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May 2008
8

Reisinger steps down as dean of UI International Programs

8 Students honored for interdisciplinary health research posters
8 International Studies honors three UI professors May 16
7 Scottish RiteCare summer program helps children with speech, reading
7 'Mapping Decline' maps out urban decay and depopulation of Saint Louis
6 UI hearing aid research aims to find best device for each person
6 Eight UI faculty awarded Global and Faculty Scholarships
6 UI psychologist investigates newlyweds' tribulations
5 International Programs awards summer research fellowships to UI faculty
5 UI students, professors, staff recognized at UI Honors Program ceremony
5 Study: it might be true that 'men marry their mothers'
1 UI students win awards at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
April 2008
30

Helen Small wins 2008 Truman Capote Award for literary criticism

28 UI journalism students win scholarships
25 Professor: profit motives behind sexualization of 'tween girls
23 UI recognizes students, faculty, staff member, alumnus at Finkbine Dinner
21 UI undergraduate students honored for research excellence
17 UI WISE program awards travel grants
16 UI garners grant to help K-6 math teachers boost performance, reduce gaps
15 UI researchers awarded $1.2 million for nanotoxicity study
14 UI Russian Program selects 11 students for prestigious seminars in Moscow
14 UI Mathematics Department wins national award for minority recruitment
10 Pienta named editor of the Journal of Chemical Education
10 One Community, One Book selection, expansion announced
9 UI names Hillman Iowa Student Employee of the Year for 2007-08
9 Local chefs tout culinary creativity in UI’s ‘Iron Chef’ cookoff
8 University Of Iowa student wins prestigious Udall Scholarship
8 UI poets Hass and Schultz, and composer Lang win 2008 Pulitzer Prizes
7 Four UI faculty win top teaching award
7 Three University of Iowa arts faculty members win Guggenheim Fellowships
4 UI economic forecaster sees continued growth in Iowa despite national downturn
3 Three UI students receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
2 UI-led consortium receives $6.25 million nanotechnology grant
March 2008
31

UI writing programs assist doctoral student in Iraq

28 U.S.News ranks 23 UI programs among top 10 in nation among public universities
21 Middle-schoolers use innovative software to compose music for the Ying Quartet
17 Spring lecture series features UI African American Studies research
14 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences names Dean's Scholars, Collegiate Scholars
14 UI researcher finds coral diversity, reef development are unrelated
13 Professor: political punch lines are problematic
12 Regents OK naming of Beckwith Boathouse; groundbreaking is Wednesday
12 New center will be at forefront of rural health communication
10 UI study seeks adults with tinnitus
7 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences names Hurtig Starch Faculty Fellow
7 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences names Collegiate Fellows
7 UI Arts Share program wins funding for Patient Voice Project
6 UI Press offers two new books of literary scholarship March 15
6 Hurtig receives communication sciences and disorders award
5 Students received $80 million in grants and scholarships in 2006-07
4 UI researcher celebrates landmark event in construction of atom smasher
4 UI researcher receives $255,762 NSF grant for undergraduate nanoscience research
February 2008
25 UI biologist helps discover novel organism adding to 'tree of life'
22 Study: highly involved patients don't always see better health outcomes
19 CLAS awards Marcus Bach Fellowships for 2008-09
19 UI study: low-income women more likely to suffer from postpartum depression
19 UI students win 2008 Gates Cambridge Scholarships
19 UI student Kacie Ankenbauer receives George L. Droll Award
18 Blind professor helps others see another side to disabilities
14 $1 million Carver Trust grant will help buy high-resolution microscope
5 UI graduate student in biology wins American Heart Association fellowship
1 Fritzsch named biological sciences head, Iowa Entrepreneurial Endowed Professor
January 2008
31

Exhibit marks 50th anniversary of U.S., Van Allen entering the Space Age

30 Graduate Student Travel Awards
25 UI Hawkeye Poll: Iowans had fun at their caucuses
24 UI students elected to Phi Beta Kappa membership
24

Local student on UI President's List

23 Local student on UI Dean's List for fall 2007
11 UI mourns passing of Dewey Stuit and David Forkenbrock 
