Purdue Provost Sally Mason Named University Of Iowa's 20th President

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, this afternoon named Purdue University Provost Sally Mason, 57, the University of Iowa's 20th president. The appointment takes effect Aug. 1. Mason will succeed David Skorton, who left the UI in June 2006 to become president of Cornell University in New York. Gary Fethke, retired dean of the UI Henry B. Tippie College of Business, has been serving as interim UI president since Skorton's departure and will remain in that role until Mason moves into 101 Jessup Hall later this summer. More>>

Presidential Welcome Page: http://www.uiowa.edu/uipresidentialsearch/welcome/

Hancher Celebrates 35th Anniversary With Joffrey
Ballet's 'River To River'

The University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium will celebrate its 35th anniversary season by giving a gift back to the people of Iowa this summer: free outdoor performances by the world-renowned Joffrey Ballet in Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Muscatine. More >>

UI Partnership With Google To Put More Information At Researchers’ Fingertips

Michael J. Hogan, University of Iowa executive vice president and provost, and University Librarian Nancy Baker told the UI that the recently announced partnership with the Google Book Search Project would provide access to information and research materials crucial to the teaching and research missions of a public research university. They added that making those materials available to the public "is a very important part of our service mission" and "represents an exciting opportunity to take a giant step forward in all of those areas." More >>

Partnership Announcement (PDF): http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2007/june/060607google-cic.pdf

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UI Researchers Study Impact Of Asian Dust On Weather, Climate

How do manmade pollution and mineral dust from Asian deserts travel across the Pacific? How do these dust and pollution plumes affect clouds, precipitation and, ultimately, our climate? Those are some of the questions that an international team of researchers, including a University of Iowa engineering professor, hope to illuminate following their recent completion of a study called the Pacific Dust Experiment, or PACDEX. More >>

Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research: http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/

Des Moines Businessman Creates UI Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship

Through a naming gift of $3 million to the University of Iowa Foundation, Des Moines businessman Richard O. "Dick" Jacobson has established the Richard O. Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship at the UI Henry B. Tippie College of Business. The Jacobson Institute will provide opportunities for entrepreneurship instruction and practice for K-12 students throughout Iowa and beyond. Built on three key components -- teacher education, innovative curricula development and outreach opportunities -- the Jacobson Institute will enrich students' classroom and practical educational experiences. More >>

Jacobson Institute For Youth Entrepreneurship: http://www.jacobsoninstitute.org/

Automakers Join Virtual Soldier Research Program With $1.5 Million Contract

The Virtual Soldier Research program, located at the University of Iowa College of Engineering Center for Computer Aided Design, recently announced that the United States Council for Automotive Research, an organization composed of DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation, has joined the program partnership with a $1.5 million contract for manufacturing ergonomics research. More >>

Center for Computer Aided Design: http://www.ccad.uiowa.edu/

Private Web Service Helps Families Of Patients Keep In Touch

Family members and friends of adult patients at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are now able to share private health updates, photographs and supportive messages through a free, Web-based service called CarePages. More >>

UI Hospitals Patients and Visitors: http://www.uihealthcare.com/infofor/patients/carepages/

Black Medicare Patients Less Likely To Get Certain Heart Attack Treatments

A new study from the University of Iowa and Department of Veterans Affairs reveals that black Medicare patients who have had heart attacks are less likely than white patients to receive heart bypass surgery or angioplasty even after being admitted to hospitals that provide the services. More >>

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

Frantz Named Dean Of UI College Of Nursing

Rita A. Frantz, professor in the UI College of Nursing, has been named dean of the college effective July 1, 2007. Frantz succeeds former Dean Melanie C. Dreher, who resigned effective May 31, 2006 to accept the deanship at Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago. Professor Martha Craft-Rosenberg has served as interim dean over the past year. More >>

College of Nursing: http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/

Research Examines Connections Between Eating Disorders, Perfectionism

Researchers at the University of Iowa are exploring the link between perfectionism and behaviors associated with eating disorders like fasting, purging and binge eating. More >>

Department of Psychology: http://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/

