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News in Brief
AROUND CAMPUS$5 million gift creates ACT Scholars Program at University of Iowa Fifty years after University of Iowa education leaders E.F. Lindquist and Ted McCarrel launched the groundbreaking American College Testing Assessment Program, ACT Inc. has committed $5 million to the UI Foundation to endow the ACT Scholars Program at The University of Iowa, which will support development of selected UI graduate students as the next generation of innovators in the field that ACT leads. The ACT Scholars Program will allow qualified UI students to earn graduate degrees in a variety of areas such as liberal arts and sciences, education, business, communications, information technology, mathematics, statistics, and engineering. During their studies at Iowa, ACT Scholars also will be assigned to a business unit at ACT to gain experience in projects related to their graduate area of study. The ACT Scholars Program will provide students with full tuition and a stipend. Initial plans call for annually enrolling up to eight scholars, with the first group beginning in the fall 2010 semester. Because of ACT’s and the University’s shared commitment to promoting diversity, the program will actively seek candidates from racial and ethnic backgrounds that are currently underrepresented at the University. “We are most grateful to ACT for providing this important gift, one of the largest contributions ever aimed at University-wide support of graduate students,” says UI president Sally Mason. “Among our highest priorities at the University are providing an accessible education for students at all levels and strengthening our areas of research excellence, especially in areas of interdisciplinary innovation. This gift greatly helps us do all of that.”
UI Children’s Hospital wins gameroom makeover By placing among the top three hospitals in votes received during an online contest organized by Xbox 360 and Children’s Miracle Network, the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital has won a gameroom makeover for pediatric patients. The contest, which ran from Sept. 3 through Oct. 16, allowed people to vote online for the children’s hospital of their choice to win a $10,000 gameroom makeover. Michael Artman, physician-in-chief of UI Children’s Hospital, says he thanked all the members of the community who raised awareness and voted overwhelmingly to support Iowa’s most comprehensive children’s hospital. The other winning hospitals were the Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich., and the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
UI Wellness offering help staying healthy through the holidays with Colorful Choices UI Wellness is offering UI faculty and staff a nutrition program to help stay healthy through the holidays. The Colorful Choices program is a free online program that will run Nov. 16–Dec. 4. The goal is to eat 100 fruits and vegetables of many colors over the 20-day program. Log forms, tips, and registration can be found at www.uiowa.edu/hr/wellness. “Fruits and vegetables are rich in many vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that can help boost our immune system and give us more energy to survive the stress of the winter season and holidays,” says UI Wellness health coach and registered dietitian JoAnn Miller. “We want to support UI faculty and staff in taking steps toward better health during this busy time.” UI employees are also invited to participate in the free lunchtime program, Colorful Choices for the Holidays, which will be held at the following times:
UI Wellness, a unit of Human Resources, is the faculty and staff wellness program at The University of Iowa.
Weinstein, Ponseti to be honored as distinguished mentors University of Iowa Health Care will honor Stuart Weinstein and the late Ignacio Ponseti at the 2009 Distinguished Mentor Award ceremony and program at 3 p.m., Nov. 4, in Dr. Prem Sahai Auditorium of the Medical Education and Research Facility on the UI campus. Ponseti’s wife, Helena Percas-Ponseti, will receive the award in his honor. David Kingsley, professor of developmental biology at Stanford University Medical School, will be delivering the guest lecture, “Fishing for the Secrets of Vertebrate Evolution.” Weinstein, well known for his research on spinal deformity in children, children’s hip and foot problems, and the natural history and long-term outcome of pediatric musculoskeletal conditions, has mentored innumerable students, residents, and fellows. Described as leading by example, Weinstein has been a mentor to some of the best-known pediatric orthopaedic surgeons in the world. These individuals are practicing, teaching, and conducting research programs at prestigious universities all over the world. Early in his career, Ponseti became interested in clubfoot and the possibility of developing a nonsurgical treatment for it. Over time he developed the Ponseti method for treating clubfoot, which involves the careful manipulation of the feet followed by the application of plaster casts. After decades of positive follow-up results and numerous international, peer-reviewed studies, the Ponseti method showed success rates as high as 98 percent. The mentoring and training he provided medical and nonmedical providers around the world ensures that future generations of children will also be helped.
University Women’s Health Fair will be held Oct. 28 University of Iowa Women’s Health, a division of UI Health Care, will be hosting its UI Women’s Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the UI Conference Center facility on the second floor of University Capitol Centre in downtown Iowa City. Michael Goodheart, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, will speak at noon about cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancers; and Carol Scott-Conner, professor of surgery, will discuss breast cancer at 12:30 p.m. Giveaways, door prizes, refreshments, and free massages by licensed therapists will be offered. To learn more about UI Women’s Health, visit www.uihealthcare.com/depts/uiwomenshealth/index.html.
