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Staff—
Former University of Iowa head wrestling coach Dan Gable is the 2014 recipient of the Robert D. Ray Pillar of Character Award.
The Ray Awards are presented to individuals who consistently demonstrate good character as visible role models. The honor reflects former Iowa Gov. Robert D. Ray’s lifelong commitment to civility and character development.
Gable will accept the award on April 11, 2014 at Character Counts In Iowa’s All-Star Evening in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Cristina Richards, instruction services specialist in the College of Nursing, received the Society for Simulation in Healthcare national certification. Achieving this certification affirms Richards expertise in the principles of using simulation as a teaching strategy.
Alumna—
Marcia Owens(Bachelor of Business Administration '95, Juris Doctor '98), real estate partner in the Chicago Edwards Wildman office, was elected vice president of the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law at the annual meeting held in Chicago earlier this month; she will become president in the fall of 2014.
Owens has been involved with the coalition since its inception in 2008, serving on the board of directors and executive board, as well as the co-chair of the Community Outreach and In-House Counsel Committees.
The coalition is a dynamic organization of female attorneys from more than 50 member law firms and 20 companies spanning all practice areas and working both in-house and in law firms. It serves as a supplement to members’ diversity efforts, providing leadership, mentoring, award recognition, and networking opportunities as well as Continuing Legal Education-accredited programming with a focus on business development and otherwise enhancing career growth.
University—
"Re-Creation: Musical Receptions of Classical Antiquity" an interdisciplinary conference that Classics and the School of Music hosted in the fall of 2011, has received the 2013 Outreach Award from the American Philological Association, the national Classics organization.
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education ( AASHE) recognized the UI Office of Sustainability as a 2013 awards finalist for a project that turned wood from dead and dying conifer trees at Kent Park near Iowa City into biomass fuel in the UI Main Power Plant.
The Office of Sustainability was honored at the AASHE Conference and Expo Oct. 6 in Nashville, Tenn. for a case study, “Saving Iowa’s Remaining Natural Jewels – an Ecological Restoration and Renewable Energy Partnership.” The objective of Kent Park Conifer Harvest Project was to learn about harvesting wood and using it as fuel in the power plant boilers, according to Ferman Milster, principle engineer-renewables in the Office of Sustainability.
Miller Logging from Dubuque, Iowa, harvested and chipped the wood in January 2013, and trucked it to coal supplier's River Trading facility near Muscatine, Iowa. River Trading blended the chips with coal and operators in the main power plant began co-firing the locally sourced wood chips in August.
The UI has set a goal to achieve 40 percent renewable energy as part of its 2020 Sustainability Vision.
For complete list of AASHE Sustainability Award Winners, visit this website.
Faculty—
John Wadsworth, professor in the College of Education, presented “Mental Health in Higher Education: Accommodation and Advocacy” at the Regent’s Disability Summit on Oct. 17 in Iowa City.
Faculty—
Bernstein JL; Thomas DC; Shore RE; Robson M; Boice JD Jr; Stovall M; Andersson M; Bernstein L; Malone KE; Reiner AS; Lynch CF (Epidemiology); Capanu M; Smith SA; Tellhed L; Teraoka SN; Begg CB; Olsen JH; Mellemkjaer L; Liang X; Diep AT; The WECARE Study Collaborative Group; Borg A; Concannon P; Haile RW; The WECARE Collaborative Group: an article, "Contralateral breast cancer after radiotherapy among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: a WECARE Study." European Journal of Cancer 2013 Sep;49(14):2979-85. PMID: 23706288 PMCID: PMC3755053
Steinau M; Unger ER; Hernandez BY; Goodman MT; Copeland G; Hopenhayn C; Cozen W; Saber MS; Huang Y; Peters ES; Lynch CF (Epidemiology); Wilkinson EJ; Rajeevan MS; Lyu C; Saraiya M: an article, "Human papillomavirus prevalence in invasive anal cancers in the United States before vaccine introduction." Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease 2013 Oct;17(4):397-403. PMID: 23609590
de Sanjosé S; Alemany L; Ordi J; Tous S; Alejo M; Bigby SM; Joura EA; Maldonado P; Laco J; Bravo IG; Vidal A; Guimerà N; Cross P; Wain GV; Petry KU; Mariani L; Bergeron C; Mandys V; Sica AR; Félix A; Usubutun A; Seoud M; Hernández-Suárez G; Nowakowski AM; Wilson G; Dalstein V; Hampl M; Kasamatsu ES; Lombardi LE; Tinoco L; Alvarado-Cabrero I; Perrotta M; Bhatla N; Agorastos T; Lynch CF (Epidemiology); Goodman MT; Shin HR; Viarheichyk H; Jach R; Cruz MO; Velasco J; Molina C; Bornstein J; Ferrera A; Domingo EJ; Chou CY; Banjo AF; Castellsagué X; Pawlita M; Lloveras B; Quint WG; Muñoz N; Bosch FX; HPV VVAP study group: an article, "Worldwide human papillomavirus genotype attribution in over 2000 worldwide cases of intraepithelial and invasive lesions of the vulva." European Journal of Cancer 2013 Nov;49(16):3450-3461. PMID: 23886586
Madeleine MM; Finch JL; Lynch CF (Epidemiology); Goodman MT; Engels EA: an article, "HPV-related cancers after solid organ transplant in the United States." American Journal of Transplantation 2013 Oct 1. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12472. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24119294
Levitan EB; Lewis CE; Tinker LF; Eaton CB; Ahmed A; Manson JE; Snetselaar LG (Epidemiology); Martin LW; Trevisan M; Howard BV; Shikany JM: an article, "Mediterannean and DASH diet scores and mortality in women with heart failure: the Women’s Health Initiative. Circulation: Heart Failure." [Epub ahead of print], Oct 9, 2013. PMID: 24107587
Wahls T; Rubenstein L; Hall M; Snetselaar L (Epidemiology): an article, "Assessment of dietary adequacy for important brain micronutrients in patients presenting to a traumatic brain injury clinic for evaluation." Nutritional Neuroscience [Epub ahead of print], Sept. 24, 2013. PMID: 24074905.
De Luca, Jr., L; Menani, JV; Johnson, AK: an article, "Neurobiology of Body Fluid Homeostasis: Transduction and Integration" (Series IV: Frontiers in Neuroscience). Boca Raton, FL.: Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Staff—
Hurley, SW; Thunhorst, RL; Johnson, AK: a chapter, Sodium appetite sensitization. In L. De Luca, Jr., J.V. Menani and A.K. Johnson, Eds.: Neurobiology of Body Fluid Homeostasis: Transduction and Integration (Series IV: Frontiers in Neuroscience). Boca Raton, FL.: Taylor and Francis, 2013, 279-301.
Students—
Hurley, SW; Thunhorst, RL; Johnson, AK: a chapter, Sodium appetite sensitization. In L. De Luca, Jr., J.V. Menani and A.K. Johnson, Eds.: Neurobiology of Body Fluid Homeostasis: Transduction and Integration (Series IV: Frontiers in Neuroscience). Boca Raton, FL.: Taylor and Francis, 2013, 279-301.