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News in Brief
AROUND CAMPUSChang, Hemley, Hettmansperger win Guggenheim Fellowships Three University of Iowa arts faculty members have been awarded 2008 Guggenheim Fellowships: Lan Samantha Chang, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop; Robin Hemley, director of the Nonfiction Writing Program in the English Department; and Sue Hettmansperger, a painting and drawing faculty member in the School of Art and Art History. In addition, the roster of awardees includes several UI alumni, including poet Reginald Shepherd, fiction writer and journalist Richard Panek, and poet Michael Paul Burkard, as well as former Writers' Workshop faculty members Jack Marshall and Forrest Gander. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides its prestigious fellowships to support advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts. Chang, Hemley, and Hettmansperger were among 190 Guggenheim winners, with awards totaling $8.2 million. Read the full University News Services release at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/april/040408guggenheim.html.
Nobel Peace Prize winner to discuss Iranian reforms in UI lecture Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer who received the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her work advocating human rights in Iran, will deliver the 2008 Levitt Lecture at 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, in the second-floor ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union. The lecture, "Human Rights in Iran and the Middle East," is rescheduled from an appearance that was originally planned for last fall. The first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Ebadi was honored for her work in advocating democracy and human rights in Iran. She has been active in politically sensitive legal cases in the Iranian court system and in attempting to reform family law in Iran by seeking changes in divorce and inheritance legislation. Read the full University News Services release at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/april/040908ebadi-lecture.html.
Four UI faculty win top teaching award Four University of Iowa faculty members have won the University's 2008 President and Provost Award For Teaching Excellence in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching. The recipients are: William Buss, professor in the College of Law; Mary Lou Emery, associate professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Joel Gordon, professor of internal medicine in the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine; and Craig Just, adjunct assistant professor and research engineer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering. Read more about the award and the recipients at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/april/040708faculty_awards.html.
One Community, One Book selection, expansion announced A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah is the selected book for the 2008 One Community, One Book community-wide program that will expand this fall. With support from the UI Office of the Provost, the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights will provide copies of the book to all incoming undergraduates at the University, approximately 4,300 students. Additionally, the Department of Rhetoric in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will integrate this year's selection into the courses taught to satisfy the general education requirement in rhetoric. Other events, both curricular and extracurricular, will help integrate the program into the University's fall semester and expand the common book program to all UI students, including an on-campus lecture by the author. Planning is ongoing for activities to engage both students and community members. Read the full University News Services release at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/april/041008onebook.html.
Nominations sought for President's Award for State Outreach and Public Engagement The annual President's Award for State Outreach and Public Engagement will be awarded later this spring. This annual award honors faculty, staff, and students who demonstrate exemplary outreach to the State of Iowa. Four separate awards, each carrying a $3,000 stipend, will be given—one each for individual faculty, staff, and students, and one for a group or organization. Nominations are due April 25, 2008. Any UI faculty member, staff member, or student may enter nominations. Self-nominations are accepted. Award criteria and the application process can be viewed at www.uiowa.edu/president/outreach/award.htm. All nominations should be sent to:
If you have any questions, please contact Thomas Dean at 319-335-1995.
University seeks honorary degree nominations The University of Iowa Honorary Degree Selection Committee is seeking nominations for the next round of honorary degree awards. Degrees are conferred during UI commencement ceremonies upon individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary and sustained achievements in such areas as research, scholarship, education, artistic creation, social activism, human rights, humanitarian outreach, or other endeavors consistent with the values of the University. Nominations should be made in a two-page statement or letter outlining the nominee's achievement, and forwarded to Evalyn Van Allen-Shalash, Office of the Provost, 111 Jessup Hall; or via e-mail attachment to van-allen-shalash@uiowa.edu; or via www.uiowa.edu/~honorary/nomination-form. The deadline for nominations is Friday, May 9. For more details on nominations, see www.uiowa.edu/~honorary/policy or contact Van Allen-Shalash at 319-335-0142.
Career Development Advising offers services to UI employees University of Iowa faculty and staff members looking to develop new skills for their current position or looking for a new career path can turn to UI Career Development Advising for help. This free and confidential service provides one-on-one consultations with advisors, who can help UI employees assess career goals, develop a long-range career development plan, design a résumé for specific jobs, or refine interviewing skills and techniques. The service is offering a new tool this spring. Perfect Interview is an advanced, online interactive interview simulation tool that creates a compelling and realistic interview experience. To set up an appointment with UI Career Development Advising, send an e-mail to uiemployee-careeradvising@uiowa.edu. See what Learning and Development courses are right for you UI Learning and Development, a unit of Organizational Effectiveness, provides professional development services to faculty and staff. There are many learning opportunities that will support your professional development and growth. Look for classroom instruction on leadership issues for managers, frontline supervisors, human resource professionals, and office professionals. Check out the following links:
DISCOVERIESUI study finds biological link between pain and fatigue A recent University of Iowa study reveals a biological link between pain and fatigue and may help explain why more women than men are diagnosed with chronic pain and fatigue conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Working with mice, the researchers, led by Kathleen Sluka, professor in the Graduate Program in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science in the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, found that a protein involved in muscle pain works in conjunction with the male hormone testosterone to protect against muscle fatigue. Chronic pain and fatigue often occur together—as many as three in four people with chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain report having fatigue; and as many as 94 percent of people with chronic fatigue syndromes report muscle pain. Women make up the majority of patients with these conditions. Read the full University News Services release at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/april/040708pain_fatigue.html.
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