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Digest #26

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

News from the CLAS website
March 1, 2016--March 21, 2016

 
 

Research News

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Christopher Brochu comments in Nature on discovery of horse-sized dinosaur fossils

ATLAS Experiment recognizes work of Physics & Astronomy Professor Usha Mallik

Psych major Caroline Wadman selected for Council on Undergraduate Research event in Washington, D.C.

Psych study finds kids with high BMI are at greater risk of pedestrian injury

Russ Ciochon paper theorizes about rise and fall of early human species in Southeast Asia

HHP faculty help mitigate military injuries with Virtual Soldier Research Program

CIC member universities influence research, education far and wide

Arts News

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HeartStrings/Rhapsodie String Quartet residency to showcase the power of music therapy

Student Willy Tan's touring bike impresses at North American Handmade Bike Show

Engagement and Outreach News

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UI to partner with Mason City, east-central Iowa communities on sustainability initiatives

Math's Sonia Kovalesky Day, designed for high school women, featured in Gazette

Daryl Cameron's work on empathy and leadership empathy featured in New York Times

Awards, Achievements, and Media Mentions

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Scott Shaw of Chemistry receives prestigious Cottrell Scholar Award 

Marilynne Robinson on Donald Trump: "The Great Orange-Haired Unintended Consequence"

Students grow lettuce in an Iowa winter (KCRG)

Computer Sci Prof Aaron Stump publishes book on advanced programming language Agda

Teresa Mangum elected National Humanities Alliance Secretary

Around Campus

CLAS programs rank highly in U.S. News and World Report

CLAS student-athletes Uthoff and Disterhoft named Academic All-Americans

UI names President’s List and Dean’s List for fall 2015

History Professor Mariola Espinosa discusses Zika virus in “Medicine and Public Health in Latin America" class

Professor Robert Cargill publishes The Cities That Built the Bible

Cinematic Arts alumni help students explore careers

Upcoming CLAS Events

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Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings

Living Just? A Student-Led Conversation about Off-Campus Housing Concerns March 23

"From Constantinople to Moscow: Geopolitical landscapes of capital cities in medieval Eastern Europe," lecture by Professor Jelena Bogdanović March 29

Lecture: "The Role of Doctors Without Borders in Promoting Medical Care as a Human Right" March 31

How to Find Happiness & Wisdom: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings with the Venerable Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche April 1-3

EPX Indie April 2

Sport and Recreation Management: Iowa Energy Game April 2

Arts
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Animation Showcase Through March 31

Fred Moten Reading March 22

The Nonfiction Writing Program Presents: A Reading with Richard Preston March 22

Under the Hood with HeartStrings/Rhapsodie String Quartet March 23

Masterclass with Scott Bell, Oboist with the Pittsburgh Symphony March 23

Live from Prairie Lights: Jonathan Lee in conversation with Garth Greenwell March 24

Lecture by Seema Srivastava, Artist and Art Historian March 24

Baltimore (Theatre Arts Gallery Series) March 24-27

Marcelo Boccato/James Dreier and Friends March 25

You Know I'd Love to Stay (Theatre Arts Reading Series) March 25-26

Ida Beam Lecturer Guillermo Gómez-Peña, "Gómez-Peña Unplugged” March 28

Ida Beam Lecturer Felicia Rice, “DOC/UNDOC: Collaboration and Metamorphosis,” followed by a conversation with Guillermo Gómez-Peña March 30

Symphony Orchestra March 30

Guillermo Gómez-Peña, "Multiple Journeys: The Life of Gómez-Peña"  March 31

'Food Chains': Film Screening and Discussion March 31

Reed/Strub Dance Thesis Concert - RESTORATION: Moving to the Beat of Life March 31-April 2

Johnson County Landmark, featuring Melvin Butler April 1

Piano Sundays: Rene Lecuona and Studio April 3
 

Exhibitions

THEM: Images of Separation January 28-May 15

Sciences

Professor Brian Barry - "Homogeneous catalyst designs towards electrocatalytic CO2 reduction and sp2-heteroatom insertions" March 23

Professor Molly Wilker - "Charge Transfer Dynamics in Nanocrystal-Redox Catalyst Complexes and Implications for Photochemical H2 Generation" March 24

Nyema Harmon - "Artemisinin: 45 Years of Discoveries and Innovations" March 24

Ellen Coddens - "A Laboratory Study of Sulfate Formation in Multiphase and Heterogeneous Processes" March 28

Jeevapani Hettige - "Nanoscale Structure of Ionic Liquids via MD Simulations" March 29