Start your week off right with this pair of great stories from Iowa Alumni Magazine! In the first, from our April 2012 issue, we profile David Geslak, 03BS, who founded a gym for children with special needs. “I treat people for their capabilities, not their disabilities,” he says. “Every child, special needs or not, is different.” > Iowa Alumni Magazine:…
Steve Cannon’s magic number is 1,037. That’s the distance in miles around Lake Michigan—and Cannon plans to run every single one. In a few weeks, Cannon—a 1988 communication studies graduate of the UI—will embark on the equivalent of 40 marathons in 40 days. He’ll run, walk, stagger—whatever it takes—around the fifth largest lake in the world to help raise money…
Our “Big Question” feature from the newest issue of Iowa Alumni Magazine asks: “What does our garbage say?” We get some fascinating insights from Margaret Beck, an assistant professor of anthropology at the UI, including how wealthy and advanced a society is just by examining its waste. “Trash is the raw, unfiltered truth about how a society lives,” she says….
Our featured article this week from the February 2012 issue of Iowa Alumni Magazine profiles Jody Farhat, 82BSCE, who oversees dams along the Missouri River for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “I’m confident we managed the flood (of 2011) well, but it’s hard to convince someone whose house has been destroyed,” she says. The article is open to everyone at the…
The answer to this week’s trivia question (“What Iowa astronomer has helped in pioneering space research by designing research instruments for more than 50 successful U.S. satellites and space probes, and now has a campus building named after them?”) is Dr. James Van Allen. Even after his retirement, Van Allen maintained a regular presence at the UI physics building that…
Our featured article this week from the February 2012 issue of Iowa Alumni Magazine takes a look at a “Water Law” class being taught at the UI College of Law. “Water law is a fascinating blend of policy, history, power, and constitutional principle,” says law professor Jonathan Carlson. “It’s hugely important to many individual developers, farmers, and other landowners, cutting across so…
Christopher Buresh, 01MD, 06R, and his wife, Ginny Ryan, 03R, recently arranged to bring a four-month-old baby from Haiti to Iowa City for specialized surgery. Buresh said Haitian hospitals have a 100 percent mortality rate performing the procedure to correct a lower digestive tract birth defect, so he and his wife worked to cut through bureaucratic red tape to have the…
Our featured article this week from the April 2012 issue of Iowa Alumni Magazine profiles UI alumna Trudy Huskamp Peterson, 72MA, 75PhD, an archivist who travels the world teaching clients how to preserve and organize extremely important documents. The article is open to everyone at the link below for a limited time. Access to the entire magazine remains an exclusive UIAA member benefit—so please consider joining today!…
UIAA members, check your mailboxes! The newest issue of Iowa Alumni Magazine is on its way. If you just can’t wait, our digital edition is available right now at this link. This month’s issue covers diabetes research, works of art on the UI campus, an alumna preserving important documents all over the world, and more! Access to the entire magazine…
Once restricted to the sidelines, female athletes at the UI now benefit from the move toward gender equity that leveled the playing field. Take a look back with us at the evolution of women’s sports at Iowa in this week’s featured article from the June 2009 issue of Iowa Alumni Magazine. The article is open to everyone at the link below for…