7 UI election Web site to be included in Library of Congress collection
December 2007
22 Hancher Box Office closes for UI winter break, Dec.22 to Jan.21
20 Davies and Jones receive Stanley International Programs-Obermann Fellowships
20 UI Graduate College alumnus wins nation's top dissertation award
17 University of Iowa journalism students get creative with 'Caucus on the Cob' site

14

Successful Legacy Letter Project expands beyond UI
11 Winners of new International Achievement Award announced
6 Flatté, Kleiber named Fellows of the American Physical Society
6 D'Agata receives National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
3 Researchers say 'place' affects quality of the water we drink
November 2007
30 Emery, Farris and Liskin-Gasparro win Graduate College Outstanding Mentor Awards
30 UI research: even today, couples put more emphasis on husband's career
29 Eckstein named UI interim associate provost for academic administration
29 'Coming to America' essay contest winners announced
28 Three UI graduate students receive Braverman Scholarships
27 Acoustical Society of America honors Titze for voice research
26 UI Office for Study Abroad announces photo contest winners
26 NSF grant funds research on risky decision-making in pre-teens
16 UI writers win 2007 National Book Awards in fiction and poetry
15 University of Iowa Libraries unveil the Iowa Gallery digital art collections
12 UI Foundation Board elects CLAS alumna as new member
12 UI biologists collaborate in genomic study of genetic, evolutionary processes
8 UI Cancer and Aging Program funds pilot projects
8 UI launches math preparation Web site for high school students
7 UI announces 2007 Catalyst Awards for diversity efforts
6 CLAS biologist uses $1.47 million NIH grant to study brain cell connections
1 UI President Mason joins Iowa Business Council
October 2007
31 Firm wins $967,000 federal grant to develop bloodless glucose monitor
29 UI Hawkeye Poll: Huckabee gaining; Clinton and Obama battling for top spot
29 Iowa caucus-goers say Iraq War, terrorism top issues in new UI Hawkeye Poll
26 Mason appoints provost search committee members
25 UI's Bhattacharya, Flatté, Stinski elected 2007 AAAS Fellows
24 Seriously funny: UI professor finds lessons in Sedaris humor
16 UI biologist receives $1.1 million NIH grant to study sex and meiosis
16 Classics Graduate Student Wins the First Annual Peter Green Essay Award
11 UI names computer science scholarship winners for 2006-07 and 2007-08
11 UI signs third $1.5 million Alcon contract for study of blinding eye diseases
11 University of Iowa Russian Program awarded major Department of Education grant
9 UI professor: more technology means less privacy
1 UI provost names faculty scholars
September 2007
28 Des Moines Center internship program adds five students for fall semester
27 UI names two recipients of Brody Award for faculty excellence
26 Suls appointed chair of NIH panel on behavioral medicine
19 UI biology researchers receive over $800,000 in grants for tumor cell study
18 UI awarded $33.8 million for clinical translation research
18 UI welcomes Iowa Valley students to the 2 Plus 2 Transfer Plan
17 UI students awarded degrees during summer commencement
14 Iowa Caucuses become part of University of Iowa curriculum
7 Carver Trust Grant funds high school entrepreneurship curriculum
6 UI Press releases 2007 Simmons Short Fiction Award winner
5 UI sociologist: college rankings permeate decisions in higher education
5 Fourteen staff members receive UI excellence awards
4 Hawkeye Poll: immigration increasingly important to Iowa Voters
4 Laboratory at UI plays major role in diagnosing cancer
August 2007
31 UI alumni, students receive Fulbright fellowships for 2007-08
30 $1.83 million Carver Trust Grant to aid Chemistry Building, faculty
29 Two CLAS professors Win Regents Awards for Faculty Excellence
29 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Names Alumni Fellows
28 Seastrand Named to College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Advisory Board
21 UI Students Win College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Scholarships
10 UI Research: Patient-Centered Approach Can Backfire
9 Oscar Hahn awarded the "Premio del Consejo Nacional del Libro"
9 Don Gurnett Wins International Academy Of Astronautics Book Award
9 UI Poll: Edwards' Caucus Lead Disappears, Richardson Gains Traction
8 As Straw Poll Approaches, Romney Soars, Giuliani Drops And McCain Collapses
8 Three More UI Election Experts Available For Interviews
7 UI Professors Receive Collegiate Teaching Awards
3 UI Spatial Cognition Research Explains Explorer's Limited Ability To Navigate
