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Background TV harmful to kids

Tuesday, June 19, 2012
My Web Times
University of Iowa College of Education faculty member Deborah Linebarger will soon publish a study showing the average American child is exposed to almost four hours of background TV daily.

Girl Scouts stuff animals for peds patients

Tuesday, June 19, 2012
e-news
Local Girl Scouts built stuffed animals for pediatric cancer patients at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

McGlauchlin was studio glass pioneer

Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Jazz Line
Tom McGlauchlin was a pioneer in studio glass art at the University of Iowa, which created only the second program of its kind in the country.

Perlmutter gives job-hunting advice

Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Yakima Herald
University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication Director David Perlmutter writes, "Show them that you really want the job."

Gallo assesses plans for Westdale revival

Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The Atlantic
Finance faculty member John Gallo assesses plans for the revival of Cedar Rapids' Westdale Mall.

UI takes the lead in civic science

Friday, June 15, 2012
Radio Iowa
The University of Iowa's Obermann Center conference on "Get Ready, Iowa" is cited as an example of a new emphasis on "civic science" in column co-written by UI's John Spencer.

Alumna writes about Libyan politics

Friday, June 15, 2012
Daily Mail
University of Iowa alumna Samah Elmeri writes from Egypt about the role of religion in Libyan politics.

Baker discusses new novel

Friday, June 15, 2012
KWWL
Author Larry Baker, a University of Iowa alumnus and faculty member, is interviewed about his new novel.

Alumnus maps LA

Thursday, June 14, 2012
Sacramento Press
University of Iowa film-studies alumnus Eric Brightwell, awed by the immensity of Los Angeles, found a new life mapping the city's neighborhoods.

Riding a virtual bike

Thursday, June 14, 2012
Federal Computer Week
Jodie Plumert, chair of the University of Iowa Psychology Department, says riding a virtual bike "offers a way to look at this real-world problem in a very safe but systematic way.”