UIAA Hosts Member Appreciation Day Oct. 16 Before Iowa/Ohio State Game

The University of Iowa Alumni Association (UIAA) is taking reservations for its Member Appreciation Day, Oct. 16, when alumni can enjoy a pregame party before the Iowa/Ohio State football game. The UIAA has limited number of game tickets available for purchase by UIAA members planning on attending Member Appreciation Day. More >>

UI Professor Tracks Origins Of Dinosaur Size

How did the dinosaurs become so big? That's a question that Christopher Brochu, assistant professor of geoscience in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and his colleagues attempt to answer in an article published in the Aug. 12 issue of the journal Nature. More >>
Department of Geoscience: http://www.uiowa.edu/~geology/

UI Again Ranked 19th Best U.S. Public National University

The University of Iowa, for the second consecutive year, is the 19th best public national university in the country, according to the latest rankings published by the magazine U.S. News & World Report. The ranking places the UI in the top 12 percent of some 162 public national universities. More >>

2004 Fall Enrollment Remains Steady, Freshman Numbers Still Above UI Goal

Enrollment at the University of Iowa for the 2004 fall semester totals 29,745, the same number of students as the fall of 2003, according to the UI Office of the Registrar. The number of new freshmen totals 4,017 in 2004, down from 4,083 in 2003, but still a little above the UI target of 4,000 for the freshman class. Total undergraduate enrollment stands at 20,135, down 98 students from 20,233 in 2003. More >>

UI Faculty Resignations Indicate Salaries A Major Factor

Budget woes would appear to have played a major role in last year's University of Iowa faculty resignations, say UI officials, basing their conclusions on satisfaction surveys taken of resigning faculty in 2003. The surveys show that faculty who are resigning to take jobs elsewhere are quite satisfied with almost all aspects of the university except compensation, which is the area of their greatest dissatisfaction. In fact, the survey shows that the overall satisfaction of resigning faculty was at its highest level in the four-year history of the survey, whereas satisfaction with compensation fell, and was the area of greatest dissatisfaction. More >>

Genetic Contributor To Cleft Lip and Palate Identified

Researchers from eight countries, led by a team at the University of Iowa, have identified a genetic variation that significantly increases the risk of a baby being born with cleft lip and palate, one of the most common birth defects in the world. More >>
Carver College of Medicine: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/

Doctors Writing New Prescriptions — For Using The Internet

Having trouble finding quality health information on the Web? You might ask your doctor to write you an "information prescription." A University of Iowa study shows that the nearly no-cost, quick effort is an effective way to put people in touch with quality health information on the Internet. More >>
UI Hospitals and Clinics: http://www.uihealthcare.com/

UI Pediatric Surgeon Uses Surgical Robot In Historic Procedure

An 11-pound boy from Clinton, Iowa recently became the smallest patient to receive surgery to correct an abdominal disorder using an advanced surgical robotic system available at Children's Hospital of Iowa at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. More >>
Children’s Hospital of Iowa: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/childrenshospitalofiowa/index.html

UI International Writing Program Welcomes Representatives Of 28 Countries

Thirty-nine writers, representing 28 countries, will be in residence at the University of Iowa during the next three months as participants in the International Writing Program (IWP). The IWP is a unique residency program that each year promotes international understanding by assembling a "United Nations of writing" at the UI. More >>
International Writing Program: http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eiwp/

Cochran: Men Can Be Masculine, Balanced (New York Daily News, Aug. 13)