2 Hogan Named President Of The University of Connecticut
2 UI Researcher Challenges Explanations Of Children's 'Word Spurts'
July 2007
26 Magic Will Help Korean Math, Science Educators Teach More Creatively
20 UI Communication Studies Faculty Receive Honors
19 UI First U.S. School To Sign Agreement With Beijing Olympics Committee
13 Redlawsk Wins Award For Book Examining Voter Decisions
12 Haitian Journalists To Explore Free Press, Media Coverage During UI Visit
9 Technology Innovation Center Company Focuses On Childhood Disease Therapies
2 CLAS Professor Facilitated Workshop on Terrorism in the Media At UI
June 2007
27 UI Researcher Finds Good Students Help College Football Programs Win
25 Thomas Named New Director Of UI Center for Human Rights
22 'Comédie du Jour' Sets Iowa Summer Rep Advance-Sales Record
21 International Workshop On Stuttering Held At UI June 18-29
19 CLAS Anthropologist, Colleagues Discover Remains Of Earliest Giant Panda
19 CLAS Professors Awarded International Programs Major Projects Grants
18 Royal Institute Of British Architects Honors UI Art Building West Designer
15 Washington Post Wins Iowa Gallup Award For Journalism Using Polls
15 CLAS Professor Emeritus Hans Breder Receives Honorary Doctorate
13 IP Awards Three UI Professors Summer Research Fellowships
8 UI Graduate Students Awarded Stanley Fellowships For Research Abroad
6 UI Receives $10 Million To Study Brain Systems Regulating Blood Pressure
6 UI Awards 10 Undergraduate Stanley Scholarships For International Research
4 CLAS Students Receive Scholarships
4 Book Written By CLAS Alum Documents Iowa City Music Scene In Photos
1 Local Students On UI Dean's List
May 2007
30 CLAS Student Domeyer Recognized With Lennis J. Holm Scholarship
30 CLAS Student Staudt Recognized With Adelaide Boerner Trickey Scholarship
30 UI College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences Recognizes Top Two Graduates
30 Local Students On UI President's List
30 CLAS Students Elected To Phi Beta Kappa Membership
30 Liberal Arts And Sciences Students Inducted To Communications Honor Society
29 UI Students Awarded Degrees During Spring Commencement
25 Arts Share Accepts Reservations For Summer Arts Camps
25 Local Students Attend Iowa Summer Music Camp At University Of Iowa
24 Two CLAS Students Receive Funds For Human Rights Summer Internships
24 CLAS Student To Participate In One World Foundation's Young Leaders Program
21 CLAS Statistician Elected Fellow Of American Statistical Association
21 CLAS Playwright Wins At National MFA Playwrights Festival
21 Research Examines Connections Between Eating Disorders, Perfectionism
16 CLAS Journalism Students Win Scholarships
16 UI To Offer Russian Language Courses For Community
15 University of Iowa Student Wins Prestigious Udall Scholarship
14 Troyer, Rocklin to Assume Vice Provost Duties on Pat Cain's Retirement
11 CLAS Theater Student John M. Baker Wins National Dramaturgy Award
10 UI Students Win Prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships
10 Family Of CLAS Alum Gives Gift Of 12 Defibrillators
9 Daily Iowan Television Wins State Broadcast News Awards
8 CLAS Chemist Receives Carver Trust Grant For 'Green Chemistry'
4 UI To Confer Degrees In Commencement Exercises
3 CLAS Professor Looks At Moms' Role In Protecting Kids From Sex Abuse
2 Registration Underway For UI Alumni Reunion 2007
2 UI Names Outstanding Teaching Assistants
2 Magid Funds Social Science Research Prizes For UI Students
1 College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences Names 'Iowa Great Teacher'
April 2007
30 CLAS English Department Honors Students
26 CLAS Alum Eckert Will Perform During 35th-Anniversary Season At Hancher
25 CLAS Alum and Visiting Professor Participate in IWP's Second 'New Symposium'
25 UI Hosts 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference May 18-20
24 CLAS Professor: American Middle Class In Trouble
24 Women's Magazines Provide Mixed Messages About Breastfeeding
24 Deadline For Applications To UI Summer Music Camps Is May 4
23 UI Recognizes Students, Faculty, Alumnus At Annual Finkbine Dinner
23 William H. Gass Wins 2007 Truman Capote Award For 'A Temple Of Texts'
20 UI To Hold Memorial Service Monday To Remember Virginia Tech Victims
20 UI Unveils Website For Journalists Covering Caucuses, Presidential Election
19 UI Introduces Arts Management Emphasis Area For Students
19 Office Of The State Archaeologist Announces New Director
18 Ringen Receives International Programs-Obermann Center Research Fellowship
17 CLAS American Studies Professor Receives Getty Foundation Fellowship
17 'Blood Done Sign My Name' Selected For 'All Johnson County Reads'
