Are
you thinking post-season bowl game?
Thousands of Iowa fans are expected to follow Coach Ferentz and the
Hawkeye football team to an anticipated post-season bowl game. Although
specifics are not likely
to be available until December when the Bowl Championship Series invitations
are finalized, we'd like you to start thinking about joining us for the game
and the festivities surrounding it. The UI Alumni Association will be providing
both air-land and land-only tours for alumni and friends. To get the latest information
on the tours when they are announced, please visit http://www.iowalum.com/athletictours/BowlTour03.html.
UI
Praised For Big Jump In Iowa Advanced Placement Participation
The number
of Iowa high school students taking Advanced Placement courses and
exams has skyrocketed this year, and much of the credit is going to
the University of Iowa College of Education's center for gifted education.
In 2003, 17.6 percent more Iowa students took AP exams than in the
previous year. By comparison, the number of AP exams taken nationally
rose just 10.1 percent over the same period. More»
UI Belin-Blank Center: http://www.uiowa.edu/~belinctr/
Education
Graduate Student Nets $938,860 History Grant
If University
of Iowa graduate student Elise Fillpot has her way, lack of awareness
about history may soon be a thing of the past in Iowa K-6 classrooms.
Fillpot, a Ph.D. student in the UI College of Education's Policy and
Leadership Studies program, has secured a $938,860 U.S. Department
of Education Teaching American History grant to continue and expand
upon the "Bringing History Home" project she launched in
2001 to improve the way history is taught in elementary schools. More»
UI College of Education: http://www.education.uiowa.edu/
Space
Physicist Gurnett Captures Sound Of Solar Storm
Although
no major electrical problems have yet resulted from the current series
of solar flares bombarding the Earth, University of Iowa Professor
and Space Physicist Don Gurnett, recently used NASA's Cassini spacecraft
to record the sound of one of the largest solar flares seen in decades
as it moved outward from the sun. More»
UI Department of Physics and Astronomy: http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/
President
Skorton Provides Details Of University Budget Reductions
University
of Iowa President David Skorton issued a memo to the university community
on Monday outlining how the UI plans to reduce its budget following
the latest round of state funding cuts. More»
President’s Page: http://www.uiowa.edu/president/message_list.html
UI
Engineer Receives $1.4 Million NIH Grant For Heart Imaging
Milan Sonka,
professor of electrical and computer engineering in the University
of Iowa College of Engineering, and six colleagues have received a
four-year, $1.4 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to
develop imaging analysis tools that may help physicians to better detect
heart disease. More»
College of Engineering: http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/
Carver College of Medicine: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/
UI
Heart Specialists Among First To Freeze Heart Problem In Tracks
Pediatric
cardiologists at Children's Hospital of Iowa are the first in the state
to use a new freezing technique approved by the Food and Drug Administration
to cure abnormal heartbeats. More»
UIHC Children’s Hospital of Iowa: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/childrenshospitalofiowa/index.html
Specialists
At UI Hospitals And Clinics Use "Camera In A Pill"
University
of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics specialists will use advanced technology
called capsule endoscopy, or the camera pill, to help more than 150
patients with unexplained intestinal disorders this year. More»
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics: http://www.uihealthcare.com/
Getting
A Flu Shot Can Be Gift For You, Loved Ones
The season
of giving is approaching, and many people are selecting gifts for family
and friends. You might not think of a flu shot as a nice present but
consider this: Getting a flu shot for yourself can do more than keep
you from missing work, school, or holiday festivities — it can
keep you from passing the disease on to your grandma or your newest
little
nephew. Experts at the University of Iowa Family Care Center with UI
Health Care say October and November are the best months to get vaccinated,
although vaccination in December or later still provides considerable
protection. More»
UI Family Care: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/uifamilycare/index.html
Arts
Education Study Profiles UI Hancher Auditorium As Model Program
"Acts
of Achievement: The Role of Performing Arts in Education," a new
study published by the Dana Foundation, profiles the University of
Iowa Hancher Auditorium among 74 U.S. organizations selected as models
of innovative and effective arts education programs. More»
Hancher Auditorium: http://www.uiowa.edu/hancher/
UI
Graduate Mary Beth Hurt Returns To Theatre Department
Film and
stage actress Mary Beth Hurt, a native of Marshalltown and a graduate
of the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts, taught UI students
about "acting for the camera" while a guest of the department
Nov. 5-7. More»
Department of Theatre Arts: http://www.uiowa.edu/~theatre/
Gronbeck,
Squire Comment On Clark, Lieberman Move
(Boston Globe, Oct.
