature of the Court that has not drawn nearly as much attention: its sympathy to business. New justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito have the business community's stamp of approval. While some of the court's business rulings this term were decided on 5-4 votes -- notably a decision sharply confining the time in which workers must file pay discrimination claims -- those kinds of narrow splits were not typical on business matters. In fact, 12 rulings in business cases were unanimous, and most others were decided by substantial majorities, underscoring that the shift in the court has more to do with the cases being selected than the leanings of particular justices. Academics and practitioners see the Roberts Court as more pragmatic than political in the business arena. "These are not expansive cases with a lot of ideological jargon in them," says HERB HOVENKAMP at the University of Iowa College of Law about the court's business rulings. "They are fairly technical, fairly narrowly written." More >>

Law Professor Hopes States Consider Greater Protection For Rural Schoolhouses

The one-room schoolhouse is one of the great icons of America, a powerful symbol of the country's pioneer spirit and its commitment to education. For decades, they were the places where most Americans learned their educational basics, usually from young women, most of them unmarried, surrounded by students as young in age as 4 and as old as 20. But University of Iowa law professor Lea VanderVelde said more and more of these icons are being squeezed by residential and commercial real estate development that is reaching further into rural areas. More >>

Brad Phillips • Extreme Entrepreneur (Iowa Alumni Magazine)

An injury for most professional athletes means the end of their careers. But for UI student Brad Phillips, it heralded the start of another. More >>

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