Community seminar to focus on women and cancer Nov. 3 “Women and Cancer” will be the focus of the next Health For Your Lifetime program from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the East Room (elevator F to level 8) at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. The free event is open to the public; preregistration is encouraged. Some of the cancers that most often affect women include breast cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer. Experts from UI Women’s Health and Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center will present an overview of these cancers. The presenters will be Carol Scott-Conner, professor of surgery; Michael Goodheart, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology; and Kimberly Leslie, professor and head of obstetrics and gynecology. To register for the program, call 319-335-8886 or 877-633-4692, or register at www.uihealthcare.com/register.
University of Iowa Department of Dance presents Dance Gala 2009: Synergy The University of Iowa Department of Dance will present Dance Gala 2009: Synergy, the department’s major event of the season, at 8 p.m., Oct. 29–30 and Nov. 5–6, and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Saturdays, Oct. 31 and Nov. 7, in Space Place Theater of North Hall. Tickets are $20 ($15 for senior citizens; $10 for youth; and $5 for UI students with a valid UI ID). Patron tickets, which are available for $100, include an $80 tax-deductible contribution to the Department of Dance. Tickets are available in advance from the Hancher Auditorium Box Office. The diverse program of six works ranges from contemporary to classical, including reconstructions and world premieres. In addition to excerpts from Psalm, a masterpiece by legendary modern-dance choreographer José Limón, Synergy will present three new works and one revival by UI faculty, and the restaging of Lost Lullabies, a poignant and highly athletic work from the repertory of guest choreographer Carl Flink. The Department of Dance is part of the Division of Performing Arts in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
UI Symphony Orchestra to perform Gompper’s Violin Concerto Oct. 27 The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of William LaRue Jones, will be joined by Viennese violinist Wolfgang David in a performance of the Violin Concerto by David Gompper, director of the UI Center for New Music, at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union. Other works in the free concert will be the “Gadameilin” Symphonic Suite by Xin Huguang and the Symphony No. 2 in D major by Ludwig van Beethoven. The Violin Concerto and other Gompper orchestral works will be recorded by London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra this fall for a release on the Naxos label in early 2011. Gompper has lived and worked professionally as a pianist, conductor, and composer in New York, San Diego, London, Nigeria, Michigan, and Texas, as well as in Iowa. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London, and after teaching in Nigeria, he received his doctorate at the University of Michigan. He has taught composition and directed the Center for New Music at The University of Iowa since 1991.
UI Pentacrest Museums, geoscience department offer frightening fun Spooky stories, terrifying tours and frightening fossils await visitors at the fourth annual “Creepy Campus Crawl” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30, at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, Old Capitol Museum and the Department of Geoscience in Trowbridge Hall. The events are free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to wear costumes. Activities, crafts, and treats will be offered at the three locations: “Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Pentacrest,” Museum of Natural History. Visitors can crawl through a mysterious prehistoric maze, battle hordes of invasive species and brave the Spooky Tour through Bird Hall. Visitors will see natural history come to life as they write their names in hieroglyphics, make cave paintings, and learn some of the museum’s best-kept secrets with assistance from museum staff, volunteers, and museum studies students. As always, Rusty the Giant Sloth will be dressed for the occasion. “Creepy Classics at the Capitol” at Old Capitol Museum will feature scenes of classic novels and movies, including Frankenstein and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, presented by museum studies and general education literature students. Visitors will also have the opportunity to make crafts with staff of the UI Museum of Art. Staff from the Iowa City Library and the Johnson County Historical Society will also get into the act, introducing visitors to the infamous Black Angel and other Johnson County ghost stories. “Night of the Living Fossils” in Trowbridge Hall (located off of the T. Anne Cleary Walkway) will be hosted by the Department of Geoscience, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, and the Department of Natural Resources. Visitors will be able to excavate their own fossil, find out how rocks and soil make the candy you eat, and see and touch “living fossils.” For more information or special accommodations, call the Museum of Natural History at 319-335-0606.
Swing Dance Club hosts Halloween dance Oct. 30 The University of Iowa Swing Dance Club will host its annual Halloween Swinger’s Ball on Friday, Oct. 30, at the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center, 220 South Gilbert Street in downtown Iowa City. The night starts with a beginner’s dance lesson at 7 p.m. and continues with a dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Guests are urged to wear costumes and swing the night away to live music by Django’s Tigers, a five-piece club group from eastern Iowa. Admission is $5 for club members and $10 for the general public. For more information about the UI Swing Dance Club or the Halloween Swinger’s Ball, visit www.uiowa.edu/~uiswing, or contact Emily Sohn, UI Swing Dance Club president at emily-sohn@uiowa.edu, or Heather Streicher, marketing director, at heather-streicher@uiowa.edu.
