From CLAS, for CLAS
 

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences News and Events Digest

A twice-monthly bulletin for the faculty and staff of the
University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

News from the CLAS website
September 28, 2015--October 11, 2015

 
 

Research News

Report your significant research news

CLAS faculty invited to learn about research communication, make short videos

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Sara Mason receives $240K NSF grant to study water and minerals in dirt

HHP Professor Lucas Carr publishes study showing benefits of sit-stand desks

Linguistics doctoral student Eli Asikin-Garmager receives fellowship for research abroad

CLAS researchers involved in new CDC Prevention Epicenter, $2.2 million grant

Arts News

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New poetry and prose from Writers’ Workshop alumni

Writers' Workshop alum and poet Ellen Bryant Voigt named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow

Theatre Arts Mainstage season opens with ‘American Idiot

Engagement and Outreach News

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HHP student Dalton Shaull creates start-up to help facilitate organ donations

Biology Lecturer Lori Adams facilitating national workshop on research mentorship

History/GWSS Professor Lisa Heineman part of KCRG "Ethical Perspectives on the News" panel

Awards, Achievements, and Media Mentions

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Psychology Professor Jodie Plumert on IPR "Talk of Iowa" to discuss memory

Social Work Lecturer Alison Oliver profiled in national sexuality educators' magazine and discusses parent-teacher collaboration in sexuality education

Writers' Workshop Professor Marilynne Robinson pens NY Review of Books essay on fear and guns and is interviewed about faith and conservatism in The American Conservative

Meet International Studies and Creative Writing Rose Butchart (BA 2012), intern for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq

ICRU Undergrad Research Spotlights: Jeff Lauber (International Studies, Class of 2016) and Zehra Khan (Chemistry, Class of 2016)

MSW student meets with President Obama

English, Medieval Studies Callista Gould is a manners maven

HHP major Melissa Myers competing in World Judo Championships

Computer Science alum Dylan Thiemann featured on international Humans of ACM site

Pomerantz Student Spotlight: Connor Hood (Communication Studies, Class of 2016)

Around Campus

Communication Studies to hold 2015 Sam Becker Memorial Conference: Bodies and Technologies on October 17

Physics & Astronomy to honor Professor Don Gurnett's 50 years of UI service with symposium on October 16-17

Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies to hold "Social Justice After Ferguson" symposium on October 15-16

OSTC Microfabrication Facility to hold open house on October 23, with hands-on demos of nanotool

Obermann Center to hold symposium: “Parody, Plagiarism, Patrimony: Don Quixote in the Age of Electronic Reproduction,” October 22-24

CLAS Faculty Assembly calls for dismissal of Regents

Sociology major Liz Scogerboe visits UI fall career fair (video from Iowa Now)

International Relations and Spanish student writes about LGBT identity abroad

Political Science and Chinese student Jeffrey Ding describes study abroad experience with 10 Chinese words

Roberts named director of UI Pentacrest Museums

Upcoming CLAS Events

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Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings

WorldCanvass: The Evolution of Climate Change: 25 Years and Counting October 13

Social Justice After Ferguson October 15-16

What Can I Do With A Major in Sociology or Psychology? October 15

Scientific Books and their Makers: A Symposium October 15

Gurnett Symposium--Celebrating 50 years at UI October 16-17

Samuel L. Becker Memorial Conference: Bodies and Technologies October 17

European Studies Group Lecture October 16

Japan Foundation Grant Ceremony October 16

WorldCanvass Studio: "The Human in Human Rights" October 16

International Archaeology Day: A Celebration of Ancient Technology October 17

Creating Your Professional Brand October 19

Public Lecture on Civil Rights and U.S. Army Nurse Corps October 22

Lecture by Art Historian Barbara Kellum October 22

Policy Matters: Poverty in Policy Practice October 22

Floating Friday Lecture "Algorithms and African American Telvision" October 23

Haunted Hustle for Hearing October 24

IDEAL Assignment Design Institute October 24

 

Arts
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Clarinet Studio Recital October 13

Cinematheque: Polen Ly introduces his Colourful Knots and Red Ink & Yu Mei Balasingamchow introduces To Singapore, With Love October 13

Johnson County Landmark and Combo October 15

Claudia Rankine reading October 15

Kantorei and University Choir, in concert with select ensembles from West High School and Iowa City High School October 16

American Idiot October 16 through 25

Feminaal October 2 through 25

Cinematheque: Rochelle Potkar presents Trikal October 20

"Shop Talk" with Alexandria Smith, Virginia A. Myers visiting artist in Printmaking October 20

Man of La Mancha October 24

Choral Collage: Camerata, University Choir, Women's Chorale and Kantorei October 25

Johnson County Landmark, featuring Carmen Bradford October 25

Tuba/Euphonium Studio Recital October 26

"Shop Talk" with Neal Rock, Grant Wood Fellow in Painting October 26

Cinematheque: Birgül Oğuz presents Once Upon a Time in Anatolia October 27

Symphony Orchestra October 28

"Shop Talk" with Terry Conrad, Grant Wood Fellow in Printmaking October 29

Red All Over October 29 through November 1

Halloween Pops with the Iowa Trombone Choir October 30

Percussion Ensemble Fall Concert November 1

Center for New Music: Composer's Workshop November 1

Hindemith Project, featuring Alan Huckleberry November 3

Exhibitions

Sciences

Plasma Physics Seminar October 12

Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminar October 12

Operator Theory Seminar October 13

Math Physics Seminar October 13

Frontiers Lecture Series, Prof. Richard P. Van Duyne - "Molecular Plasmonics: Nanoscale Sensing and Spectroscopy" October 15

Frontiers Lecture Series, Prof. Richard P. Van Duyne - "New Tools for the Study of Single Molecule Chemistry at the Nanometer Length Scale and the Picosecond Time Scale" October 16

Joint Astrophysics/Space Physics Journal Club October 16

Kamal Ray - "Correlating Topography and Mechanical Properties of Substrate Deposited Individual Sub-micrometer Particles" October 19

OSTC Microfabrication Facility Open House October 23

Shweta Yelgaonkar - "Pharmaceutical Cocrystals: Emerging Class of Crystal" October 29

Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Joan F. Brennecke - "How Ionic Liquids Can Contribute to Sustainability" October 29

Ida Beam Distinguished Professor Joan F. Brennecke - "Chemistry and Thermodynamics of CO2 Capture with Ionic Liquids" October 30

Prof. Timothy Bertram - "Interfaces: The Gordian Knots of Atmospheric Chemistry" November 2