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News in Brief
AROUND CAMPUSFour UI faculty members win top teaching award Four University of Iowa faculty members have won the 2009 President and Provost Award For Teaching Excellence in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching. The recipients are: George Bergus, professor of family medicine in the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine; Kenneth Brown, associate professor of management and organizations in the Henry B. Tippie College of Business; Randall Bezanson, professor in the College of Law; and Kathleen Kamerick, lecturer in history in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Read more about the award and the recipients at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/march/032609teachingaward.html.
Annual tribute to UI women to be held Wednesday "A Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women," The University of Iowa's annual tribute to the accomplishments of UI women, will be held Wednesday, April 1, in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol. A reception will begin at 3:30 p.m., followed by the awards program at 4 p.m. Special presentations will include the UI Distinguished Achievement Award to Keri C. Hornbuckle, professor and departmental executive officer of civil and environmental engineering in the UI College of Engineering, and the UI Distinguished Leadership Award to Donna L. Pearcy, chief risk officer in Risk Management, Insurance, and Loss Prevention. In addition, the Jean Y. Jew Women's Rights Award will be given to Rachel Williams, associate professor in the UI College of Education, and several student scholarships will be awarded. See www.uiowa.edu/celebrationofexcellence for more information.
Journalist and hip-hop activist Harry Allen to speak on campus April 1 Hip-hop activist and journalist Harry Allen will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union. The talk, presented by the University Lecture Committee, is free and open to the public. Allen, a self-described "hip-hop activist and media assassin," has written about race, politics, and culture for Vibe, the Source, the Village Voice, and other publications for more than 20 years. As an expert covering hip-hop culture, he has been quoted in the press widely, and is well known for his association with the seminal band Public Enemy. His photographs, which appear in "Part of the Permanent Record: Photos From the Previous Century" at the Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery in New York City, date from Allen's earliest days working with the members of what would become Public Enemy and their production arm, the Bomb Squad. For more information, visit http://lectures.uiowa.edu.
Tickets on sale for Joffrey Ballet benefit for Hancher/School of Music When times are tough, you learn who your friends are. Soon after the flood of June 2008 extensively damaged the University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium/Voxman Music Building complex, UI arts administrators heard from both the Joffrey Ballet and the Des Moines Civic Center, wondering if there was anything they could do to help. The result of those generous offerings of help and support will be a benefit performance by the Joffrey Ballet on Sept. 11, 2009—the night before the Iowa/Iowa State football game in Ames—in the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, followed by a reception with the Joffrey dancers. The proceeds of ticket sales will be shared by Hancher and the School of Music. Tickets are on sale through April 17 at the Hancher box office and will later become available through the Civic Center. The Hancher box office is open for phone or walk-up business in Suite 107 in the south building of the Lindquist Center, at the corner of Madison and Burlington streets, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. weekdays. Parking is available in the metered lot by UI Main Library on Madison Street, or in the Old Capitol Town Center parking ramp at the corner of Clinton and Burlington streets. Read the full University News Services release at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/march/031909joffreytickets.html.
Obermann Center kicks off Dinner Conversations with UI faculty April 16 The University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies is launching a Dinner Conversations series to promote thought-provoking exchange among scholars and the public. The inaugural Dinner Conversation begins at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, April 16, at the University Athletic Club, 1360 Melrose Avenue. Scholars from a variety of disciplines whose research focuses on animals will serve as table hosts, exploring the intriguing question, "Are animals sentient beings?" Teresa Mangum, associate professor of English, will set the conversations in motion by posing a list of questions. Mangum codirected a 2006 Obermann research seminar that asked, "What is an Animal?" Other UI faculty members serving as table hosts include Mark Blumberg, professor of psychology; Matt Hill, assistant professor of anthropology; Kim Marra, professor of theatre history; Mary Trachsel, associate professor of rhetoric; and Ed Wasserman, professor of psychology. The cost is $25 per person and includes a buffet dinner. Vegan and vegetarian options are available. Reservations must be made with a check by Thursday, April 9. For more information call 319-335-4034 or e-mail neda-barrett@uiowa.edu.
