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GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

UI research funding hits record $466.5 million
University of Iowa faculty generated another all-time record in external grants and contracts–$466.5 million, a 9 percent increase over 2009 and the latest in a string of increases that have almost doubled annual research funding within a decade. More

MUSEUM OF ART

O'Harrow named UIMA director
Sean O’Harrow, executive director of Davenport’s Figge Art Museum, will become director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art effective Nov. 15, helping to plan and raise funds for a new building to house the acclaimed UI collection. More

GUEST APPEARANCE

Iowa’s Robinson appears on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart


Pulitzer Prize–winning author and University of Iowa faculty member Marilynne Robinson appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart July 8 to discuss her most recent book, Absence of Mind, which challenges postmodern atheists who crusade against religion under the banner of science. Watch the video here.

DEPARTURE

Provost Loh named president of University of Maryland, College Park
The University System of Maryland Board of Regents has named University of Iowa Executive Vice President and Provost Wallace Loh president of the University of Maryland, College Park, effective Nov. 1. Loh has been UI provost since August 2008. More

BIODISCOVERY

Cell interactions may shed light on developmental disorders
Two University of Iowa biologists have published new findings that show how cells interact during development, part of a long-term project to understand the mechanics of human developmental disorders. More

FOOTBALL FORECAST

Ferentz talks 2010 season–and wardrobe emergencies
Kirk Ferentz is thrilled about the 2010 football outlook. But before the University of Iowa head coach could take the podium at the 39th Annual Big Ten Conference Football Kickoff Luncheon in Chicago, he needed a pit stop at a hotel gift shop. More

RANKINGS

U.S. News ranks University of Iowa 29th best public national university
The University of Iowa is the 29th best public national university in the country, according to the latest rankings published by the magazine U.S. News & World Report. More

HANCHER GRANT

$20,000 award funds academics-arts collaborations
The University of Iowa’s Hancher has received a $20,000 Creative Campus Sustaining Strategies Grant to build on the success of Eye Piece, an ambitious cross-campus collaboration that drew writers, actors, physicians, patients, students, and teachers. More

ADA ANNIVERSARY

Law clinic offers counsel on landmark disabilities act
The Americans with Disabilities Act became law 20 years ago this summer, and ever since, the UI College of Law has helped dozens of Iowa businesses, organizations, and agencies eliminate barriers, change perceptions, and create opportunities. More

CLIMATE CHANGE

Black carbon implicated in global warming
Increasing the ratio of black carbon to sulphate in the atmosphere boosts climate warming, report University of Iowa researchers in the July 25 edition of Nature Geoscience. More

Related: Engineers receive $951,500 federal grant for UI green power initiative. More

HUMAN ORIGINS

Anthropologist describes early human dig site
A University of Iowa anthropologist and colleagues are featured in the July 28 online edition of Nature News, discussing their latest dig to determine the geological source and precise age of early human remains found on the island of Java. More

HEALTH CONNECTIONS

UI Hospitals and Clinics hits ‘Most Wired’ list
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is one of the nation’s most wired—and wireless—hospitals, according to survey results published in the July issue of Hospitals and Health Networks magazine. More

TRACK AND FIELD

Women chase down academic honor
The University of Iowa women’s track and field team has earned academic honors from its national coaches’ association for the sixth straight season, posting a team grade-point average of 3.22 during 2010 indoor and outdoor competition. More

HEALTH CARE GUIDANCE

Summary offers road map for rural health care reform
Rural health care advocates, policymakers, and researchers looking to make sense of the 900-plus-page health care reform legislation can access a new, comprehensive summary of provisions pertaining to rural areas. More

TOP HOSPITAL

UI Hospitals and Clinics again ranked among national elite
For the 21st year in a row, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics appears on a foremost list of leading United States hospitals, with otolaryngology, ophthalmology, and orthopaedics among the top 10 in their specialties. More

POETRY AWARDS

2010 Iowa Poetry Prize winners announced
Julie Hanson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and L.S. Klatt of Grand Rapids, Mich., have received the 2010 Iowa Poetry Prize from the University of Iowa Press, which will publish Hanson’s Unbeknownst and Klatt's Cloud of Ink next spring. More
For the Record

“For all of the huffing and puffing about lost wage-and-tax revenues, the safety records of all of the big transnational oil companies, and drilling-permits-as-a-jobs-bill, I've seen no evidence that BP or any other oil corporation has better anti-spill technologies.”

Bruce E. Gronbeck, professor emeritus of communication studies, in response to the question: Should the Obama administration keep pursuing a deepwater drilling moratorium? (The Hill, July 12).

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Alumni Newsmakers

“If it turns out to be a hobby, something you love, something you’re passionate about, for me, that’s enough.”

University of Iowa playwriting program alumna Sarah Sander, who has just finished a season as Playwright in Residence at Florida Studio Theatre (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 30).

Old Gold
HAWKS VERSUS HUSKERS: A FORGOTTEN RIVALRY

HAWKS VERSUS HUSKERS: A FORGOTTEN RIVALRY

The Hawkeyes and the Cornhuskers won’t be strangers when they meet on the gridiron, now that Nebraska has joined the Big Ten Conference starting in 2011. More

From the Iowa Alumni Magazine
GOOD BUSINESS

GOOD BUSINESS

At a time when the corporate world seems to have lost its integrity, The University of Iowa aims to restore some old-fashioned values. More