Gone But Not Forgotten

This month the University of Iowa recognized a number of alumni for great accomplishments since leaving campus and for great dedication to those who follow in their footsteps. Read about awards given by the UI Alumni Association, the Tippie College of Business, the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and the College of Engineering. More >>

UI Shares In $5 Million NSF Grant To Study Science Teacher Preparation

The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Iowa and two partner institutions a five-year, $5 million grant to determine what elements of teacher preparation programs best prepare science educators for the classroom and result in meaningful improvements in students achievement. More >>

College of Education : http://www.education.uiowa.edu/

UI Professor Leads China's Social Work Pioneers

Ed Saunders spent the fall semester teaching and motivating some of today's social work pioneers. And yes, there are pioneers in a profession that is more than 100 years old, especially if you're a social work student living in mainland China. More >>

School of Social Work : http://www.uiowa.edu/~socialwk

UI Plasma Physics Researchers Receive $1.85 Million To Conduct Four Projects

The University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has won $1.85 million to conduct four projects as part of a National Science Foundation and Department of Energy collaboration on basic plasma physics. More >>

Department of Physics and Astronomy: http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/

Stanley Consultants, Inc. To Create Wildlife Habitat At Oakdale Research Park

Thanks to a project initiated by Stanley Consultants, Inc., a two-acre area that includes a pond at the University of Iowa's Oakdale Research Park in Coralville will become a wildlife habitat, complete with native shrubs and trees. More >>

Oakdale Research Park: http://www.uiowa.edu/homepage/resources/listings/o/oakdale_res_pk.html

Pharmacists Go Beyond The Counter To Help Hospitalized Patients

Getting hospital-based pharmacists out from "behind the counter" to work directly with inpatients and health care teams reduces medication errors and problems, according to a University of Iowa and Department of Veterans Affairs review of previously published studies. More >>

College of Pharmacy : http://www.pharmacy.uiowa.edu
Carver College of Medicine: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/

UI Center To Focus On Therapeutics Use, Effectiveness Among Elderly

The University of Iowa has been named one of four academic institutions nationwide that will establish a research center aimed at advancing the best use of medications, medical devices and biological products. More >>

Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center Receives $10 Million NIH Grant

The Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine has received its fourth consecutive grant renewal from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, part of the National Institutes of Health. The cutting-edge research supported by this long-running grant has made the UI center one of the world's premier centers for cochlear implant clinical research.
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Cochlear Implant Research and Training Program: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/gptbr/Cochlear.html

UI Maia Quartet Receives $10,000 Grant From Chamber Music America

The University of Iowa's Maia Quartet has received a grant of $10,000 from Chamber Music America, the national service organization for the ensemble music profession, to conduct an extended residency in the Western Iowa community of Elk Horn and surrounding towns during the 2006-07 academic year. More >>

Maia Quartet Biography: http://www.uiowa.edu/~c025188/about.htm&source=06AANWAA06
School of Music: http://www.uiowa.edu/~music

Dance Gala Work Invited To American Dance Guild 50th Anniversary

Choreography that helped celebrate the 25th anniversary of the University of Iowa Dance Gala was invited to the 50th-anniversary of the American Dance Guild. Eloy Barragan, a faculty member in the UI Dance Department, presented contemporary ballet trio "En Tí, En Mí" (In You, In Me) at "Many Voices of Dance Today," the 50th Anniversary Festival of the American Dance Guild, which was held in the New York City Hudson Guild Theater May 30 through June 4.
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Department of Dance: http://www.uiowa.edu/~dance

UI Professors Capture Town History
(Smithsonian, June 2006)

University of Iowa journalism professor STEPHEN BLOOM writes about The Oxford Project, a collaborative effort between himself and PETER FELDSTEIN, emeritus professor of art and art history. In summer 1984, Feldstein started a photography project in Oxford with a goal of capturing everyday photos of all 676 residents. Over three months, he photographed 670 people -- a unique portrait of an American town, as comprehensive as any ever attempted. Last year, Bloom suggested that Feldstein photograph the same people. Of course, many had died and some had moved away in the intervening 21 years. But most still live in Oxford. At last count, he had photographed more than 100 of them. Feldstein asked Bloom to join the project by gathering the stories of his photo subjects. Bloom has conducted dozens of interviews and writes, "There is a great deal of courage in what people say. The language of not just a few is pure poetry." More >>

