Reunite With Your Favorite Places, Friendly Faces

The UI Favorite Places, Friendly Faces reunion is a truly special occasion. The weekend includes an array of activities where you'll reconnect with the university, with classmates you haven't seen in a while, and with the memories of your days on campus. We invite you to join us in Iowa City June 10-13 to celebrate this momentous occasion and reunite with your favorite places and friendly faces. More>>

Record Number Of Contributors Make Gifts To UI In 2003

In 2003 the University of Iowa Foundation received gifts for the University of Iowa from more than 62,000 contributors, a record number in the foundation's 48-year history. The UI Foundation also set a new record for future gift commitments made through wills and trusts, and for the number of gifts and total dollar amount raised
through online giving. More>>
UI Foundation: http://www.uifoundation.org

UI Law Professor Helps Justice Department Convict Human Trafficker

A garment factory owner on the American island territory of Samoa was recently convicted of involuntary servitude with the assistance of UI law professor Mark Sidel in a criminal prosecution that U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft has called "the largest human trafficking case ever prosecuted by the United States Department of Justice." More>>
College of Law: http://www.law.uiowa.edu/

Student Survey Supports Improved Campus Recreation Facilities

A new poll commissioned by the University of Iowa Office of Student Services shows that a majority of students believe the university's recreation facilities are inadequate and are willing to commit to an increased financial contribution for their improvement. More>>

Deputy Attorney General Named To Investigate Football Recruiting Allegation

University of Iowa President David Skorton has appointed Iowa Deputy Attorney Douglas R. Marek to conduct an independent investigation into the March 5 report in the Manhattan (Kansas) Mercury newspaper that a football recruit had consensual sexual relations in the course of his official visit to the University of Iowa last fall. The newspaper article quotes the recruit as saying that the University may have assisted in some way in arranging the encounter. More>>

UI Study Identifies Damaging Mechanism In Transplants And Heart Attacks

A University of Iowa study suggests that inhibiting a certain protein involved in inflammation might be of therapeutic benefit in organ transplantation, heart attacks and possibly stroke. The study, led by John Engelhardt, Ph.D., UI professor and interim head of anatomy and cell biology, found that blocking the action of this protein can prevent the tissue damage caused by ischemia/reperfusion injury. The study is published in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. More>>
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology: http://www.anatomy.uiowa.edu/

UI Study Finds High Prevalence of Asthma Among Rural Iowa Children

The prevalence of childhood asthma in two rural Iowa counties rivals that in large Midwestern cities, casting doubt on the theory that living in a rural environment has a protective effect against developing asthma, according to a new study by University of Iowa researchers. More>>
College of Public Health: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/

Study Adds Evidence That GBV-C Virus Extends Survival With HIV

A study performed at the University of Iowa and published in the New England Journal of Medicine adds compelling evidence that men persistently co-infected with HIV and the harmless GB Virus type C (GBV-C) live longer than men infected only with HIV. At the end of five- to six-year intervals, the co-infected men were nearly three times more likely to be alive. More>>
UI Department of Internal Medicine: http://www.int-med.uiowa.edu/

Renovations At UI Museum Of Art Provide Multiple Benefits

Renovations at the University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) have given the museum a new gallery, and they provide other benefits as well. The UIMA has added more works to its display of works from the museum's permanent collection and a new venue for the Museum Store. More>>
UI Museum of Art: http://www.uiowa.edu/uima/

Gift To UI Writers' Workshop Creates First-Ever Faculty Fellowship

A $125,000 gift from Marlyn D. and Laura C. Rydson of Marco Island, Fla., and Elkhart, Ind., to the University of Iowa Foundation will create a faculty fellowship in the Writers' Workshop, the top-ranked graduate program in creative writing in the nation. Marlyn "Marly" Rydson received his B.A. degree in mathematics and science from the UI College of Liberal Arts in 1955; Laura Rydson received her B.S. degree in literature from Northwestern University in 1961. More>>
UI Writers’ Workshop: http://www.uiowa.edu/~iww/

Patriot Act Is A Mixed Bag, Says Yin
(Cincinnati Enquirer, Feb. 8)

