First Friday Features UIMA Staff Artists

Posted On Monday, January 7, 2013 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , , , ,   
First Friday Features UIMA Staff Artists Ring in the New Year with old friends at the next University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) First Friday reception from 5-7 p.m. on Jan. 4, at hotelVetro in downtown Iowa City. For $5, enjoy drink specials, light hors d’oeuvres, and explore artwork by members of the talented UIMA ...

UNI Gallery Of Art to Present ‘REVERB: Recent Abstraction In Painting’

Posted On Friday, January 4, 2013 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , , ,   
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art will present a new exhibition, "REVERB: Recent Abstraction in Painting," from Monday, Jan. 14 through Saturday, Mar. 2, in the south wing of the Kamerick Art Building. In addition to the exhibition, two artists will give lectures in the ...

Timothy R. Franson To Receive Weaver Medal Of Honor

Posted On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , , ,   
The highest honor given by Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal of Honor, will be presented to Dr. Timothy R. Franson during a ceremony on Wed., April 24. Franson, PH’74, will deliver the annual Weaver Lecture at the ceremony, which will ...

President Lang Clarifies Statement On ISU President Leath’s Contract

Posted On Sunday, December 30, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , ,   
President Lang Clarifies Statement On ISU President Leath’s Contract (URBANDALE) – I would like to clarify my recent comments to Iowa Public Radio with regard to the contract for ISU President Leath, who is currently working under a three‐year contract effective February 1, 2012. When President Leath was hired, the Board determined that the initial contract period should not exceed ...

Cosmic Radio Waves Mimic Chirping Of ‘Alien Birds’

Posted On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , ,   
Cosmic radio waves mimic chirping of 'alien birds' CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Twin spacecraft have captured the clearest sounds yet from Earth’s radiation belts — and they mimic the chirping of birds. NASA’s Van Allen Probes have been exploring the hostile radiation belts surrounding Earth for just three months. But already, they've collected measurements of high-energy particles and ...

Newborn Fights The Odds, Continues To Thrive At UI Children’s Hospital

Posted On Monday, December 24, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , ,   
Newborn Fights The Odds, Continues To Thrive At UI Children's Hospital Noelle Renee Ames spends her days and nights in a small crib in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. Born Nov. 24, she came eight weeks earlier than she should have, but the fact that she made it to even 32 weeks is something her ...

UI Study Shows More Hospitalized Children Surviving Cardiac Arrest

Posted On Thursday, December 20, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , ,   
UI Study Shows More Hospitalized Children Surviving Cardiac Arrest IOWA CITY – More children are surviving in-hospital cardiac arrest than they did one decade ago, according to a University of Iowa-led study of data from hospitals using resuscitation guidelines from the American Heart Association. Lead author Dr. Saket Girotra, an interventional cardiologist at UI Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, ...

Newborn Fights The Odds, Continues To Thrive At UI Children’s Hospital

Posted On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   
Mom's water broke at 20 weeks, baby was born 8 weeks early, Noelle Renee Ames spends her days and nights in a small crib in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. Born Nov. 24, she came eight weeks earlier than she should have, but the fact ...

Alumni Eligible For Merchant Scholarship

Posted On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , ,   
Alumni Eligible For Merchant Scholarship CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- University of Northern Iowa alumni are invited to apply for a 2013 Merchant Scholarship. Merchant Scholarship recipients must be attending or planning to attend an accredited graduate or professional school at an educational institution as a full-time student. The scholarships are awarded from a trust established in ...

Newborn Beats The Odds At University Of Lowa Hospitals And Clinics

Posted On Thursday, December 13, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , ,   
When her water broke on Sept. 1, just more than 20 weeks into her pregnancy, Alicia Ames feared her baby would not make it. Doctors delivered a grim prognosis to Alicia and her husband, Daniel Ames, telling them most women deliver within 48 hours after an early membrane rupture. At 20 ...

Iowa State University Commencement will be Dec. 15

Posted On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , ,   
AMES, Iowa -- An estimated 1,708 students are completing Iowa State degrees this week and many of them will celebrate the milestone this weekend in a cap and gown. All students will be honored during a single commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 15, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. ...

UIMT Holds 12th Annual Cornshucker Challenge

Posted On Thursday, December 6, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , ,   
The University of Iowa Mock Trial team (UIMT) organized and competed in its annual home-turf tournament, the Cornshucker Challenge. Teams from across the Midwest gathered in Phillips Hall on the UI campus to compete Nov. 17-18. With 2012 marking the 12th year of UIMT’s Cornshucker Challenge, it is one of ...

Teachers From Seven Lowa Communities to Brainstorm Flood Education

Posted On Monday, December 3, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , ,   
After witnessing two severe floods in recent years, various departments of the University of Iowa are collaborating to develop a new arsenal to fight the force of nature — education. Teachers from more than seven Iowa communities will converge on Iowa City this weekend to participate in a three-day Interdisciplinary Flood ...

Political Science Faculty Recognized for Excellence in Mentoring

Posted On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , , ,   
Sara Mitchell believes good mentors are candid with their students. She chooses to tell her students what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear. This straightforward approach has earned Mitchell the respect of her students, as well as top recognition from the University of Iowa Graduate College for excellence ...

Mason Assumes Board Chair at Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities

Posted On Friday, November 23, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , ,   
University of Iowa President Sally Mason recently assumed the post of board chair of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (A.P.L.U) during its 125th annual meeting in Denver. Mason, who succeeds University of California-Los Angeles Chancellor Gene D. Block, was appointed as president of the UI in 2007. During the ...

Mason to Implement Significant Changes in Student-Athlete Advising, Compliance

Posted On Monday, November 19, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , ,   
The University of Iowa takes very seriously any allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace and as a result, will implement a series of changes intended to positively impact student-athlete advising and compliance in the department of athletics moving forward. “Our ultimate role as a university is to protect our students, ...

Andreasen Receives Scientific Award for Mental Illness Research

Posted On Sunday, November 18, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , , ,   
Nancy Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., University of Iowa professor of psychiatry, who holds the Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry, has received the 2012 National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Scientific Research Award, honoring her contributions to the understanding of schizophrenia. Andreasen, who also directs the Psychiatry Iowa Neuroimaging Consortium at the ...

Author Will Discuss Experiment in the Black-Owned Economy in Nov. 8 Lecture at ISU

Posted On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , ,   
par par AMES, Iowa -- When Maggie Anderson and her family pledged to patronize only black-owned companies for a year, the successful African-American professional from a tony Chicago suburb uncovered significant issues about why the black economy continues to suffer.par par Anderson will discuss her experiences in a talk at Iowa State University. "Our ...
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