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Experience the atmosphere of Iowa-Iowa State game
Did you miss the Hawkeyes play (and beat 17-5!) the Iowa State University Cyclones, or want to relive the experience? Watch a photo slideshow featuring scenes from the stadium and an a cappella rendition of "Alma Mater, Iowa" by The Hawkeye Marching Band. Traditionally, the band takes a moment before heading out to the field to sing the song-sweet music to any fan of the University of Iowa. More>>
Alma Mater, Iowa: http://www.iowalum.com/pub/music/AlmaMater.cfm
School Of Music: http://www.uiowa.edu/~bands/hmb/hmb.html
In other Hawkeye athletics news...
Members of the University of Iowa volleyball team recently toured the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Roland and Ruby Holden Cancer Research Laboratories ahead of an Oct. 11 "Attacking Breast Cancer" match. Dr. George Weiner, director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and C.E. Block Chair of Cancer Research, conducted the tour. "In the fight against cancer, making new discoveries and developing new treatments is crucial," Weiner said. "Events like the upcoming volleyball match are very helpful in raising awareness." More>>
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/cancercenter/
Regents remark on Stolar Report, note Mason's achievements
in first year
On Sept. 25, University of Iowa president Sally Mason formally responded to the Stolar Report at the Board of Regents, State of Iowa meeting in West Des Moines. The report was ordered by the regents to answer questions about the university's handling of a sexual assault case earlier this year. Regents President David Miles commented on the report prior to adopting a motion regarding Mason's compensation and also noted Mason's accomplishments during her first year as UI president, particularly her handling of the summer flood. More>>
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President Mason spends first year fighting floods, filling shoes, formulating new opportunities. More>>
Office of the President: http://www.uiowa.edu/president
UI research links creativity, economic growth in Iowa counties
A new study by University of Iowa economics professor John Solow suggests that Iowa counties with a higher concentration of people who are part of the so-called "creative class" have stronger prospects for economic growth. The study ranks all of Iowa's 99 counties in a Creativity Index based on the one developed by economist Richard Florida. Perhaps not surprisingly, the top four counties are made up of Johnson and Story counties (home to the state's two largest universities) and Polk and Linn counties (home to Iowa's two largest metro areas and financial centers). More>>
Department of Economics: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/econ/
UI institute continues preparing students for Wall Street careers
Investment banks are struggling, collapsing, merging themselves out of existence. But good jobs will still be available in the field, says Brian Richman, a former investment banker who now runs a University of Iowa program that readies students for careers on Wall Street. More>>
Hawkinson Institute of Business Finance: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/hawkinson/
Former dean leaves more than $2 million in gifts for UI
Dewey Stuit, dean of the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 1948 to 1977 and a longtime philanthropic supporter of the UI, left an estate gift to the UI Foundation of more than $2 million. The gift will add to Stuit's support for numerous UI areas. Stuit died Jan. 9, 2008. More>>
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/
UI researchers find potentially toxic substance present in Chicago air
Although the industrial compounds known as polychlorinated biphenols or PCBs have been found in previous air samples collected in the city of Chicago, University of Iowa researcher Keri Hornbuckle says that a new study of Chicago air sampled between November 2006 and November 2007 found PCB11, a byproduct of the manufacture of paint pigments and a potentially toxic substance, present throughout the city. More>>
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: http://www.cee.engineering.uiowa.edu/
UI program teaches business skills to arts students
A new University of Iowa program hopes to help graduates who become artists to keep from starving. The Performing Arts Entrepreneurship Certificate program teaches performing arts majors the basics of business management so they can make a living from the art they love. More>>
Entrepreneurship Performing Arts: http://www.uiowa.edu/~dpa/paec/
Brian Falkner makes writing a sport for young readers
A funny thing happened to Brian Falkner on the way from journalism and copywriting to his career as a screenwriter: he became one of New Zealand's most popular authors of fiction for young readers. More>>
International Writing Program: http://iwp.uiowa.edu
NIH selects UI and Polk County for National Children's Study
