Hoops!  Women’s and Men’s Basketball Teams Are Part Of March Madness
 
The Hawkeye men defeated top-seeded Ohio State to win the Big Ten Tournament title on March 12 in Indianapolis, then later the same day landed a number three seed in the NCAA Tournament and a first-round meeting with fourteenth-seeded Northwestern State of Louisiana on March 17 in Auburn Hills, Mich. The Hawkeye women, given a 50-50 chance to make the field by their coach, delighted their fans March 13 by receiving a number 10 seed in the NCAA women's tournament and a first-round date with the seventh-seeded BYU Cougars on March 18 in Denver, Colo.
For more on the Hawkeyes: http://hawkeyesports.collegesports.com

Research: Banks Could Influence Consumer Spending Via ATM Distributions
 
A new study from the University of Iowa suggests that banks could potentially influence future consumer spending by distributing smaller bills over larger ones at ATMs. The study, "Money: A Bias for the Whole," forthcoming in the March 2006 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research explores consumer cash handling behavior. The study finds that the majority of consumers prefer to hold on to larger bills and to pay with an equivalent dollar amount of small bills. More >>

Tippie College of Business/Marketing: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/marketing/

University Of Iowa Continues To Help In Wake of Katrina

Most volunteers go to the hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast region to provide traditional relief services, things like clearing away storm damage, building homes, delivering food or medical supplies, or even helping lost pets. But a group of 44 University of Iowa law students will spend their spring break in Louisiana doing something different: providing pro bono legal services support to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. The students will work in New Orleans March 13 through 18, leaving Iowa City March 10 and returning March 19. More >>

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

The preservation department of the University of Iowa Libraries will preserve historical documents damaged by Hurricane Katrina, starting with documents and manuscripts from the Jefferson Davis Library in Biloxi, Miss., and the Biloxi Public Library. More >>

Library Preservation: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/preservation

Hunter Named Dean Of Henry B. Tippie College Of Business
 
William C. (Curt) Hunter, currently dean and distinguished professor of finance at the University of Connecticut School of Business, has been named dean of the University of Iowa's Henry B. Tippie College of Business. Hunter succeeds Gary C. Fethke, dean of the college since July 1, 1994, who will retire on July 1, 2006. More >>

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

James Van Allen Receives 2006 National Air and Space Museum Trophy
 
James A. Van Allen, Regent Distinguished Professor of Physics in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a founding father of space exploration, has been awarded the 2006 National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Trophy -- the museum's highest honor -- for Lifetime Achievement. More >>

Department of Physics and Astronomy: http://www.physics.uiowa.edu
College of Liberal Arts: http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/

Research Links Depression With Delay In Seeking Heart Attack Treatment
 
In findings published in Psychosomatic Medicine, researchers at the University of Iowa College of Nursing assert that those suffering from depression may be more likely to delay seeking treatment for symptoms of heart attack. More >>

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

State Health Registry Releases 'Cancer In Iowa: 2006'
 
Iowa will experience 6,300 cancer deaths and 16,000 new cancer cases in 2006, according to the annual report issued today by the State Health Registry, which is based in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Iowa College of Public Health. As part of a new nationwide effort, the registry is collecting data on nonmalignant (benign or borderline) brain and central nervous system tumors, in addition to their malignant (invasive) counterparts. The information will advance surveillance and research. More >>

Department of Epidemiology: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/epi

UI Researchers To Study New Outpatient Procedure For Asthma
 
Joel Kline, M.D., and Geoffrey McLennan, M.D., Ph.D., at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics today announced the start of their participation as principal investigators in an international, multi-center clinical trial to explore a new investigational asthma treatment that may change the way doctors treat patients affected by asthma in the future. More >>

UI Hospitals and Clinics: http://www.uihealthcare.com/index.html

Exhibition Of Prints And Drawings Opens March 11 At UI Museum Of Art
 
The University of Iowa Museum of Art will present "Subject Matters: The Alan and Ann January Collection of American Prints and Drawings," an exhibition of 85 artworks that illustrate the collision of nature and modern urban life in landscape, still life and portraiture from March 11 to June 4. More >>

Museum of Art: http://www.uiowa.edu/uima

Ninth Issue Of IWP's 91st Meridian Journal Is Now Accessible On-line
 
The Winter 2006 issue of 91st Meridian, the free literary journal published on-line by the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, is now available on the program's Web site. More >>

International Writing Program: http://www.uiowa.edu/~iwp

UI Director Of Bands Myron Welch Receives Outstanding Music Educator Award
 
Myron Welch, director of bands in the University of Iowa School of Music, has been selected as the recipient of the National Federation of State High School's Outstanding Music Educator Award for Section 4, representing the states of Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. More >>

School of Music: http://www.uiowa.edu/~music

Watson Comments On Abnormal Behavior
(San Diego Union Tribune, Feb. 22)
 
For 100 years, cloaked beneath its plain cover, the writers and editors of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology have debated the tumultuous state and nature of human deviance, constantly asking themselves: What constitutes abnormal behavior? What causes it? What should be done? "Psychology is the science of human behavior and the things that happen in the mind to create it," said DAVID WATSON, a professor of psychology at the University of Iowa and a former Journal editor. "It's a subject that fascinates almost everyone because we all have notions of what's normal and what's not." More >>

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

Skorton Speaks On Presidents' Changing Role
(U.S. News & World Report, March 6)
 
A story about the changing role of university presidents quotes University of Iowa President DAVID SKORTON, who will take over at Cornell University in July. Skorton says that today's "presidents aren't functioning as the public intellectuals they were in days gone by." More >>

McLeod Documentary Examines 'Copyright Criminals'
(New York Times, Feb. 27)
 
A story about a documentary called "Copyright Criminals" says the film was produced by Atlanta artist Ben Franzen and KEMBREW MCLEOD, an assistant professor of communications studies at the University of Iowa. The film is about the rise of the sampling and remix culture. The pair interviewed musicians, artists, lawyers, scholars, music industry executives and others.
Department of Communication Studies: http://www1.uifoundation.org/redirect?url=http://www.uiowa.edu/commstud/&source=06AANWAA03

Fisher Tax Break Research Noted
(Business Week Online, March 2)
 
Every year, U.S. companies collect billions of dollars worth of tax breaks from states and cities anxious to lure jobs and investment to their regions. Critics argue that these tax breaks are largely a zero-sum game that distorts business location decisions because any economic gain is offset by losses to other states. Such subsidies, they say, actually inflict long-term damage on local business climates by undercutting the tax base that supports good schools, roads, and other infrastructure. In fact, 96 percent of state and local investment tax breaks go to companies that locate their new facilities right where they had chosen in the first place, according to studies by PETER S. FISHER, a professor of urban planning at the University of Iowa. More >>
Urban & Regional Planning: http://www.urban.uiowa.edu

English Is Foreign To UI's New Crime Fighter

A recruit from the former Czechoslovakia joined the UI Police Department last fall. Although he doesn't understand English and chews tennis balls to shreds, he's making quite an impact on campus. More >>

The Flight Of A Red-Tailed Angel

As one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, Iowa alumnus Luther Smith played a crucial part in World War II--and also helped wage the battle for racial equality in America. More >>

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