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 14, 2015--September 27, 2015

 
 

Research News

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English Professor Eric Gidal publishes new book

Psychology Professor Daryl Cameron publishes article in “Social Psychological and Personality Science

Sociology Professor Ion Vasi and business colleagues studying the “locavore” (local food) movement

Political Science Professor and Chair Sara Mitchell receives DOD grant to collect data on identity claims

History, GWSS Professor Leslie Schwalm presents work at international conference

Chemistry Professor Mishtu Dey wins NSF-SusChEM grant

Digital research and teaching tool "Shakeosphere" welcoming new contributors

Chemistry study shows using oat hulls for power benefits the environment, human health

Arts News

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Student work will be featured in “Ceramics at the University of Iowa” exhibition at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids

Workshop grads Angela Flournoy, Karen Bender, T. Geronimo Johnson on National Book Award fiction longlist

ICPL's "Music is the Word" event series to welcome School of Music to downtown

Engagement and Outreach News

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CSD students give sound equipment to theater for people with disabilities

Communication Studies’ new Iowa Program for Public Life holds community discussion on affordable housing in Coralville

Department of Mathematics wins GAANN grant to provide fellowships for students from underrepresented backgrounds

Miss Iowa, CLAS student Taylor Wiebers, prepares for a year traveling the state

Political Science student Kollan Kolthoff will lead Miss Johnson County Scholarship Program

Hometown Hawkeyes: Baylee O'Brien (BA 2012, psychology and social work) and Ashley Allen (BA 2010, journalism and African American studies)

Awards, Achievements, and Media Mentions

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CLAS recognizes tenured, promoted, and newly hired faculty

CLAS honors Bowlsby, Lang, Yazel as 2015 Alumni Fellows

OVPRED Undergraduate Research Spotlight: Nicholas McCarty (biochemistry and microbiology)

Corridor Business Journal’s Entrepreneur 101 includes two CLAS grads and current undergrad student

History Professor Keisha Blain publishes article in Journal of Social History and has an article chosen as a "top pick" in imperial and global history by the Imperial & Global Forum site.

Social Work Professor Mercedes Bern-Klug featured by Hartford Foundation

Around Campus

 

CLAS Faculty Assembly censures incoming UI President

"We Are Phil" campaign runs Sept. 28-Oct. 2

Professors Ana Rodriguez-Rodriguez and Denise Filios to host Obermann Humanities Symposium on Don Quixote

HHP student Melissa Myers will represent US in world judo championships

Life Design class featured in DI

UI sees increase in minority enrollment

History Professor Jacki Rand and graduate students will begin History Corps blog

Biology student group to hold Plant Sale on Wednesday, September 30

Upcoming CLAS Events

(Visit CLAS Events for complete listings)

Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings

Career Series for International Students: Job & Internship Search Strategies September 28

Graduate School Basics & Degree Breakouts September 29

Policy Matters: Working in Iowa October 1

Washington Center Internship Program Information Session October 1

ICBF Panel (The Calling: Writing With Responsibility) October 2

ICBF Panel: The Hum of Translation October 3

ICBF Panel: Walt Whitman Today October 3

ICBF Panel: Witnessing the Road 1 October 3

ICBF Panel: Witnessing the Road 2 October 3

ICBF Panel: Self-Portrait October 3

ICBF Panel: Writing for the Younger Self October 3

ICBF: Theatre Across Borders October 3

ICBF Panel: Technology Makeover October 3

ICBF Panel: Politics and Prose October 3

ICBF Panel: A Sense of Place October 3

Lecture: Jazz Curriculum in the U.S. and Europe October 5

Career Series for International Students: Considering & Applying to Graduate Schools October 5

Getting a Job With the Federal Government  October 7

Some Non-Intuitive Findings About Communication & Cancer October 8

SCREENING OF When Cancer Calls… October 8

National Findings & Global Implications for When Cancer Calls… October 9

English Department Undergraduate Alum Coffee October 10

Career Series for International Students: Interviewing to Impress October 12

Social Justice After Ferguson October 15-16

Scientific Books and their Makers: A Symposium October 16

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

International Archaeology Day: A Celebration of Ancient Technology October 17

Arts
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Chamber Music Concert September 28

Symphony Orchestra September 30

Jazz Faculty Recital October 1

Lecture by Brooklyn-based artist Traci Molloy October 1

Boom Boom Town October 2-3

David Crean, organ October 2

Robot Theatre October 3

Iowa City Book Festival: Cate DiCharry and Riley Hanick
October 3

Iowa City Book Festival: Vu Tran and Stuart Neville October 3

Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Gustav Mahler October 5

Hindemith Project, featuring Alan Huckleberry October 6

Cinematheque: Marie Silkeberg introduces her poetry films (Stockholm-Gaza: The City; Your Memory is My Freedom; The Celebration; Snow) October 6

Jane Solose, piano October 7

Symphony Band and Concert Band October 8

Love Me Tender, Che Guevara October 8-11

Piano Sundays: Uriel Tsachor and Studio October 11

Clarinet Studio Recital October 13

Mathew McConnell: Artist Talk October 14

Johnson County Landmark and Combo  October 15

Artist's talk by painter Steve Levin 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

American Idiot October 16-25

Exhibitions

"Ceramics at the UI," work of current students at CSPS
October 1-4

Sciences

Andrew Nelson - Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) Associated with Unconventional Drilling for Shale Gas" September 28

Nuclear and Particle Physics Seminar September 28

Christopher Kassl - "The role of anion chemistry in the development of tetraphenylethylene-based molecular sensors and crystal-engineering of N-haloarylpyridinium salts" September 29

Math Physics Seminar September 29

Maurice Payne - "Exploring the crystal chemistry of uranyl dicarboxylates" September 30

Prof. M. Kevin Brown - "No Strain, No Gain: Advances in the Synthesis and Use of Cyclobutanes" October 1

Prof. Johna Leddy - "Inside Nafion: A Thermodynamic Sketch" October 1

Prof. V. Ramamurthy - "Chemistry in a Capsule: Controlling excited state processes through confinement and weak interactions" October 2

Dr. Robery Hayes - "Like the Beat of a Liquid Crystal" October 2

Nilanthi Yasapala - "Reactivation of Organophosphorous Agent Inhibited Acetycholinesterase" October 7

Andrew Nelson - "Environmental Inorganic Radiochemistry and Unconventional Drilling" October 7

Moustafa Gabr - "Small molecule mitochondria-targeting agents" October 8

Anusha Hettiyadura - "Organosulfates in Centreville, Alabama: Quantification and Insights to Their Formation" October 8

Prof. Kevin Walker - "Biocatalysis of Taxol Analogs and Chiral β-Amino Acids" October 9

FRONTIERS Lecture, Prof. Richard Van Duyne - "Molecular Plasmonics Nanoscale Sensing and Spectroscopy" October 15