20)
In a move
that could dramatically alter the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries,
Wesley K. Clark and Joseph I. Lieberman said they will skip Iowa's
caucuses and focus their money and efforts on later races. While Iowa
doesn't have many electoral votes, BRUCE GRONBECK, a professor of political
communications at the University of Iowa, said there is a risk to bypassing
the caucuses. "You miss practice," he said. "You miss
getting the phrases you need to answer questions quickly and pointedly.
You don't know the range of questions... That does hurt a candidate." PEVERILL
SQUIRE, a political science professor at the University of Iowa, agreed
that skipping the Iowa caucuses is "a
gamble." Candidates who fare well in Iowa, he said, generate publicity
and momentum leading into the following week, when New Hampshire votes on Jan.
27. "What Clark is gambling is that his candidacy is somewhat unusual,
and that the rules that apply to the rest of the field" don't affect him
as much, said Squire, who agreed with that theory — to a point. More»
Department of Political Science: http://www.uiowa.edu/~polisci/
Merchant
Comments On Hog Farms
(Washington Post, Oct. 19)
There's
a longstanding debate about whether hog farms — whose foul odors have
riled many a neighbor — also contribute to respiratory problems. A
new University of Iowa study suggests that they do. The study focused
on Keokuk County, where the asthma rate is nearly three times the national
average. "For children who live on larger livestock farms, there's
reason for the family members to know this and be aware," said
JAMES A. MERCHANT, dean of the College of Public Health at the University
of Iowa in Iowa City. "What is not known is what is the risk to
families that live in proximity to larger operations." More»
College of Public Health: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/
Gantz:
Medication Abusers Need Ear Checks
(Detroit Free Press, Oct.
17)
Rush Limbaugh's
entry into a rehabilitation program for addiction to prescription painkillers
underscores an important message to the millions of Americans who take
the drugs: Chronic abuse may cause hearing loss. The link between hearing
loss and high doses of painkillers like Vicodin, Lorcet, and OxyContin
is not yet well-known in medicine. Still, Dr. BRUCE GANTZ, chief of
the University of Iowa College of Medicine's Department of Otolaryngology,
urged patients who abuse prescription painkillers to be seen immediately
by physicians and to get hearing tests if they develop any problem
with their hearing. Warning signs include ringing in the ears, pressure,
and a sense of fullness. More»
Department of Otolaryngology: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/otolaryngology/index.html
UI
Alumnus Plays Fight Song On Phone
(Chronicle of Higher Education,
Nov. 7)
If hearing
the college fight song after every touchdown annoys you, imagine hearing
it every time a cellphone rings. That's now possible, thanks to web
sites like Schoolfightsongs.com and Zingy.com, which offer proud alumni
and school-spirited students the opportunity to download their favorite
college songs for use as ringtones, as the tuneful interruptions are
called. Charlie Card, who sells more than 400 songs for $5 a pop at
Schoolfight-songs.com, says he got the idea for the site after programming
the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA's fight song into his cellphone to show his
support for his alma mater and for his daughter, a member of the Hawkeye
marching band. He has attracted only 5,000 customers in his first year
of business, but he expects the idea to take off. More»
UIAA Music Memories: http://www.iowalum.com/pub/music/index.cfm
Peters: Public Subsidizes
Private Ventures
(New York
Times, Nov. 10)
A story about the risk inherent in gambling public money
on corporate ventures said there is no official data on how much is
distributed in subsidies across the country. ALAN PETERS, a professor
of urban planning at the University of Iowa, and one or two other academics
have tried to estimate the total loss of city and state tax revenue
through abatements, lower income taxes, outright payments, training
grants, wage subsidies, and the like. Their estimates start at $30
billion a year and range up to $50 billion, with Peters putting the
number
somewhere in the $40 billions, based on a recent survey of tax expenditures. "It
seems like almost every state is giving away grandmother, grandfather,
the family jewels, you name it, everything," Peters said. The
anecdotal evidence of the escalating bidding war is greater than the
statistical, he said. A version of the story also ran Nov. 10 on the
website of YAHOO! NEWS, the LAKELAND LEDGER in Florida. More»
UI Urban and Regional Planning: http://www.uiowa.edu/~urp/
It’s
Never Too Late To Reap The Benefits Of Being Physically Active
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We In Danger Of Losing Our Cultural Memory?
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