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

Bowlsby: Naming Rights Not For Sale
(Richmond Times Dispatch, May 29)

A columnist writing about the sacrifice made by UI legend Nile Kinnick points out that the University of Iowa is in the midst of an $86 million renovation to Kinnick Stadium. The naming rights for Kinnick Stadium, however, never were for sale. "I can't imagine his name being bundled with a corporate name or even with the name of an individual donor," said Athletic Director BOB BOWLSBY. "He was a Heisman Trophy winner and a war hero. People think he would have been president or a senator. He was destined for greatness. I don't think those who might like to have their name up there with his would even suggest it." More >>

Kinnick Stadium Webcam: http://www.facilities.uiowa.edu/kinnickcam

UI Study On Obesity Among Urbanites Cited
(CNN International, June 5)

There is no polite way to say this: Americans are fat, and they're getting fatter. More than 60 million Americans are obese, up from 23 million in 1980. Another 28 million are expected to join their ranks by 2013. Forget the stereotypes: It's not just people in low-income neighborhoods who are packing on the pounds at McDonald's. Researchers at the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA have found that obesity rates are rising most rapidly among urbanites who earn $60,000 or more per year. Heretofore, the main business response to this overwhelming demographic trend has been the $49 billion weight-loss industry. But now a much broader segment of corporate America has begun to see the nation's fattening for what it is: a potentially powerful driver of consumer demand across a wide swath of the economy. Just as baby boomershave driven business and shaped the economy during the past half century,the "plus-size" population is likely to dictate marketing trends throughmuch of the 21st. Already, greater girth is forcing American business to rethink -- albeit carefully -- the way it designs and sells everything from sofas and toilets to clothes. More >>

UI Architecture Impresses Visitor
(The Chattanoogan, June 9)

A travel columnist writes about his trip to visit family in Iowa, where "the majority of the weekend was filled with a very hip graduation ceremony" at the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA over in Iowa City. "First off, let me tell you that the campus in Iowa City is an absolute knockout," he writes. "There is some first-rate architecture that comes complete with a serious WOW factor. The picturesque Iowa River runs next to the campus and the university has taken advantage of the setting to place tree-lined walking paths that hug the river." He recommends that architecture buffs check out the new Art and Art History Building and notes that in the summer aspiring writers can spend a week or weekend at the UI's Summer Writing Festival. The newspaper is based in Tennessee. More >>

School of Art and Art History: http://www.art.uiowa.edu

Lie Research Led To SEC Investigations
(Newsday, June 14)

More than 45 companies have disclosed that they are the subject of regulatory, criminal or internal probes into whether they tried to improperly inflate executives' pay through a practice known as backdating stock options, and experts say the number is likely to grow. ERIK LIE, one of two academics whose work led to the investigations of options backdating, said he has "very mixed feelings" about the results of his research. "Whenever we do research, we like for the research to be recognized," Lie, a finance professor at the University of Iowa, said in an interview last week. "On the other hand ... a lot of innocent people are being affected by this, shareholders and employees who might lose their jobs -- that's a sad side of it." Research by Lie and Randall Heron, who teaches finance at Indiana University, inspired a Wall Street Journal story last March that questioned options-granting patterns at six companies, including Comverse, and sparked the federal and regulatory investigations. More >>

Tippie College of Business Department of Finance: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/finance

A More Perfect Union

With this renovation, the Iowa Memorial Union is getting more than a facelift. Work is under way to add 11,000 square feet of usable space and an outdoor amphitheater facing the Iowa River. More >>

Soul Searching

An interdisciplinary course frames an age-old question in terms of faith and science: Do human beings have souls? More >>

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