In recent years, some psychologists have contended that men who fit the masculine ideal of a guy -- tough, stoic, powerful, invulnerable — are more susceptible to various forms of psychological distress, especially depression and anxiety. But the results of a new study call into question whether conflict between that masculine ideal and functional ways of coping with life's curve balls -- what's often referred to as masculine gender-role stress — is really to blame for men's distress. They found that, contrary to their expectations, it wasn't masculine-role conflict that accounted for the greatest risk of psychological distress, but the men's appraisals of their own problem-solving behaviors and attitudes. On the other hand, the study suggests that it is possible to be traditionally masculine and emotionally well-adjusted, too. "There's value and adaptability in working hard and being strong and striving to be a provider," says SAM V. COCHRAN, Ph.D., director of university counseling at the University of Iowa and the author of several books on treating depression in men. "It's the dysfunctional part of that -- being overly preoccupied with work or overly restricted with your emotions or overly concerned about being intimate with people -- that can be problematic." More >>
University Counseling Service: http://www.uiowa.edu/~ucs/index.html

Hornbuckle Finds Chemicals In Lakes (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Aug. 15)

Four years after 3M stopped making the chemicals behind such innovative products as Teflon, Scotchgard and Stainmaster, the compounds are showing up everywhere from remote Minnesota lakes to polar bears in Alaska and albatrosses in the Pacific Ocean. The compounds, known as fluorochemicals, are a concern because they don't degrade and it's unclear how they spread. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is studying whether one of the compounds poses environmental or health risks, but it does not consider fluorochemicals harmful. Researchers at the University of Iowa recently detected fluorochemicals in lakes Ontario and Erie. The study, published in June in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, said traces of the chemicals were found in all 16 samples taken. "They are not high in a toxic sense," said KERI HORNBUCKLE, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Iowa. "There is no danger from exposure to the water, but they are high enough that there is no question that animals are going to accumulate them from the aquatic food chain." Versions of the story also ran on the websites of the DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE, GRAND FORKS HERALD and the ST. PAUL PIONEER-PRESS.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department: http://www.cee.engineering.uiowa.edu/

UI Helps Earn Iowa City "IQ Campus" Status (Forbes, Aug. 20)

A story about Bohemian Bargains -- defined by the magazine as core cities in the 150,000 to 750,000 population range with lively downtowns and a reasonable cost of living -- includes Iowa City, which by virtue of the presence of the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA is considered one of the country's "IQ Campuses." "If Iowa City were a student, it would be class valedictorian," the article states. "This heartland university town consistently scores top scores on countless lists: FORBES 'Best Small Places for Business and Careers'; Men's Journal's list of sexy, healthy and safe places to live; USA Today's 'Best Educated Cities'; Utne Reader's 'Most Enlightened Towns'; AARP's best college towns in which to retire; and the Milken Institute's best small metro economy. And the town's pride, the University of Iowa, scored tops on Kaplan's best value for your tuition dollar (2004), noting its outstanding medical program." More >>

IEM Predicts Presidential Outcomes (National Public Radio, Aug. 26)

The folks at the University of Iowa's business school think they know how to predict the outcome of the presidential election. First, they say, you need to stop thinking of President Bush and John Kerry as candidates and start thinking of them as pork bellies or frozen orange juice -- commodities to be bought and sold. That's exactly what they do at the Iowa Electronic Markets. Traders buy and sell Kerry and Bush contracts, in effect betting on who's going to win in November. The market uses real money, up to $500 per trader. "Presumably, traders that come onto our markets hopefully think they know something about what the outcome of the election is likely to be or else they wouldn't be trading," said ROBERT FORSYTHE, co-founder of the Iowa Electronic Markets. Traders put aside who they would like to win in November and focus instead on who they think is going to win. "We can only credit it to the profit motive, that by trying to make a few dollars here, they are able to come up with a pretty good forecast," Forsythe said.
NPR Audio: http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3872604
Iowa Electronic Markets: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/

100 Years of Lab Work, by Kathryn Howe

Read how the UI's Hygienic Laboratory has worked to protect the health of the public for more than a century. More >>

Glory Days: Historic Kinnick Stadium celebrates 75 years

See images and read tales from three quarters of a century of legendary Kinnick Stadium history. More>>

UI graduate, family give $5 million to Kinnick Stadium campaign

W.A. and Nancy S. Krause of West Des Moines have made a $5 million gift commitment on behalf of their family to support the renovation of the UI's Kinnick Stadium. More >>

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