Join colleagues for annual UI AAUP meeting The University of Iowa Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) will hold its 2009 meeting at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, April 4, in room 2520D, University Conference Center, Old Capitol Town Center. Following coffee, President Sally Mason will speak and respond to questions beginning at 10 a.m. Contact Frank Durham at frank-durham@uiowa.edu with questions. For more information on the University of Iowa AAUP chapter, including upcoming tenure and promotion seminars, meetings, and other resources for faculty, visit www.uiowa.edu/~aaupweb.
UI College of Education Diversity Committee garners national award for efforts The University of Iowa College of Education Diversity Committee was one of 25 organizations across the nation recognized as a recipient of the First Annual Diversity Council Honors Award, ranking 14th, and was the only institute of higher education chosen for the honor. John Achrazoglou, a member of the UI College of Education Diversity Committee, accepted the award on behalf of the committee during the Diversity Council Awards reception on March 17 at the 2009 Linkage Summit on Leading Diversity Conference in Atlanta, Ga. Dorothy Simpson-Taylor, director of the Diversity Resources Office in the UI Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, nominated the committee because of its outstanding commitment to promoting diversity initiatives at the highest levels of the institution and supporting the goals of the Iowa Promise as well as its involvement in numerous other initiatives and projects involving recruitment, education, and advocacy. The award recognizes and honors the outstanding contributions and achievements of the nation's top 25 diversity council groups that lead diversity processes in their organizations. For more information on the award, visit For more information on the committee, visit
Events mark KRUI's 25th anniversary The University of Iowa's student radio station, KRUI 89.7FM, will celebrate its 25th anniversary from March 31 through April 4 with events including free concerts, comedy, and a meet-and-greet with San Diego Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding. The celebration will culminate with a free, all-ages show by The Cool Kids on April 4 at the Iowa Memorial Union. See www.kruiradio.org/2009/03/06/kruis-25th for the full schedule of events.
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DISCOVERIESStudy shows summer jobs may help prevent suicidal tendencies in at-risk teens A University of Iowa study found that when a friend of a friend attempts suicide, at-risk teens are more likely to seriously consider doing so. But at-risk teens are less likely to be suicidal if they hold summer jobs. In fact, summer employment is more of a deterrent than holding a job during the school year, attending church, participating in sports, or living in a two-parent home, according to the research by Rob Baller, associate professor of sociology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, who coauthored the study with Kelly Richardson, a data analyst at the Iowa City VA Medical Center. Read the full University News Services release at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/march/032509suicide-study.html.
UI physicists help find evidence for new particle of matter Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., recently found evidence of an unexpected particle whose unusual characteristics may reveal new ways that major building blocks of matter, called quarks, can combine to form matter. The scientists—including a group from The University of Iowa—say that quarks comprise other particles such as mesons, which are made of a quark-antiquark pair, and baryons, which are composed of three quarks. At present nobody knows what the new particle, dubbed Y(4140) for its measured mass of 4140 Mega-electron volts, is made of. At the very least, the discovery of the particle has excited researchers, says UI associate professor of physics Jane Nachtman, whose UI group led the way in analyzing the particle dataset resulting from the CDF (Collider Detector at Fermilab) experiment. Read the full University News Services release at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/march/032309particle_discovery.html.
Wireless technology could boost hand hygiene compliance Physicians and computer scientists at The University of Iowa have collaborated on a pilot study to create a low-cost "green" wireless technology that automatically tracks the use of hand hygiene dispensers when health care workers enter and exit patient rooms. The new method of monitoring hand hygiene compliance, which is essential for infection control in hospitals, was highlighted earlier this month at the annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. The new technology represents a major shift from the current method of monitoring hand hygiene compliance. That method involves direct human observation, which is both costly and labor intensive. The pilot study used ZigBee technology, which is part of a new generation of wireless devices that require less power. Workers wear small, pager-sized badges to monitor their use of hand hygiene dispenser stations before entering patient rooms. Read the full University News Services release at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/march/031909handhygiene.html.
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