New UI Press Book Documents Iowa City Music Scene In Photos

Photographer Sandra Dyas moved to Iowa City in 1987 and began documenting the area's vibrant live music scene, with its distinctive combination of folk, blues, roots/Americana and rock sounds. Sixty of these photos are now available in "Down to the River," a new title from the University of Iowa Press. More >>

UI Press: http://www.uiowa.edu/uiowapress/

UI Playwright Wins At National MFA Playwrights Festival

Joshua Casteel, a Master of Fine Arts student in both the Iowa Playwrights Workshop and the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa, was one of nine winners in the National MFA Playwrights Festival, and his 10-minute script "The Interrogation Room" was performed in New York City. More >>

Playwrights Workshop: http://at-lamp.its.uiowa.edu/virtualwu/index.php/main/category/C32/

The Nonfiction Writing Program: http://english.uiowa.edu/nonfiction/

Trachsel Comments On Text Messaging
(High Plains Journal, June 1)

An Irish study was released in April indicating that our communication skills could be permanently damaged from the increase in text messaging. MARY TRACHSEL, head of the University of Iowa Rhetoric Department, commented on the results. "Because there are so many other ways besides writing to communicate these days, students are not getting the same amount of writing practice as they did in the past. They have a hard time telling what is a complete sentence. They write with run-ons, sentence fragments, often not following standard writing rules." The High Plains Journal is published in Kansas. More >>

Rhetoric Department: http://www.uiowa.edu/~rhetoric/

NGI/Dermacia Creates 'Biobank' In Iowa
(Popular Science, May 2007)

A California-based maker of skin-care products, Dermacia, has developed technology that it claims will give donors an unprecedented degree of control over their cells. Dermacia, through its subsidiary company National Genecular Institute (NGI), recently sealed a deal with the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA to create a $76-million "biobank" called BioTrust and other research laboratories. NGI will use the bank's samples for developing its own products but will also sell samples to researchers worldwide. The company hopes that its 100-acre, partially underground facility, due to open in 2009, will be a model for future biobanks. "It's being built to withstand bomb blasts and tornadoes," says Tannin Fuja, NGI's chief scientific officer. According to Fuja, BioTrust's automated process will enable donors to control how their tissue is used and to reap greater benefits from donation. More >>

Research: http://research.uiowa.edu/

Group Seeks To Eradicate Clubfoot
(United Press International, May 24)

CURE Clubfoot Worldwide, an effort to eradicate clubfoot, will focus on building treatment programs in developing countries, the Pennsylvania group says. As part of the initiative, CURE has announced a partnership with the International Ponseti Association, based at the University of Iowa, to standardize training and treatment protocols using the Ponseti Method, which is based on 50 years of medical research and development of treatment methods for clubfoot in children. DR. IGNATIO PONSETI and the medical team at the University of Iowa are the recognized worldwide clubfoot authorities. More >>

Iowa Alumni Magazine - A Healing Touch: http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/feb03/exclusive/ponseti.html

Alumna Is Nation's Eighth Female Sports Editor
(Tampa Tribune, May 23)

Kim Pendery has become the eighth female sports editor in the country after being named the Tampa Tribune's senior editor for multimedia sports. Pendery, 51, earned a master's degree in journalism from the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA in 1980. More >>

School of Journalism: http://www.uiowa.edu/jmc/

UI Libraries Compiles Digital Collection Featuring Nancy Drew Author

The University of Iowa Libraries marked the recent opening of the movie "Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills," the latest installment in the popular series started by UI alumna Mildred Wirt Benson, by gathering Benson's scrapbooks, correspondence, rare photographs and early writings in a single digitized collection. More >>

Audio Slideshow (QuickTime): http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2007/june/images/nancy-drew-large.mov

Iowa Alumni Magazine - The Secret of the Ghost (Writer) of Ladora: http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/jun85/ghostwriter.html

Center for Human Rights Internships Continue Cmiel Dedication (International Accents)

Ken Cmiel’s passion for human rights advocacy now has a legacy in University of Iowa students who will receive funding under the late professor’s name to complete summer internships across the globe through the UI Center for Human Rights. More >>

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