News Briefs

Folding cranes for peace Kristine Castillo, a sophomore studying Japanese, joined other UI students, faculty, and staff and those at a dozen other universities in an expression of peace through the Japanese art of origami. The group folded more than 10,000 paper cranes—in honor of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and their loved ones—and sent them to the University of Iowa to be boxed and sent to the NYC mayor’s office. In Japan, the cranes are an expression of consolation for the sick and grieving. Photo by Mary Geraghty Kenyon.

Open wide! Faculty and staff members of the Department of Family Dentistry participated in their fifth annual competitive pumpkin carving contest. This year’s theme was Patriotic Pumpkins. The eight pumpkins are on display through Nov. 2 in the link at the College of Dentistry. Visitors and patients can vote for their favorite pumpkin—results were not yet available as fyi went to press, but the winning group will enjoy lunch courtesy of the contest’s sponsor, Patrick Lloyd, chair of the department. Photo by Tim Schoon.

Health Fair offers info, screenings

Faculty and staff are invited to celebrate health and wellness by attending UI Health Fair 2001. The fair will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Nov. 7, on the Main Deck at the UI Field House. The health fair provides the opportunity to learn about health and wellness, the University of Iowa’s health care plans, UI Family Care providers, and a variety of other health-related campus services. Free blood pressure and cholesterol testing and health risk assessments will be available.

The fair is sponsored by UI Wellness, University of Iowa Health Care, Staff Council, and the Division of Recreational Services.

For accommodations to attend, please contact uiwellness@uiowa.edu or call (35)3-2314. For more information, contact Laura Reed at (35)3-2312 or uiwellness@uiowa.edu.



FSG now on-line

The Facilities Services Group Services Guide, a quick reference for facilities- related information, is now available on-line at www.uiowa.edu/~fusfsg/FSGServicesGuide.pdf. While the services guide is meant to provide an overview of services and contact information, the Work Control Center also is available at (33)5-5071 to provide assistance.



Orders due for printing course evaluations

Requests for Assessing the Classroom Environment (ACE) course evaluation forms that include instructor-selected items must be received at Evaluation and Examination Service by Nov. 10. After that date, only the standard ACE forms will be available. Requests for printing only of department-generated course evaluation forms requires notice of at least five working days. These orders will not be filled after Dec. 1.



Free flu shots available for UI employees

The University Employee Health Clinic (UEHC) and UI Wellness will again offer free flu vaccinations to UI permanent full-time and part-time (50 percent or greater) faculty and staff.

A University photo identification card must be presented in order to qualify. Any non-UIHC employees working less than 50 percent time have the option of receiving the vaccine for a fee of $8.25.

UEHC will offer flu vaccinations at the UI Health Fair from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Nov. 7 at the Field House.

A list of other dates and locations to obtain the flu vaccination are posted on the UEHC web site: www.uihealthcare.com/uehc. Click the side bar “2001 flu shot schedule.”



LaDuke to lecture

Winona LaDuke, a Native American rights and environmental activist, will speak at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 15, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union.

LaDuke, the vice presidential candidate for the Green Party in the 2000 national election, is the founder of the White Earth Recovery Project.

LaDuke’s talk is sponsored by the UI Lecture Committee and is free and open to the public.

Long live the printed page?

The UI Libraries will host Clifford A. Lynch, director of the Coalition for Networked Information and an information technology authority, for a free, public lecture, “The future of the book in the digital age,” at 7 p.m., Nov. 14 in Shambaugh Auditorium. Reservations are encouraged. For information, call (33)5-5871 or e-mail lib-stoflet@uiowa.edu.



Poetry winners announced

The UI Press has awarded poets Joanna Goodman and Karen Volkman the 2001 Iowa Poetry Prize. Each year an anonymous judge decides the winners.

Goodman, adjunct English professor at Baruch College, won the prize for her poems in Trace of One.

Volkman, poet-in-residence at the University of Chicago, was honored for her poetry work in Spar.

The UI Press will publish the poets’ winning collections in the spring of 2002.



Wood-carver demonstrates his art

Saúl Aragón, a wood- carver from the Mexican state of Oaxaca, will demonstrate his craft from 3 to 4 p.m., Nov. 7 and again from 1 to 2 p.m., Nov. 10 at the Museum of Natural History.

Oaxacan wood carvings are brightly painted, whimsical pieces that have become world famous in the past 15 years.

The program is sponsored by the Latin American Studies program, in cooperation with the Department of Anthropology and the Museum of Natural History.

For more information about the demonstrations, contact David Brenzel, (33)5-0482, or Michael Chibnik, (33)5-0530).