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UI Launches 'Be Remarkable' Campaign To Tout, Encourage Achievement
The University of Iowa kicked off a new marketing campaign Aug. 31 to cite the university's achievements and to inspire current and prospective students, faculty, staff and alumni to build on its tradition of leadership and service. More >>
Be Remarkable Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/be-remarkable/homepage-remarkables/creativity-09-11-06.html
UI Athletics 'Remarkable Numbers' Campaign: http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/genrel/091206aae.html
Total Enrollment Up At UI For 2006 Fall Semester
Enrollment at the University of Iowa for the 2006 fall semester totals 29,979 students, up 337 from 29,642 for the fall of 2005, according to the UI Office of the Registrar. More >>
Office of the Registrar: http://www.registrar.uiowa.edu/
Kinnick Stadium Begins New Era With Rededication, Plaza Dedication
Historic Kinnick Stadium on the University of Iowa campus was rededicated in a public ceremony Sept. 1 after an $86.8 million, two-year renovation project. The celebration included the dedication of the new Krause Family Plaza on the stadium's south side along Melrose Avenue and the unveiling of a new statue of 1939 Heisman Trophy winner and stadium namesake Nile Kinnick (1940 B.A.). More >>
Kinnick Stadium Webcam: http://www.facilities.uiowa.edu/kinnickcam/
UI Ranked 25th Best U.S. Public National University
The University of Iowa is the 25th 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 a tie with Purdue University.
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UI Research VP Announces New Nanotechnology Institute, Director
Meredith Hay, University of Iowa vice president for research, announced the formation of a new UI enterprise, the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute at the University of Iowa (NNI@UI). The institute, to be directed by Professor Vicki Grassian, will include more than 30 core researchers from six UI colleges already engaged in more than $6 million of nanotechnology-related research. More >>
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute: http://www.uiowa.edu/~nniui/Pages/Overview/overviewframeset.html
Research: http://research.uiowa.edu/
UI Mathematicians Win Prestigious $3 Million NSF Grant
The University of Iowa Department of Mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has won a prestigious five-year, $3 million National Science Foundation grant to help train high-quality U.S. mathematicians. More >>
Department of Mathematics: http://www.math.uiowa.edu/
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/
UI Nursing Education Center Opens
Nursing and university leaders dedicated the University of Iowa Nursing Clinical Education Center, created to meet the learning needs of both professional nursing staff and students, during a special event Friday, Aug. 25. More >>
College of Nursing: http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/
UI Experts Add To Growing Warnings About Asthma Drug
University of Iowa asthma experts are trying to ensure that an asthma drug combination is prescribed only when truly necessary. The long-acting asthma drug salmeterol used in combination with an inhaled corticosteroid can dangerously worsen asthma for a small subgroup of people with the condition. More >>
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/
UI Researchers Receive $1.2 Million To Study Avian Flu Transmission In Asia
University of Iowa College of Public Health researchers with the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases have received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study avian influenza transmission in Asia. More >>
College of Public Health : http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/
UI School Of Music Celebrates Centennial
The University of Iowa School of Music kicked off a yearlong celebration of its 100th anniversary with the Centennial Gala Showcase Concert Sept. 9 in Hancher Auditorium, featuring all of the school's major ensembles and a number of faculty soloists. More >>
School of Music in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: http://www.uiowa.edu/~music/
UI Provost Implements Recommendations Of
Writing University Task Force
University of Iowa Executive Vice President and Provost Michael J. Hogan is moving forward on several recommendations included in the report of an ad hoc task force that spent much of last academic year considering ways to build on the UI's longstanding reputation as the nation's premiere "writing university." More >>
The Writing University Archive: http://iwp.info-science.uiowa.edu/cgi-bin/library
UI Grad Named Chief Justice
(Seattle Post Intelligencer, Sept. 6)
Marsha Ternus, an associate justice on the Iowa Supreme Court, will succeed Louis Lavaroto as chief justice when Lavaroto steps down later this month. Ternus, the first woman to become Iowa's chief justice, received her B.A. from the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. The same story appeared on the Web sites numerous other news organizations. More >>
College of Law : http://www.law.uiowa.edu/
Polumbaum Arranges Olympics Volunteers
(CCTV, Sept. 4)
JUDY POLUMBAUM, a journalism professor at the University of Iowa, is working to bring some of her students to work at the Games in Beijing as volunteers. She based her idea partly on the needs of the Games, which, according to Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will not be successful without the good and devoted work of the volunteers. But she has worked out the plan for her students' future career development as well. She has told quite a few of her friends that "I would particularly like to get freshmen and sophomores who are thinking about, ideally, journalism and either Asian languages or international studies," as she was quoted by the Daily Iowan, the school newspaper. She is certainly making some progress. On Tuesday, the Daily Iowan reported that "10 students will have the chance to attend the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, free of charge," thanks to Polumbaum. CCTV is an English language TV station in China. More >>
School of Journalism & Mass Communication in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: http://www.uiowa.edu/~journal/index.html
Van Allen's Last Paper Was About Asteroids
(Space.com, Aug. 29)
Until his death in August at the age of 91, JAMES VAN ALLEN, a physics professor in the University of Iowa, continued to do work that had fascinated him since childhood and made him a leading figure of America's Space Age. In what would be his last paper, he explored a subject that hits somewhat closer to home: The likelihood of an asteroid colliding with Earth. The research, published in the August issue of the American Journal of Physics, details how the likelihood of such an event is enhanced by the gravitational pull between the two bodies. More >>
Van Allen Memorial Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~ournews/van-allen/
Iowa Wrestler Takes On The Iditarod
(Anchorage Daily News, Aug. 25)
Shenandoah , Iowa, native Matt Anderson, a three-year starter for the University of Iowa wrestling team, is taking on a new challenge, the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Anderson's interest in the 1,150 mile Alaskan trek through subzero temperatures led to teasing by his teammates at the UI. "One day I found a picture of Iditarod winner Doug Swingley on my locker," he said. "Only his face had been replaced by mine. TOM BRANDS (newly hired University of Iowa wrestling coach) put it there, and I believe still has it. Tom knew that the determination that it took to run the race was right up my alley." The Anchorage Daily News is published in Alaska. More >>
Golubovich Tells The World's Story Through The Story Of Her Family
At the age when most of us were playing in the sandbox and speaking our first complex sentences, Kseniya Golubovich, a Russian writer in residence at the University of Iowa International Writing program this fall, was recognizing and accepting her destiny as a writer. More >>
No Rest For The Retired: UI Retirees Staying Busy
Some 74 UI employees entered the next stage of their lives during the 2005-06 academic year, which is to say they retired from the university. Some will stay busy with ongoing research, others will give time to worthy causes, and still others will find plenty to do around the house. Four retirees recently told fyi about their plans. More >>
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