“Piano Sundays” concert to be held Nov. 1 in Old Capitol The University of Iowa “Piano Sundays” series will present its final concert of the fall semester at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1, in the Senate Chamber of Old Capitol. The free, public concert will showcase pianists from the UI School of Music. Performers are Bo Ties, Seong-Sil Kim, Casey Rafn, Ryan McNamara, Olga Rua, and Eunjin Lee. The program will include works of Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, Copland, and Albeniz. This marks the fourth season that Old Capitol Museum, the UI School of Music, and West Music have collaborated to present the “Piano Sundays” series. For more information call 319-335-0548 or visit www.uiowa.edu/~oldcap/index.shtml.
Iowa Law Review moves up in Washington & Lee Law Journal rankings The Iowa Law Review has recently moved up in the Washington & Lee Law Journal rankings, listed as the 22nd highest-ranked journal in the country in the most recent rankings. In a January 2009 release of the rankings, the Law Review was ranked number 23 in the country. Washington & Lee ranks all student- and peer-edited law journals based on the journal’s influence in legal publications. In ranking law journals, Washington & Lee considers a variety of factors including the number and frequency of citations a journal receives. The Law Review’s rank of 22 is the highest rank the journal has received to date. Editor-in-Chief Kevin Sherlock, a University of Iowa law student, says he attributes the ranking to the hard work and dedication of all Law Review members. Since its inception in 1915 as the Iowa Law Bulletin, the Iowa Law Review has served as a scholarly legal journal, noting and analyzing developments in the law and suggesting future paths for the law to follow. Since 1935, students have edited and have managed the Law Review, making the Law Review the UI College of Law’s oldest student-edited journal. The Law Review is published five times annually.
Strategic planning task forces seek campus input at open forums Members of the Provost’s Task Force on Public Outreach and Civic Engagement, the Task Force on Undergraduate Education and Success, and the Task Force on Research and Creative Excellence are seeking feedback from the campus community during open forums scheduled for November. The forums for public outreach and civic engagement will be held:
The forums for research and creative excellence will be held:
The forums for undergraduate education and success will be held:
Members of the task forces will present a brief overview of their work to date, respond to questions, and listen to the perspective of those in attendance.
Proposals sought for Catalyst Award Seed Grants The Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity has announced a call for proposals for the Catalyst Award Seed Grant, which targets creative projects that enhance and encourage the diversity goals of The Iowa Promise, The University of Iowa’s five-year strategic plan. Grants of up to $1,000 are available to UI faculty, staff, and students as seed money for startup projects or programs that have potential sustainability, as well as short-term projects that demonstrate significance and impact. Collaborative grant proposals are sought that support projects and/or programs that advance cross-cultural understanding, strengthen positive intergroup relations, and promote a welcoming learning, living, and working environment. Applications are due to the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 202 Jessup Hall, by 5 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1. Further information can be obtained at www.uiowa.edu/~eod, or by phone at 319-335-0705 (voice) or 319-335-0697 (text).
Holden Cancer Center monthly cancer tip: Preventing lymphedema Lymphedema, the painful swelling and buildup of fluid, can affect people with different types of cancer, including breast cancer. Cancer treatment that involves the removal of lymph nodes or treatments that injure the lymph system can cause this swelling. In other cases, a tumor might press on or block the lymph channels. Lymphedema is easier to prevent than to treat. Prevention tips include:
Anyone with lymphedema should ask their doctor about ways to treat symptoms. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Lymphedema Clinic provides services for outpatients. For more information, visit http://tiny.cc/uihealthcare. For help scheduling an appointment or information about any cancer, contact Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer Information Service at The University of Iowa at 800-237-1225 or visit http://uihealthcare.com/cancer.
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 too much global experience might harm career advancement Managers for U.S. companies may want to limit their international assignments to just one if they hope to advance in their careers, according to research by a University of Iowa management professor. The study, by Maria Kraimer, associate professor in the Tippie College of Business, suggests that more than one international assignment doesn’t translate into career advancement, and might even hurt. “American companies value international experience, but multiple country experience is not highly valued,” says Kraimer. “Firms value international exposure, but the value might be limited.” Kraimer surveyed recently repatriated managers and executives at five U.S.-based multinational firms about their experience overseas, and whether they felt it helped their careers once they returned. They found that those who had one international assignment were more likely to be promoted than those who had multiple assignments. Those who had between two and four assignments were least likely to be promoted. Kraimer says the study suggests that “out of sight, out of mind” is partly responsible for making international assignments reach their point of diminishing return so quickly. It’s hard to advance your career from London or Tokyo because it’s harder for the top executives in New York or Chicago to see you. Proximity is also an issue. “Most high level positions in U.S. companies are in the U.S., so if you want to advance, you have to be in the U.S.,” she says. Read the full University News Services release at http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/october/101909global-career.html.
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