16 UI, Partner Universities Create Optical Network To Advance Research Worldwide
16 UI Students Receive Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
13 UI Hancher Auditorium Wins 'Creative Campus Innovations' Grant
12 Slots Still Available For Program That Helps Children With Speech, Reading
12 Two CLAS Student Honored For Engagement Efforts
11 UI Poll: Candidates' Immigration Stance Matters; Iowans Favor Earned Citizenship
11 CLAS Students Receive Certificates Of Distinction And Appreciation
10 Two College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences Professors Win Guggenheim Awards
9 UI Poll: Race Not Key In Candidate Choice; Gender Matters To Some
6 MacVey Appointed Director Of CLAS Division Of Performing Arts
6 Chinese Journalist To Teach At UI Through Exchange Agreement
6 Flintknappers Manufacture Arrowheads, Tools At UI Natural History Museum
5 Longtime University Symphony Conductor Dixon Dies
4 WISE Awards CLAS Doctoral Student Travel Grant
4 CLAS Student Wins $5000 In Business Plan Competition
3 Poll: Iowa Dems Favor Clinton, Edwards; Republicans Like Giuliani, McCain
March 2007
29 U.S.News Ranks 21 UI Programs Among Top 10 In Nation
28 CLAS Staff Members Elected To Staff Council Positions
28 CLAS Researcher Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
27 University of Iowa Poll: Wife's Cancer Won't Hurt Edwards In Iowa Caucuses
27 Catalyst Award Seed Grant Winners Announced
26 Scottish RiteCare Summer Program Helps Children With Speech, Reading
26 UI Center For Human Rights Announces Essay Competition Winners
26 CLAS Awards Marcus Bach Fellowships for 2007-08
26 UI Leaders Head To D.C. To Promote Humanities Funding
23 CLAS Researcher: Crocodiles Likely Swam Across The Atlantic
21 UI Press Releases Diehl's Memoir 'Dream Not Of Other Worlds' April 2
21 UI Dance Department Again Makes Strong Showing At Regional Festival
21 Momentum Plus Initiative Launched To Encourage Diversity Outreach
19 Life Sciences Task Force To Improve UI's Research And Education Structure
19 Quill And Scroll Appoints New Executive Director
19 The University Of Iowa Department Of Dance Has Done It Again!
14 CLAS' Craig Kletzing Receives Top Teaching Award
14 CLAS Alumna, Charlene Sauer, Joins UI Foundation Staff
12 Cedar Falls Couple Establishes Hawkeye Marching Band Scholarships
9 Raheim To Step Down As Senior Associate To The President
9 Beginning Mandarin Chinese Classes Offered In Iowa City, Davenport
5 Thomas Named Associate Dean Of International Programs, Association President
5 UI Writers Well Represented In Granta's 'Best Young American Novelists'
2 UI Researchers Celebrate Milestone In Construction Of Particle Accelerator
2 Entry Deadline Extended For 2006 Iowa Gallup Award
2 UI Journalism Student Places Third in Hearst Writing Contest
1 CLAS Professor To Lead American Institute Of Indian Studies' Language Programs
1 CLAS Professor Contributes To PBS Documentary: 'Through Deaf Eyes'
February 2007
27 Three Liberal Arts And Sciences Faculty Members Named Dean's Scholars
27 Dance Department Was Featured At Earth Festival In Kenya
22 Four Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Members Named Collegiate Fellows
20 UI Research Shows Pigeons And People See Eye To Eye
