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News in Brief
AROUND CAMPUSUniversity recognizes students, faculty, staff member, alumnus at Finkbine Dinner The University of Iowa honored outstanding students, faculty members, a staff member, and an alumnus on Tuesday, April 22, at the 91st anniversary Finkbine Dinner for Representative Student Leaders, one of the University's most prestigious award ceremonies. Here are this year’s winners: Hancher-Finkbine Undergraduate Student Medallion: Barrett James Anderson, Clive, majoring in political science and economics; Meredith J. DeBoom, Sibley, majoring in political science and international studies; Carole Marie Peterson, Clive, majoring in international studies. Hancher-Finkbine Graduate/Professional Student Medallions: Crystal Elizabeth Edler, Marshalltown, doctoral student in clinical psychology; Christopher Paul Hogrefe, Albert City, fourth-year medical student. Hancher-Finkbine Faculty Medallion: Gary Fethke, professor of management sciences and economics in the Tippie College of Business. Hancher-Finkbine Staff Medallion: Kathy A. Klein, secretary, Graduate College. Hancher-Finkbine Alumni Medallion: Charles M. Kierscht, BA, 1960; JD, 1962; recently served as interim president of the UI Foundation and chair of the board of directors. Distinguished Student Leader Certificates: Alison Klare Guernsey, Wynantskill, N.Y., third-year law student; Michael Allen Ridge, Jr., San Antonio, Texas, doctoral student appointed a Graduate Merit Fellow; and Elise Runde Voss, Hiawatha, senior finance major. Philip G. Hubbard Human Rights Award: Kate Karacay, Iowa City, graduate student in interdisciplinary studies. Robert F. Ray Faculty Representative Award: Eric MacTaggart, Glen Ellyn, Ill., a music major and Hawkeye distance runner; and Jacqueline Lee, Canton, Ohio, an interdepartmental studies–health sciences major and Hawkeye tennis player. M.L. Huit Faculty Award: Juan Antonio Gatica, professor of mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. James N. Murray Faculty Award, Saba Rasheed Ali, assistant professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education.
Mason announces strengthened sustainability focus for University University of Iowa president Sally Mason, in an Earth Day address to the UI Faculty Senate, announced a strengthened emphasis on sustainability in the University’s use of energy and materials and in its academic focus, including:
A PDF containing the full text of President Mason's address is available at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/april/042208mason-sustainability-speech.pdf.
Helms wins Fulbright award to study vaccine policy in Australia Helms, an infectious diseases specialist and medical director of the Office of Clinical Quality, Safety, and Performance Improvement at UI Hospitals and Clinics, will travel to New South Wales, Australia, in 2009 to study their new policy of health care worker immunization. Read the full University News Services release at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/april/041808helms_fulbright.html.
Martha Greer assumes Staff Council presidency UI Staff Council accepted the resignation of its president, Duncan Stewart, on April 24. Martha Greer, vice president/president-elect, will assume the role of president. Elections will be held to seat a new vice president/president-elect. See the Staff Council web site, www.uiowa.edu/~staff, for more information.
Nominate administrator, staff member for undergraduate student advocacy award The Office of the Provost is seeking nominations for the Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy. This award honors a University of Iowa administrator or staff member who supports undergraduate education and serves as a strong, effective advocate for undergraduate students and the undergraduate experience. The recipient will receive a $1,000 honorarium and a certificate, and his or her name will be added to a plaque displayed prominently in the Admission Visitors Center. All UI administrators, staff members, and faculty members in a nonteaching role are eligible. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to make nominations, which should be directed to the vice provost, and should include a narrative and two letters of support. The narrative letter should briefly describe the efforts, achievements, and distinction that make the nominee an especially effective advocate for undergraduate students, and address the following questions:
Nomination forms and criteria are available at www.provost.uiowa.edu/students/lopesaward.htm. Nominations are due May 30. Contact Vice Provost Thomas Rocklin at thomas-rocklin@uiowa.edu with any questions.
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:
DISCOVERIESUniversity contributes to gene therapy breakthrough for blinding eye disease Researchers at The University of Iowa played a key role in a landmark gene therapy breakthrough reported Sunday, April 27, in an online article in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study reported improvement in vision following gene transfer to the retina in three patients with an inherited form of blindness known as Leber congenital amaurosis or LCA. The study was carried out at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia by an international team led by the University of Pennsylvania, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the Second University of Naples and the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (both in Italy), The University of Iowa, and several other American institutions. This is the first report of successful gene therapy of an inherited eye disease in humans. Although the patients have not achieved normal eyesight, the preliminary results set the stage for further studies of an innovative treatment for LCA and possibly other retinal diseases. Patients' vision improved from detecting hand movements to reading lines on an eye chart. Edwin Stone, UI professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, led the genetic testing portion of the study. Stone's group developed a method for distinguishing disease-causing mutations from benign genetic variants, and this method was used to choose the patients who were treated in the gene therapy study. The Iowa group also developed a highly efficient nonprofit testing strategy that has allowed genetic testing for LCA to be offered on a national scale. Read the full University News Services release at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/april/042808gene_therapy.html.
TRANSITIONSKnosp appointed associate dean at UI Carver College of Medicine Boyd Knosp has been appointed to the new position of associate dean for information technology (IT) in the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, effective May 5. In his new position, Knosp will be responsible for providing leadership and setting the strategic direction for IT that supports the research and academic missions of the college. He will work closely with IT colleagues across the university to ensure that researchers and educators in the medical school have access to new and existing technologies to support their work. Knosp has served as manager of research services with the UI Information Technology Services since 2001. During that time, he has been responsible for providing IT support for researchers across the campus and leading the E-Research project, an effort that created a strategic plan for research IT at The University of Iowa. Before that, he was director of the Image Analysis Facility, a central research facility that served researchers and others on the UI health campus.
Lagos-Lavenz named new UI College of Education associate dean Susan Lagos-Lavenz, a clinical associate professor in the UI Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, has been named the new associate dean for teacher education and student services in the UI College of Education. In her new position, Lagos-Lavenz will work not only with teacher education, but also the admission of students to programs that prepare them for licensure as Iowa teachers. She will also be responsible for overseeing grievances, databases, placement, and the curriculum library. She will become associate dean July 1, replacing Linda Fielding, who is stepping down after serving a three-year term in the position. Lagos-Lavenz, who has a bachelor's degree from Saint Mary of-the-Woods College in Indiana and a master's degree and doctorate from The University of Iowa, has served as a principal at both the Grant Early Education Center and the Johnson School of the Arts in Cedar Rapids. Before that, she worked as an administrator with the Monroe Development Center and as a special education teacher. She joined the University in 2003.
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