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Running for Her Life--Alumna’s passion takes her from war-torn homeland to 2012 Olympics

Debra A. Schwinn, an anesthesiology faculty member at the University of Washington in Seattle, has been named the next dean of the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Her appointment will be effective Nov. 1, pending approval by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa. More

FLOOD RECOVERY

Federal report on major flood recovery projects generates statewide, congressional response

Despite a recent roadblock in the flood-recovery process, the UI has strong support from the governor, members of Congress, the Board of Regents, and the Office of Iowa Homeland Security to complete the replacement of the water-damaged Hancher, School of Music, and studio art buildings. More

HEALTH CARE

Iowa health care organizations launch new partnership

University of Iowa Health Alliance, which includes over 50 hospitals and more than 160 clinics in Iowa and contiguous areas, will focus on sharing expertise, support services, and information technology. The arrangement will allow each organization to maintain its legacy and independence, while promoting clinical integration and care coordination. More

FAIR GAME

University to continue presence at annual state fair

It’s time to start thinking about butter cows, deep-fried snacks, and thrilling Midway rides as the renowned Iowa State Fair quickly approaches. The annual event will be Aug. 9-19 in Des Moines, and the UI will command its usual post inside the air-conditioned Varied Industries Building. More

HAWKEYE HIGHLIGHTS

Five Hawkeyes named to 2012 Hall of Fame Class

Five former student-athletes will be inducted into the National Iowa Varsity Club Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 14, the night before Iowa football hosts Northern Iowa. More

RIVER RECREATION

EPA awards grant to study modification of Burlington Street dam

Whitewater rafting and boating down the Iowa City portion of the Iowa River could soon be a reality if the vision behind the EPA’s funding of a dam design plan comes to fruition. More

RESEARCH

UI receives $11 million grant to help preterm babies

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a UI team $11 million to treat diseases affecting babies born prematurely. The grant will test a novel alternative for delivering life-sustaining supplies of red blood cells to preterm infants. More

MUSEUM OF ART

Getty to undertake technical study, conservation of Pollock’s Mural

After a brief stay at a Des Moines art museum, Jackson Pollock’s seminal work Mural is headed to the West Coast for a facelift. In a collaboration between the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the UI Museum of Art, the painting will travel to the Getty this summer to undergo technical study and conservation treatment by research scientists at the Getty Conservation Institute and conservators at the J. Paul Getty Museum. More

HAWKEYE HOOPS

McCaffery signs seven-year contract

UI men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery has signed a new contract to continue as head coach for the foreseeable future. More

Related: Head wrestling coach Tom Brands signs deal through 2017

UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS

UI applicants will now self-report

Beginning in August, first-year/freshmen applicants to the University of Iowa will self-report their high school course work, test scores, grade-point average, and class rank when they apply for admission. The change will reduce paperwork and postage and allow applicants to get an admission decision within 48 hours. More

WRITING COMMUNITY

Writing group seeks to break stereotypes, build connections at Shelter House

Since a UI doctoral student formed a writing group in 2010 for individuals using the services at the Shelter House, more than 50 people have participated—and some have made dramatic turnarounds. More

ATHLETICS

UI AD discusses memorable year in athletics

UI director of athletics Gary Barta thinks the Hawkeyes offered plenty to cheer about during the 2011-12 season—in competition, in the classroom, and in the stands. He recently took some time to talk about the year gone by and what lies ahead in 2012-13. More

“He was a big help in me turning the program around. ... Every time George and I got together he would relate things that would help from a psychological standpoint in dealing with the fans and the news media.”

Former Hawkeye football coach Hayden Fry, fondly recalling his early relationship with former UI sports information director and Iowa alumnus George Wine, who died July 1 at the age of 81 (The Gazette, July 5).

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“He bounced on it for eight hours every day.”

Iowa graduate Dagmar Nissen Munn, whose father, UI alumnus George Nissen, invented the trampoline while a student at Iowa and promoted its health benefits until his death at age 96. The apparatus has been used in a competitive gymnastic sport at the Olympics since 2000 (The Gazette, June 9).