Breadcrumb Home UI law professor has ties to Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi Monday, October 13, 2014 The Gazette http://thegazette.com/subject/news/nobel-peace-prize-winner-satyarthi-has-iowa-… Sen. Tom Harkin and University of Iowa law Professor Lea VanderVelde co-nominated the Indian child rights activist to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the body that distributes the prestigious prize.