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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
November 9, 2015--November 30, 2015

 
 

Research News

Report your significant research news

Psychology Professor Ed Wasserman’s study, showing pigeons can detect breast cancer, receives international attention

Dilley, Tachau, Barrett to hold Mellon Sawyer Seminar: How did books shape religion, and how did religion shape books?

Grad student Jake McCoy lands NASA fellowship to build instrument

State legislators tour CLAS, UI research projects

Fit as a fiddle: Undergrad Patrick Cullen, Psych Professor Ed Wasserman publish on the evolution of the violin

Psychology grad student Marianne Rizk and Professor Teresa Treat study shows women judge nutrition by fat, not sugar

Biology Professor and Chair Bernd Fritzsch publishes Primary Auditory Neurons of the Mammalian Cochlea

American Studies and Journalism Professor Travis Vogan publishes ESPN: The Making of a Sports Media Empire

Journalism and African American Studies Professor Venise T. Berry editor of Black Culture and Experience: Contemporary Issues

Spanish & Portuguese Professor Ana Merino publishes Los Buenos Propósitos

Anthropology Professor Katina T. Lillios publishes In Praise of Small Things: Death and Life at the Late Neolithic—Early Bronze Age Burial of Bolores, Portugal

Arts News

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3D design alum wins award for design of Epi Auto-Injector

Graduate/Undergraduate dance concerts happening November 19-21

Experience Dance Gala 2015

Symphony Orchestra and Choirs to stream concert live Dec. 2

Music lecturer James Dreier publishes Latin Jazz Guide: A Path to Authentic Percussion and Ensemble Performance

African American Studies Chair and Professor Horace Porter publishes Dreaming Out Loud: African American Novelists at Work

Workshop alum Andrew Malan Milward interviewed on new short story collection

Engagement and Outreach News

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Provost's Outreach & Engagement grant applications due January 7

Rachel Young of SJMC wins Faculty Service Award from the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities

Biology grad students involved in new Science Booster Club initiative at NCSE

Awards, Achievements, and Media Mentions

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Jeffrey Ding (Class of 2016) wins Rhodes Scholarship

Chemistry Professor Amnon Kohen named AAAS Fellow

History Professor Keisha Blain op-ed in Huffington Post: Black Women’s Votes Matter

Animator, Art & Art History Professor Peter Chanthanakone interviewed by Little Laos on the Prairie

UI Debate team highly ranked nationally

Marilynne Robinson to lecture on The American Scholar Now

Undergrad Kara Masteller's interview with grandfather featured on NPR's StoryCorps

SJMC inducts two into Hall of Fame

There's more to life than World Series rings: Lecturer Dan Matheson featured in Gazette

Listen: Psych Professor Daryl Cameron talks the science of empathy on public radio

Q&A with Anthropology alum K. Lindsay Hunter, who helped discover new species of human relative

Around Campus

UI students rally in support of Mizzou students

Muslim UI students seek permanent prayer space

International student enrollments soar at UI

UI offering study-abroad scholarships to all undergrads from Iowa

UI offers "soft space" interview room for survivors of sexual assault

Hawkeye Poll course demystifies public opinion polling

PolitiFact founder visits students in SJMC

Journalism students reflect on visit from CLAS Alumni Fellow, Cosmo executive editor Leslie Yazel

GWSS Professor and Chair Rachel Williams teaches Race & Social Justice After Ferguson

2016 Obermann Graduate Institute Fellows announced

Biology class explores the mechanics of aging

Theatre Arts Professor Paul Kalina is no clown--but he teaches his students to be

Zing or Wiley? Poli Sci class teaches the mechanics of political campaigns

Giving their all: Fundraising & Philanthropy Communication class is highlighted

WorldCanvass spotlight on Cuba to feature CLAS faculty, students December 8

Upcoming CLAS Events

(Visit CLAS Events for complete listings)

Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings

Phi Beta Kappa Meet & Greet December 4

Public Policy Center Symposium: "Political Discourse: The Impact of Redistricting, Campaign Finance, and the Media" December 4

WorldCanvass: Cuba: yesterday, today, and tomorrow December 8

Policy Matters: Schooling as Social Policy December 10

Arts
(Visit Arts Iowa for complete listings)

Hindemith Project, featuring Alan Huckleberry December 1

Symphony Orchestra and Choirs December 2

INTERRUPTED: A Collaborative Performance December 2-5

Johnson County Landmark Christmas Concert December 3

Mortal Instruments (Theatre Arts Workshop) December 3-4

UISQRP: Jack Quartet with UI Composers December 4

Paul Harding and Emily Wilson Reading December 4

Opera Scenes December 5

UISQRP: Jack Quartet with guest artist Caroline Shaw December 5

Piano Area Non-Major Recital December 6

Chamber Orchestra December 6

Area 51 Jazz Combo December 6

Center for New Music December 6

University Band/Concert Band December 7

Clarinet Studio Recital December 8

Chamber Music December 8

Dance Gala 2015 December 8-12

Interpretation of Non-German Art Song recital December 9

Steel Band II December 10

Horn Studio Recital #1 December 10

Undergraduate Directors Festival December 10-12

Latin Jazz Festival Concert December 10

Holiday Tubas Concert December 11

Semiannual Last Chance Percussion Concert December 11

Horn Studio Recital #2 December 11

String/Piano Chamber Music Recital December 12-13

Laptop Orchestra (LOUi) December 12

Trumpet Studio Recital December 13

Bass Studio Recital December 13

Woodwind Quintet December 13

Electronic Music Studios Recital December 13

Iowa Saxophonists' Workshop Fall Recital December 13

UI Youth Ballet and School of Dance Winter Concert December 19-20

Exhibitions

I am Everyday People: Photographs by Kurt Ullrich Through January 3

Caprice and Influence Through December 13

Illustrations of Don Quixote: Interpretation of Imagination Through January 3

Sciences

Prof. Jennifer Schuttlefield Christus - "Discovering Inexpensive, Effective Catalysts for Solar Energy Conversion" November 30

In Hyun Hwang - "Chemical Investigations of Fungicolous and Coprophilous Fungi" November 30

Geographical Mapping of Disease and Mortality December 1

Kyounghoon Lee - "Synthesis, structures, and XAS studies of transition metal complexes containing diphosphorus ligands" December 2

Anh Lu - "Polysaccharide A1: A new target of Carbohydrate-Immunology research" December 3

Nan Jin - "Chemical sensing with paper-based microfluidic devices" December 3

Holly Morris - "Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Individual Aerosol Particles and Molecular Recognition of Single Molecules" December 7

Jacob Grant - "Model System Development for Examining Environmentally Active Surface Films" December 10

Manshu Li - "Chiral synthesis of amines" December 10