Keep Up With Kinnick Renovations

A comprehensive renovation of historic Kinnick Stadium is underway at the University of Iowa, and alumni and fans can view photos and watch the construction progress via webcams pointed at the South Grandstand and the Press Box. When completed in August 2006, Kinnick Stadium will be better equipped to meet, if not exceed, the needs of a wide and diverse group of friends and fans of the state of Iowa, the University of Iowa, the Iowa Hawkeyes, and intercollegiate athletics on college football Saturdays in Iowa City. Improvements will range from upscale seating options and amenities available in a state-of-the-art press box to three times the number of restrooms and more than two times the number of concessions stands. View the progress at http://www.kinnickrenovation.com/.

UI, Caterpillar Sign $1.75 Million Virtual Soldier Partnership

The University of Iowa College of Engineering's Virtual Soldier Research (VSR) program has entered a $1.75 million, five-year partnership with Caterpillar Inc. of Peoria, Ill. to create new technologies in human modeling and simulation that will improve its realistic, computerized human model called "Santos." More >>
Virtual Soldier Research: http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/~amalek/VSR/

UI Gets $450,000 Grant For K-6 Teacher Science, Math Development

The University of Iowa has received a $450,000, three-year grant to train about 50 K-6 elementary school teachers in science and mathematics education. The grant is provided by the federal Mathematics and Science Partnership Program, a part of the No Child Left Behind Act, and is administered by the Iowa Department of Education. More >>
Science Education Center: http://www.uiowa.edu/~scied/
The Department of Mathematics: http://www.math.uiowa.edu/

Institute For International Business Awarded $166,000 Grant

The Institute for International Business in the University of Iowa's Henry B. Tippie College of Business has received a $166,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop international education projects at the UI and broaden ties with the local firms engaged in international business. More >>
The Institute for International Business: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iiib/

UI Concrete Canoe Team Takes Second Place

Eleven University of Iowa College of Engineering students are members of the UI concrete canoe team that recently placed second in the Midwest Regional Competition of the National Concrete Canoe Competition. More >>
College of Engineering: http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/

New Laboratory Will Advance Voice Research At UI

A new laboratory in the University of Iowa Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology aims to answer questions in voice research, such as why one schoolteacher wears out his or her voice faster than another teacher. More >>
Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology: http://www.shc.uiowa.edu/wjshc/wjshchom.html

Study Looks At Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infections In Iowa

A team of reseachers at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics recently reported that antibiotic-resistant staph infections are becoming a serious public health concern in Iowa, which mirrors the results of a similar national study. More >>
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics: http://www.uihealthcare.com/uihospitalsandclinics/index.html

Study Adds Information Linking Gene To Blinding Disease

An international research team led by investigators at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and Columbia University Medical Center has found that inherited variations in the Factor H gene dramatically increase the likelihood of an older person developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most frequent cause of irreversible blindness in developed countries. More >>
Carver College of Medicine: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/

NEA Selects UI Hancher Auditorium To Be Iowa's Jazz Masters Host

The University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium has been selected as the only Iowa venue to host the "NEA Jazz Masters on Tour," organized by the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest. More >>
Hancher Auditorium: http://www.hancher.uiowa.edu/

Conroy Remembered In Memorial Service
(San Jose Mercury News, April 25)

Some of the biggest names in American fiction celebrated the life and work of FRANK CONROY with much of what he loved - great writing, music and laughter. Conroy, the acclaimed writer and longtime director of the prestigious University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop, died this month at age 69 after a battle with cancer. At a memorial on campus, Conroy was remembered for his talent as a writer, his wry sense of humor, skill as a jazz pianist and his dedication to the writing program and the students he mentored for 18 years. "To enhance the stature of an institution that has already been legendary for decades is no small achievement," said Pulitzer Prize winner MARILYNNE ROBINSON, a workshop teacher who was hired by Conroy in 1989. The program featured readings from noted workshop alumni including John Irving and T.C. Boyle. More >>
Memorial Gifts For Frank Conroy: http://www.uifoundation.org/Apps/WebObjects/GiveToIowa.woa/wa/goTo?area=conroy

Robinson Study Points To Affluent Obesity
(MSNBC.com, May 3)

Obesity has long been a problem mostly of the poor, but new research shows that the more affluent are catching up fast. The prevalence of obesity is growing three times faster among Americans who make more than $60,000 a year than it is among their low-income neighbors, said a study being presented Monday at a meeting of the American Heart Association. "This is a very surprising finding," said the lead researcher, Dr. JENNIFER ROBINSON. It's paradoxical, but for years doctors have known that the people most likely to be overweight have the lowest incomes. That's because fresh produce and other healthy fare are more expensive and less accessible in low-income neighborhoods than are fast food and other high-fat options. Money for quality food aside, higher-income people are thought to be better educated and have better access to health care, so why such a jump among them? Robinson can't say, but she speculates that longer commutes, growing popularity of restaurants and possibly longer work hours since the 1970s are playing a role. The same story appeared on the Web sites of the FT. LAUDERDALE SUN SENTINEL, ORLANDO SENTINEL, FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM, NEWSDAY, LOS ANGELES TIMES, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, BALTIMORE SUN, CHICAGO DAILY SOUTHTOWN, ARIZONA REPUBLIC, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, NASHUA TELEGRAPH, CHICAGO SUN TIMES, BBC, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER, AL JAZEERA, and numerous other news organizations. More >>
College of Public Health: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/

Witt: Personal Recipe Sharing Gave Way To Cookbooks
(Chicago Tribune, May 4)

There was a time when generations of African-American cooks learned to reproduce the flavors of home firsthand from their elders in the kitchen. But this recipe exchange was sidetracked during the Great Migration early in the 20th Century, when hundreds of thousands of African-Americans left the South for the North. "Until then, mothers passed down recipes to daughters by way of oral tradition," said DORIS WITT, an associate professor of English at the University of Iowa and the author of "Black Hunger: Soul Food and America." Witt pointed to several factors that inspired the evolution of cookbooks devoted to recipes based on African-American food traditions. Among them: families moving from one region to another, and the growth of the black middle class, which demanded more time away from home and subsequently less time in the kitchen. More >>
Department Of English: http://www.english.uiowa.edu/

Wilder Attended UI
(Patriot Ledger, April 18)

A story about actor Gene Wilder's new autobiography, "Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art," says the book touches on his rise into the professional ranks from the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, his first, fateful meeting with Mel Brooks -- he met him on the set of a Jerome Robbins version of Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children," with Wilder in a small part and Brooks' girlfriend Anne Bancroft in the lead role -- and learning about an all-too-Brooksian script called "Springtime for Hitler," which would later become, of course, "The Producers." Had he not met Brooks, Wilder mused, he "would probably be making wallets at some neuropsychiatric institute somewhere." The paper is based in Massachusetts. More >>
Distinguished Alumni Awards: http://www.iowalum.com/daa/wilder.html

Medical Photographers, Artists Offer An Inside View

At the UI, about two dozen photographers, illustrators, and videographers capture and create images to help physicians detect damage, explain procedures, and document patient care. More >>

A Different World For Families Affected By Autism

As researchers puzzle over the genetic and environmental reasons for autism, those with the disorder struggle to find their place in a world that's heartbreakingly out of reach. More >>

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