19 UI Researcher Cites Need For A 'Small View' Of The Environment
16 UI Researcher Finds Gender Gap Narrowing Among Victims Of Certain Crimes
15 UI Research Program Participant Named Semifinalist For 'Junior Nobel Prize'
13 Iowa Summer Writing Festival Is Now Accepting Registrations
8 'Iowa Writes' Web Project Celebrates Anniversary, Seeks Work By Iowa Writers
8 Senior Citizens Are Encouraged To Participate In "Legacy Letter Project"
8 Applications Are Available For UI Summer Music Camps
6 CLAS Magazine Spread Receives Gold ADDY Award
January 2007
24 Survey Ranks UI Researchers High In Doctoral Productivity
24 Faculty Members Win Instructional Improvement Awards From Council on Teaching
23 Students Study Microfinance Economic Development During India Trip
12 UI Art Building West Receives 2007 American Institute of Architects Award
12 Mari Culver CLAS And Law Alumna To Become Iowa First Lady
10 UI Students Awarded Degrees During Fall Commencement
10 Local Students On UI Dean's List
10 Local Students On UI President's List
3 Kerber To Deliver Presidential Address On 'Statelessness' In U.S. History
December 2006
22 Two CLAS Students Receive WISE Program Awards
22 Larson, Creator Of Remarkable Arrangements, Still Enjoys Playing With Tubas
20 Local Students Head To Bowl Game With UI Hawkeye Marching Band
15 UI Provost Announces Launch Of 'Writing University' Web Site
15 UI Confucius Institute To Offer Beginning Chinese In Iowa City And Davenport
14 CLAS Students Garner Awards At Research Conference
11 Don Gurnett To Deliver Franklin Lecture At AGU Fall Meeting In San Francisco
7 UI Biology Research Team Receives $349,825 Carver Grant For Cell Study
7 Li, Kim And D'Ambrosio Continue Success Of UI Writers In Whiting Awards
1 Museum Of Natural History Finds Third Ice Age Sloth
November 2006
30 CLAS's Kaaret, Smirl, Wiemer Elected 2006 AAAS Fellows
30 Recent UI Nonfiction Writing Program Graduate Wins 2006 Tamarack Prize
29 UI Researchers Win $1.25 Million Army Contract For Infrared Technology
29 UI Research Links Less Sleep With Higher Body Mass Index
27 CLAS Professor Contributes To Report On Depression And Cardiac Care
15 UI Provost Announces New Graduate Program In Informatics
13 UI Particle Physics Research Team Observes New Particle
13 Dominguez, Segre Win Graduate College Outstanding Mentor Awards
13 CLAS Graduate Student Part Of 'Junk DNA' Research Team
9 Kirk, Mary Ferentz Pledge $400,000 To University Of Iowa
6 CLAS Staff Member Will Receive Catalyst Award At Nov. 16 Reception
6 Daily Iowan Wins Pacemaker Award For Top Campus Newspapers
3 CLAS Biologist Receives $347,340 Carver Grant To Study Sex And Meiosis In Fungi
October 2006
31 CLAS Professor, Filios Awarded Stanley International Programs-Obermann Fellowship
30 Pomerantz Center, Alumni Association Expand Alumni Career Service Offerings
27 CLAS Biologist Nets $1,973,449 NSF Grant To Study Origins Of Photosynthesis
20 Obermann Center To Host Cmiel Collaborative Semester On Human Labor
20 UI Students Asked To Nominate Top Teachers
19 CLAS Alums Elected To Foundation Board
12 Michael O'Hara Named Starch Faculty Fellow
12 Kurt Vonnegut Prints Will Be On Display At Schaeffer Library Dedication