The University of Iowa, along with health and educational organizations in Polk County, has been selected to participate in the National Children's Study, a long-range comprehensive National Institutes of Health investigation on the interaction of genes and the environment on children's health. The investigation is the largest child health study for the United States and is expected to benefit the health of adults as well. Participation for the UI and Polk County partners includes an initial five-year $11.9 million grant. More>>
Carver College of Medicine: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/CCOM
Hygienic Lab helps validate new rapid influenza test
The University Hygienic Laboratory was one of six public health laboratories in the nation to participate in the validation for a new test that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Oct. 1 for the rapid detection of influenza virus. The new test cuts the analysis time from days to hours and can detect and identify commonly circulating human influenza viruses as well as avian influenza A (H5N1), often referred to as "bird flu." More>>
Hygienic Laboratory: http://www.uhl.uiowa.edu/
Researchers develop new model for cystic fibrosis
In a first, researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Missouri have developed a pig model for cystic fibrosis (CF) that appears to closely mimic the disease in human infants. The striking similarities between disease manifestations in the CF piglets and human newborns with CF suggest that this new model will help improve understanding of the disease and may also speed discovery of new treatments. The study appears in the Sept. 26 issue of Science. More>>
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics: http://www.physiology.uiowa.edu/
Department of Internal Medicine: http://www.int-med.uiowa.edu/
Pettys suggests letting SCOTUS pick its own chief
(ABA Journal, October 2008)
In a story about reforming the United States Supreme Court, TODD PETTYS, a professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law, suggests letting the justices themselves select the chief justice, instead of the president. He points out that early Americans -- following the British example -- viewed the chief justice as a presidential adviser. George Washington selected John Jay on that assumption. It wasn't until 1801 and the John
Marshall era that the court -- and its chief -- grew into a separate eminence. The ABA Journal is the monthly magazine of the American Bar Association. More>>
Kuhl project may replace gas tax
(Raleigh News Observer, Oct. 7)
Two hundred Triangle drivers will be recruited this fall to road-test a satellite-technology system that might be used one day to collect highway taxes on every mile we drive -- replacing the gas tax on every gallon we buy. "The gas tax is not going to be a viable way of funding our highways in the future," JON KUHL, a University of Iowa professor who is directing the study, said in an interview. "The national Highway Trust Fund is already going broke, and the situation is going to get worse." More>>
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: http://www.ece.engineering.uiowa.edu/
Porter study finds banks with no proof they own homes
(Tampa Tribune, Oct. 5)
A growing number of homeowners whose homes are in foreclosure are taking advantage of laws that force the bank to prove they own the home, thereby able to stay in the home for months or years. One reason to fight foreclosure is the amount of excessive fees some lenders charge, said KATHERINE PORTER, an associate professor who specializes in bankruptcy at the University of Iowa College of Law. In nearly half the foreclosure cases she studied recently, she found hefty or vaguely described fees. More>>
College of Law: http://www.law.uiowa.edu
Gantz: Boomers can benefit from cochlear implants
(MSNBC, Oct. 2)
A story about cochlear implants for adults notes that of some 33 million hearing-impaired people in the United States, perhaps 1 million suffer from the severe to profound losses that can be helped by the implants, said Dr. BRUCE GANTZ, professor and head of the University of Iowa's Department of Otolaryngology. That likely includes a burgeoning number of aging baby boomers whose hearing was squandered by loud music, loud traffic, road construction and other sources of noise pollution that have flourished in the last century, he said. More>>
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/otolaryngology
Remarkable people: Craig Just, UI College of Engineering
From international service trips to Guitar Hero analogies, Craig Just finds creative ways to make classroom projects mean something more. More>>
Predicting the futureWho knows which presidential candidate will end up in the White House after next month's election? A UI economics research tool just might. More>>
What I did on my summer vacation: UI undergraduates gain insight from summer exploits
Ah, summer -- that time of year when many college students head home, kick back, frolic in the sun, enjoy longer days, and savor the absence of homework. With an increasingly competitive job market and a relatively new focus on service learning, however, many more students are turning May, June, and July into opportunities to squeeze in a few extra credits, travel the globe, or round out their résumés-or all of the above. More>>
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