Big college, big news! From CLAS, For CLAS, About CLASDigest #41 A twice-monthly bulletin for the faculty and staff of the All the CLAS News Research NewsReport your significant research news Physics & Astronomy Prof Gregory Howes honored for plasma physics paper UI study highlights value of instructing men to focus on women’s nonverbal cues when gauging sexual interest Quartz video: Teresa Treat's study find most men misread when women are sexually interested Physics & Astronomy prof Jasper Halekas helping MAVEN mission figure out what happened to water on Mars President Harreld highlights Chemistry Prof Chris Cheatum's research and teaching UI Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination offering seed grants; applications due January 10 OVPRED Internal Funding Initiative applications due December 1 Arts NewsDance Gala 2016: November 3-6, November 10 Band Extravaganza: November 7 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Theatre Arts Mainstage Series): November 10-19 School of Music dedicates its new state-of-the-art and thoughtfully designed Voxman Music Building Workshop alum Yaa Gyasi returns to Iowa City after meteoric success Engagement and Outreach NewsReport your engagement/outreach activities History Prof Michaela Hoenicke-Moore lectures at New Melleray Abbey Math/Computer Science Lecturer Denise Szecsei brings AI robots to high school students at Kirkwood Regional Center Awards, Achievements, and Media MentionsReport your awards and media mentions Eugene Buck, Kayt Conrad honored for Regents Staff Excellence Award; Bentler, Gordon, Plumert for Regents Faculty Excellence Award; Fumerton for Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service History Chair Lisa Heineman talks with Press-Citizen about UI efforts to help prepare K-12 teachers to teach Iowa and Midwest history Poli Sci Prof Tracy Osborn discusses states with most and least powerful voters Classics Prof Sarah Bond writes about History Prof Colin Gordon's GIS project in Forbes Around CampusCLAS releases Strategic Plan for 2016-21 Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies rolls out new Social Justice major UI, Physics & Astronomy remember campus shooting on 25th anniversary; Professor Don Gurnett talks in video about the day UI Children's Hospital hosts open houses this weekend Daily Iowan: CLAS considers general education modifications School of Journalism & Mass Communication receives reaccreditation recommendation COGS meets with Regents, UI officials NY Times obit: Workshop grad Thom Jones dies at 71 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming CLAS Events(Visit CLAS Events for complete listings) Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings2nd Computer Science Graduate Research Symposium and Prospective Student Visit Day (2016) November 4 "100 Paintings / 100 Years: 1915-2015" Lecture by Bob Nickas, visiting artist in Painting and Drawing November 10 Social Work at the Crossroads—Iowa's Grand Challenges November 11 GIS Day November 16 Arts Prairie Lights Presents: Colson Whitehead at the Englert Theatre November 2 Christopher Dickey Guest Recital November 2 Dance Gala 2016 November 3-6, 10 Film Club: Seriously Funny Movies November 3, 10 Josh Bell & V.V. Ganeshananthan Reading November 4 Midwest Composers Symposium Concert I November 4 Midwest Composer's Symposium Concert II November 5 Midwest Composer's Symposium Concert III November 5 Midwest Composer's Symposium Concert IV November 5 Strange Angels: The Otherworldly Music of Paul Elwood, Dan Moore and Iowa Percussion November 5 Latin Jazz Ensemble November 6 Band Extravaganza November 7 Tuba Euphonium Studio Recital November 8 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Theatre Arts Mainstage Series) November 10-19 D. A. Powell Reading November 10 Live From Prairie Lights: Thalia Field November 11 Opera Gala November 11 Faculty Showcase: Dvorak Wind Serenade, Op.44 and Dvorak String Quintet in G November 15 Exhibitions
Politcal Prints Through January 15 Hawkeyes in Space exhibition September 8 through May 2017 German Iowa and the Global Midwest Through January 8 Sciences Taylor Fetrow - "Uranyl-Oxo Interactions and Their Effects on Bond Strength" November 2 Reid Hein - "Recent Developments and Synthetic Application of Radical-Polar Crossover Reactions" November 3 |