11 Art Building West Project Wins AIA Honor
11 Parking Will Be Tight At Oct. 21 And 22 UI Arts Events
6 CLAS Alum Joan Kjaer Promoted To Deputy Director Of Iowa Public Radio
4 Exhibitions, Lectures, Films Explore Relationships Between Humans, Animals
2 CLAS Alumni Join UI Alumni Board
September 2006
29 UI Contacts Research Subjects About Computer Intrusion
27 CLAS Alumnus To Become State Chief Justice
26 UI Signs Exchange Agreement With University In Taiwan
25 UI Researchers Receive Grant To Support Reading Program Study
25 Obermann Humanities Symposium Announces Call For Papers On Obscenity
21 Pascoe Wins ACLS Fellowship
19 Interdisciplinary Fellows In Aging Selected
18 UI Arts Share Program Now Scheduling Events Statewide For 2006-2007
18 Whitman Archive Receives Award From Society Of American Archivists
14 Departmental Name Change Indicates Expanded Teaching And Research Focus
12 Clark Named To College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences Advisory Board
12 Mark Blumberg Named Starch Faculty Fellow
11 CLAS Professors Ungar, Merrill Honored By France
8 State Farm Foundation Grant Funds Upgrades in MIS and CLAS
7 Dorothy Johnson Appointed Roy J. Carver Professor of Art
7 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Names Alumni Fellows
7 CLAS Mathematicians Win Prestigious $3 Million NSF Grant
7 UI Provost Implements Recommendations Of Writing University Task Force
5 Speakers Set For Sept. 10 Van Allen Memorial, Flag To Fly At Half-Staff Sept. 7
5 Graduate Student Pens Award-Winning Thesis
5 UI Pomerantz Career Center Announces New Des Moines Center Internship Program
1 Horace Porter Named F. Wendell Miller Professor
August 2006
30 Local UI Student Wins Liberal Arts, Sciences Scholarship
30 New Training Model Addresses Critical Need For Geriatric Social Workers
30 Two CLAS Students Travel With Iowa Voyagers On Annual Service Trip
24 UI Research VP Announces New Nanotechnology Institute, Director
22 CLAS' Rushton Appointed To National Institutes Of Health (NIH) Review Panel
21 CLAS Saturday Scholars Series Begins Sept. 2
21 CLAS Sociology Graduate Student Studies Mean Cycle In Girls' Friendships
18 Tickets Are Now Available For CLAS Division Of Performing Arts Series
15 UI Study Shows Mistaken Racial Identification Causes Emotional Strain
7 CLAS Researcher Wins National New Faculty Award
3 Plasma Physics Researchers Get About $20 Million To Study Space Weather
3 Two 2006 CLAS Graduates Awarded Rotary Scholarships
July 2006
26 CLAS Scientists Image 'Magnetic Semiconductors' On The Nanoscale
21 UI, Iowa Firm Partner To Build Better 'Mouse House'
19 MEDIA ADVISORY: UI Student Studying In Israel Can Share Insights Of Experience
14 Two CLAS Staff Members Receive Outstanding Staff Award
7 Barragan's Dance Gala Work Showcased At International Dance Festival
6 UI Museum Of Natural History Opens Baby Giant Ice Age Sloth Display
3 Local Students Attended Percussion Camp At UI June 18-23
3 Local Students Attended Jazz Camp At UI June 25-July 1
June 2006
30 UI Grant To Support Summer English Courses For Migrant Workers
30 Two CLAS Professors Win International Programs Summer Research Fellowships
29 CLAS Professor Authors Book On The Social Side Of Emotion
