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May 5, 2000
Volume 37, No. 16

• Art alfresco exercises the eye

• Resolved: Faculty Senate lifts the limit on clinical track faculty

• Telecourse links Nordic, Iowa nursing students

• Researchers' discovery may increase options for prostate cancer therapy

• InSite: ISIS is now on the web

• "Quote....Endquote"

• News Briefs

• Faculty recognized at Hancher-Finkbine dinner

• Nancy L. Baker named new University librarian

• Ida Beam Visiting Lecturers for 2000-2001 announced

• Bulletin Board

• Calendar

• Deaths

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Offices and Awards

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Ph.D. Thesis Defenses

• Pubs. and Creations

• Time to apply for 2000-2001 Ida Beam Visiting Professorships

• Arts in Brief

TIAA Cref Unit Values

Staff Development Courses

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"Quote.....Endquote"

"I think the science that I would have to offer is kind of dated, and it’s not fair to expose students to science that’s not really first-class." Bob Wiley, professor of medicinal natural products, joining the current national wave of faculty retirees (Dayton Daily News, April 2).

"Strides in the lab are wonderful, but ultimately you want to translate those strides into patient care." Greg Cooper, assistant professor of neurology, pressing for the creation of a UI institute for brain studies (Iowa City Press-Citizen, April 14).

"Alcohol is not a benign drug." Peter Nathan, professor of psychology, summing up the results of his studies of binge drinking (Iowa City Gazette, April 16).

"Do we have such a thing as farmer’s block? No, because farmers know there is a time when they need to let the fields go fallow and recuperate." Chris Offutt, visiting lecturer in the Writers’ Workshop, arguing that the phenomenon called writer’s block is actually part and parcel of the writing process (Iowa City Gazette, April 23).

"This is the steepest part, but not the end of, the slippery slope." Ed Wasserman, professor of psychology, offering a dissenting opinion to the Faculty Senate’s recommendation to lift the cap on clinical track faculty (Iowa City Gazette, April 26).

"Letters and diaries can confound historians . . . The next page after a researcher has decided to stop reading will be the one with substantive reflections." Linda Kerber, professor of history, pointing out a maddening aspect of doing research from manuscript collections (Civilization, May).

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