Americans hold numerous misconceptions about the provisions of the PATRIOT Act, in part because the quickly drafted law is confusing, according to TUNG YIN, University of Iowa professor of law. "It's indecipherable," he said. "The haste with which it was drafted caused problems. Some aspects make sense. Some are just not useful. And some not only don't enhance security but also harm liberties." One of the most publicized aspects is the so-called "librarian provision," which allows government in some cases to search your library, financial, travel, phone, medical and church records without your knowledge. There's little evidence it has or will be used often, Yin said, because government has other, more effective ways to get that information. "It really gets people up in arms, but it's strange they'd get so upset," Yin said. "The idea that customers should be absolutely shielded seems to me an extreme position. On the one hand, people don't want government running roughshod. On the other hand, if people are trying to learn how to make ricin, you'd sure want the government to be concerned about it." More>>
UI College of Law Faculty: http://www.law.uiowa.edu/faculty/tung-yin.php

Ciochon: Humans Were Once Even Thicker Headed
(CNN, Feb. 13)

Get it through your once-thick skull. Scientists say the bulky craniums of the human ancestor, homo erectus, may have helped the species survive some aggressive mating rituals. After studying fossils in a region called Dragon Bone Hill in China, anthropologist RUSSELL CIOCHON of the University of Iowa concluded males of the species were clubbing one another over the head, probably to win females. Those with thicker skulls who survived these bloody confrontations would pass that trait to offspring, Ciochon said. "The evidence shows there may have been ritualized violence taking place," he said. More>>
UI Anthropology: http://www.uiowa.edu/~anthro/index.html

Johnson: HRT May Be OK To Fight Hot Flashes
(Glasgow Evening Times, Feb. 16)

Almost a third of women who have abandoned hormone replacement therapy on health grounds may have made the wrong choice, a leading scientist who helped alert the world about the dangers said today. SUSAN JOHNSON, University of Iowa professor of gynecology, took part in the American Women's Health Initiative trial that was halted in July 2002 after linking HRT to greater risk of breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes and blood clots. She still stands by her belief that, used long-term to protect against osteoporosis and heart disease, the risks associated with combined HRT treatments outweigh the benefits. But she says the balance is different for the many women who take HRT over short periods to control debilitating hot flashes — one of the main symptoms of the menopause. The Evening Times is based in Glasgow, Scotland. Similar stories appeared on the Web sits of ITV.Com, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, THE SUN, THE TIMES OF LONDON, THE AUSTRALIAN, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, THE SCOTSMAN and numerous others. More>>
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: http://obgyn.uihc.uiowa.edu/

UI Alumnus To Help Design New U.S. Coins
(Green Bay Press-Gazette, Feb. 24)

Richard Masters said it still doesn't seem real to him that he was one of 24 artists from across the country chosen to submit designs for a new nickel. Masters, an illustrator and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, will work on a new nickel honoring the Lewis and Clark expedition, the first assignment for a pool of American artists who have been selected to help plan U.S. coins. Masters has a master's degree from the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, and first learned about the mint's "Artistic Fusion Program" from coin magazines in early December. The newspaper serves Green Bay, Wis. The article also appeared in the APPELTON (Wis.) POST CRESCENT. More>>

Teenagers are putting on the pounds at more than twice the rate their parents did at the same age, scientists reported Thursday in a study suggesting that genes have little to do with the fattening of America's youth. Researchers, including PATRICIA DAVIS, University of Iowa associate professor of neurology, gathered in San Francisco for an American Heart Association conference on cardiovascular disease prevention and disclosed a host of study results, many of them pointing to familiar culprits driving the weight gains being seen in young people today. In terms the kids might understand, it all boiled down to this: hella too much food, especially the kind that isn't good for you, and hella not enough exercise. This story also appeared on the Web site of HEALTH DAY. More>>
Department of Neurology: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/neurology/

'Tree City' Is UI's Living Heritage

They've fought onslaughts of disease, misfortunes of weather, and the whims of urban planners. More than 10,000 strong, the trees that stand on campus have survived because of people devoted to saving the University of Iowa's living heritage.

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