29 UI Graduate Student Attends Nobel Laureate Meeting
27 CLAS Researchers Win $1.5 Million NIH Grant To Study Children's Bike Safety
26 International Programs Awards Major Projects Grants To CLAS Faculty
23 CLAS Music Professor Recognized By Governor As Outstanding Volunteer
23 UI Museum Of Natural History Finds Baby Ice Ace Sloth
21 Students Initiated Into Pi Lambda Theta Education Honor Society
21 CLAS's Flatté Honored With Van Allen Natural Science Award
20 Local Students Attend Piano Camp At University Of Iowa
20 Obermann Seminar Compares American Southwest, Iberian Peninsula Archaeology
19 CLAS Biologist Wins $1.1 Million NIH Grant To Study Red Tide
16 Local UI Students Win Scholarship For Study Abroad
16 UI To Host Arabic Language Summer Institute For High School Students
12 Six CLAS Students Receive Prestigious Fellowships For 2006-07
8 Graduate Students Awarded Stanley Fellowship For Research Abroad
7 Plasma Physics Researchers Receive $1.85 Million To Conduct Four Projects
7 Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center Receives $10 Million NIH Grant
7 Art Library Re-opens In New Location
5 UI Vice President For Research Announces Three New Appointments
2 UI Alumni Association Presents 2006 Distinguished Alumni Awards
2 CLAS Faculty Member Receives President's 2006 Awards For Outreach, Public Engagement
May 2006
31 ABC News Wins First Iowa Gallup Award For Excellent Journalism Using Polls
26 UI Shares In $5 Million NSF Grant To Study Science Teacher Preparation
26 CLAS Professor Leads China's Social Work Pioneers
25 Barragan's Dance Gala Work Is Invited To American Dance Guild 50th Anniversary
24 Soll Elected Fellow Of American Academy Of Microbiology
23 CLAS Recognizes Top Two Graduates
22 28 CLAS Students Inducted to Communications Honor Society
19 CLAS History Professor Wins Halpern Award
19 CLAS Historian Penny Wins Howard Foundation Fellowship
18 Maia Quartet Receives $10,000 Grant From Chamber Music America
16 Art Library Closed During Move
15 Students Elected To Phi Beta Kappa Membership
12 School of Journalism Awards Scholarships
10 Historian Kerber Elected To Prestigious American Philosophical Society
9 Six CLAS Faculty Will Receive Collegiate Teaching Awards
8 Two CLAS Faculty Receive Brody Award For Faculty Excellence
8 CLAS Student Wins Classics Scholarship
4 Registration Underway For UI Alumni Reunion 2006
3 CLAS Names Computer Science Scholarship And Award Winners
2 UI Provost Names Faculty And Global Scholars
2 UI International Programs Awards 34 Global Certificates This Spring
1 Iowa Centers For Enterprise Award Grants For Technology Commercialization
1 2006 University Honor Program Scholarship Winners Announced
April 2006
28 UI Center For Human Rights Awards Internships
27 French Exchange Student Survives Iowa City Tornado
27 Two UI Students Awarded Humanity In Action Summer Fellowships
27 IWP 'New Symposium' In Greece Will Be Catalyst For Intercultural Exchange
26 Thirty-Nine CLAS Students Win Scholarships
26 Arts Share Program Receives Grant From Alliant Energy Foundation
24 Local Student Invited To UI's Finkbine Dinner
24 UI Graduate College Awards Sanxay Prize
24 UI Graduate College Awards Callen Prize
