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Digest #25

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

News from the CLAS website
February 1, 2016--February 15, 2016

 
 

Research News

Report your significant research news

Richard Fumerton to give Presidential Lecture Feb. 28: "No Harm, No Foul: In Search of a Principled Defense of Freedom"

Cancer riddle, solved

UI biologists find sexuality, not extra chromosomes, benefits animal

UI chemists uncover how key agent allows diseases to reproduce

Comp Sci Prof Zubair Shafiq creates LeftRightPolitics site for using social media to take political pulse

Psych study: Young black faces viewed as a threat

Anthro Prof Katina Lillios publishes on link between climate change and cultural change (with audio explanation)

Religious Studies Prof Philip Lutgendorf on translating Tulsidas’ 'Ramcharitmanas' for Murty Classical Library of India

SJMC Prof Dan Lathrop fact-checks Trump on education spending in Politifact (spoiler alert: he was wrong)

Arts News

Report your arts news

Her Campus feature: Haley Courter, Theatre Arts/GWSS, class of 2016

Dance Professor Michael Sakamoto to perform in Virginia at TOROBAKA/FLASH: Cultural Intimacy in Motion

Music Professor Christopher Jette to tour the country with one-man opera; UI performance on Mon, 2/29

Art Professor and MFA alum featured in Iowa Women Artists Exhibit at state capitol

Art Professor Sue Hettmansperger's artwork chosen for Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building installation

Engagement and Outreach News

Report your engagement/outreach activities

Marilynne Robinson in Harper's: Save Our Public Universities

Professor Helen Shen wins $90K STARTALK grant to teach UI Chinese courses to high school students

CLAS faculty participate in Hollywood STEAM Day at Lincoln Elementary

Certificate of Sustainability student Sophie Finster (Class of 2016) combining Dance and Business to advocate for sustainability

Awards, Achievements, and Media Mentions

Report your awards and media mentions

24-year-old Dionna Langford (BA13, Social Work) didn’t see anyone representing students like her, so she ran for office herself--and won.

Anthropology Professor Russ Ciochon interviewed by news media on new "Nature" article

Wash Post: Tyler Lechtenberg (BA03) is one of few Obama 2008 campaign workers still working in White House

Deborah Whaley on IPR's Talk of Iowa to discuss new book, "Black Women in Sequence"

Music Ed Prof Mary Cohen shares Interplay in Press-Citizen

Washington Post: Poli Sci Prof Tim Hagle on why Iowa votes first

Anthro Prof Emily Wentzell on IPR: "Getting Angry: How Rage Fuels Political & Social Movements"

Poli Sci Chair Sara Mitchell pens op-ed in New Mexico paper about voting for a female president

Around Campus

Quick Guide for Helping Students from the Office of the Dean of Students

Center for Teaching: Liberal Arts Education: It's a Value Proposition

Upcoming CLAS Events

(Visit CLAS Events for complete listings)

Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings

How Housing Impacts the Health of a Community February 16

Iowa Hispanic Institute Summer Program Info Session February 16

Dr. Elizabeth Savelkoul - "Finding Funding in Graduate School" February 18

Iowa City Darwin Day Events February 19-20

Lecture by Scott Samuelson: "Stoicism and Just Living: On Incarceration and Citizenship" February 19

Spring Job & Internship Fair February 24

Arts
(Visit Arts Iowa for complete listings)

Symphony Orchestra February 17

Artist Talk: Eliza Au, Visiting Assistant Professor in Ceramics February 17

Danelaw (Theatre Arts Gallery Series) February 18-21

Lecture by visiting artist Drew Ippoliti February 18

Orchestra Invitational February 19

Iowa Composers Forum: Works by ICF Members February 20

Iowa Composer's Forum Spring Festival of New Music February 20

Iowa Honor Band February 20

Iowa Composers Forum: Cellist Craig Hultgren February 20

Lecture by visiting artist Andrew Casto February 22

The Aeolus Quartet February 24

Dancers in Company Home Concert February 25-27

Wendigo (Theatre Arts Workshop Series) February 26-27

Aeolus Quartet February 27

Exhibitions

THEM: Images of Separation January 28-May 15

Sciences

Joshua de Groot - "Crystal Engineering with the Uranyl Cation and Amino Acids"  February 24

Professor Jason Benedict - "Watching crystals work: Structural dynamics of metal-organic frameworks" February 25