Big college, big news! From CLAS, For CLAS, About CLASDigest #44 A twice-monthly bulletin for the faculty and staff of the All the CLAS News Research NewsReport your significant research news University of Iowa Anthropology Professor Katina Lillios receives NEH Fellowship for new book Computer Science Prof Joe Kearney discusses UI driverless car research on KCRG TV Scientific American reports on Teresa Treat's study of men's misperception of women's sexual interest Physics alum James Hansen wins 2016 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change and is featured in Rolling Stone article: "Will We Miss Our Last Chance to Save the World From Climate Change?" Anthro Prof Drew Kitchen collaborates on paper published in eLIFE Journal: "A molecular portrait of maternal sepsis from Byzantine Troy" Physics & Astronomy Prof Hai Fu wins NSF grant to study merging of galaxies Physics & Astronomy Prof Usha Mallik searches for ‘bottom quark’ that could confirm existence of ‘God particle’ Sociology Prof Mary Noonan publishes work on telecommuting Arts NewsLena and Michael Hill write op-ed promoting MLK week event "For Our People: The Artistic Intelligence of Black Hawkeyes", cosponsored by CLAS Year-end awards and acclaim roll in for Visual Arts Building Art students create artistic record of 2016 Hawkeye football season "The Iowa Review" drops its Winter 2016-17 issue Engagement and Outreach NewsReport your engagement/outreach activities CLAS cosponsors STEM Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. CLAS cosponsors "For Our People: The Artistic Intelligence of Black Hawkeyes" for MLK week Sociology Prof Sarah Bruch, UI Public Policy Center release recommendations for achieving equity goals in the ICCSD CLAS professors quoted in P-C article on Inauguration Day reading of Richard III Global Health Studies students, faculty examine issue of "Doing Harm by Doing Good" Donna Parsons of School of Music presents "The Science of Sgt. Pepper" in Des Moines Gazette reports on Engaged Social Innovation track From Engaged Social Innovation track comes 30,000 Hands project Social Work report helps consumers navigate funeral homes’ prices and language Awards, Achievements, and Media MentionsReport your awards and media mentions Barbosa, Giblin, Sessions named DSHB Faculty Scholars Lena Hill named one of Press-Citizen's "11 to Watch in 2017" SJMC Prof Frank Durham interviewed by CBS News Channel 2 about tenure bill English doctoral student Jennifer Janechek wins Bruce Harkness Young Conrad Scholar Award English PhD student Samuel Fitzpatrick receives CLAS Dissertation Writing Fellowship The Atlantic interviews Kerry Howley, English professor and author of "Thrown," after Meryl Streep MMA comments NY Times quotes Soc and African American Prof Jessica Welburn in article about middle-class African Americans' experiences Anthro Prof Meena Khandelwal article in Sapiens: "The Long Path to Enlightenment" Poli Sci Visiting Prof Ron McMullen writes guest column in Register: "The Mystery of Grassley Republicans" English PhD alumnus Sunghyun Jang now teaching at Korea University Psych & Brain Sciences alum wins International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Dissertation Award Around CampusPresident Harreld affirms UI support for academic freedom and tenure Working at Iowa survey results for CLAS Nominations for M.L. Kelley Staff Excellence and CLAS Leadership Awards due Feb. 10 Our Lives Online theme semester kicks off Recapping Fall 2016 commencement UI will be lead institution for newly formed Central Midwest Higher Education Recruitment Consortium International Programs releases 2016 annual report Office of Distance and Online Education releases 2016 annual report Department of Biology Winter 2016 Newsletter White Sox draft pick Blake Hickman uses injury time to get Sport Studies degree International Accents: A final blog from Bolivia by International Studies student Alex Bare International Accents: Tips for balancing mental and physical health in China, by ASLL student Astrid Montuclard --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming CLAS Events(Visit CLAS Events for complete listings) Lectures/Conferences/Informational MeetingsSTEM Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. January 20 From Damage to Discovery via Virtual Unwrapping: Reading the Scroll from En-Gedi January 20 Faculty Talk: Populist Authoritarianism in China January 27 Shelter Dogs, Stealth, and Physical Activity: The Gisolfi Lecture with Katie Becofsky January 27 Explorers Seminar Series—The Aurora: Nature's Lightshow in the Sky February 2 Arts For Our People: The Artistic Intelligence of Black Hawkeyes January 19 Art & Athletics: Kinnick Art Work Through January 21 Happy Pills (Theatre Arts Workshop Series) Through January 21 'Ghost in the Shell' (film) January 24 Live From Prairie Lights: Ink Lit Mag No. 11 January 25 UI Jazz Alumni January 28 Live From Prairie Lights: Meghan Daum January 31 Franz Schubert, Die Winterreise February 1 Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (Theatre Arts Mainstage) February 3-12 Exhibitions Hawkeyes in Space exhibition Through May 14, 2017 Sciences Suzanne Bart - "Manipulation of Redox Properties of F-Block Elements Using Redox-Active Ligands" January 27 |