21 UI Recognizes Students, Faculty, Alumni At Annual Finkbine Dinner
20 UI Students Win Prestigious NSF Graduate Fellowships
17 UI Wins Grant To Establish Confucius Institute
14 'Tortilla Curtain' Selected For 'One Community' Reading Project
14 University Spared Extensive Storm Damage; Shelter Set Up For Displaced Students
12 UI Names Iowa Student Employees Of Year
11 UI Students Win Weston International Human Rights Essay Competition
10 UI Study Shows Depression Is Factor In Withdrawal From Life-Sustaining Treatment
10 CLAS' Writers' Workshop Faculty Member Cole Swensen Is 2006 Guggenheim Fellow
10 Borges Center Moves To UI, Led By Balderston
7 Still Given Geneva Lecture Committee Faith And Learning Award
5 UI Awards Prizes In Japanese Essay Contest For High School, College Students
3 2 CLAS Students Receive Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
3 UI Will Launch Employee liveWELL Health Program
March 2006
31 U.S. News Ranks Nine UI Colleges And Graduate Programs In Top 10
31 Penelope Hall Honored By Iowa Speech-Language-Hearing Association
30 Two CLAS Students To Be Honored For Research Projects
29 CLAS Professors Win Stanley International Programs-Obermann Fellowships
27 UI Classics Professor Gibson Gets $40,000 NEH Fellowship For Translation
24 'The Geoffrey Hartman Reader' Captures 2006 Truman Capote Award
23 CLAS' Karen Heimer Receives Top Teaching Award
22 New UI Center To Focus On Ethnicity And The Arts
13 Director Of Bands Myron Welch Receives Outstanding Music Educator Award
13 Amoeba Helps UI Biomedical Researchers Study Rare Disease
10 UI Graduate Students Win $5000 In Pappajohn Business Plan Competition
10 Barrett Receives $15,000 Kress Grant For Historical Paper Research
10 Chemistry Researchers Make Semiconductor Development
10 James Van Allen Receives 2006 National Air and Space Museum Trophy
9 CLAS Student Honored With Hanson Award
9 UI Obermann Center Awards Collaborative Research Grants
9 CLAS Researchers Received $615,208 Federal Grant To Develop New Semiconductor Chip
7 ESL Moving To Old Capitol Mall
2 ICN Connected Iowa Schools With Mingus Big Band In Hancher
1 Study By CLAS Sociologist Shows Law School Rankings Affect Student Decisions
February 2006
24 CLAS French Professor Downing Thomas Knighted
23 Maxson Names Liberal Arts And Sciences Collegiate Fellows
22 Summer Program Helps Children Bridge Language Gaps
17 CLAS, Gallup Launch New Journalism Award Recognizing Poll Use
14 CLAS Researchers, Colleagues Find Giant Lightning Storm At Saturn
10 CLAS' Writers' Workshop Alumnus Adam Haslett Wins 2006 PEN/Malamud Award
7 Four CLAS Faculty Members Named Dean's Scholars
1 CLAS Senior From Iowa City Wins Liberal Arts & Sciences Scholarship
January 2006
30 Seven CLAS Faculty Members Receive Instructional Improvement Awards
30 UI Researchers Develop Information Systems For Cyberinfrastructure
23 Grant Will Support UI Patient Voice Project
20 UI Faculty Taking Part In India Symposium On Innovation, Technology
13 Jones Finds Voting Machine Defects in Arizona
6 Kottick Selected To Receive Award From American Musical Instrument Society
5 CLAS Researchers Discover Star Orbiting A 'Medium-Sized' Black Hole
3 UI Press Book Named Outstanding Academic Title