Linda Egenes has written about the Amish for Cobblestone, Plain, The Iowa Source, and The Plain Reader. She is an adjunct faculty member at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. Vermont artist Mary Azarian won the Caldecott Medal...
IN CLASS: Actions speak louder than words in the silent world of an American Sign Language class.-- ALUMNI MATTER: Thanks a million—or rather, 50,000 and growing.The UIAA shows its appreciation to members with events, services, and programs...
IN CLASS: Engineering students help equip humans for flight. -- The Flight of a Red-Tailed Angel: As one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, Iowa alumnus Luther Smith played a crucial part in World War II— and also helped wage the battle for racial...
A TRIUMPHANT LIFE: Helene Scriabine never imagined she would see her Russian homeland again, but thanks to Glasnost the UI professor emeritus is returning to see work begin on a film inspired by her life. -- ENVIRONMENT BECOMES A HOT ISSUE: The...
“Incunabula:” Some interesting notes on gifts to the University, with a solution to the mystery of the missing bones of Black Hawk. -- “Old Capitol in Winter Dress:” A water color by Charles Sibley, '49MFA -- “What's in a Well?” The...
The Iowa Center for Continuation Study: The law commons becomes headquarters for a new institution promoting adult education -- Football: From the man's point of view, and from the woman's. A picture page made at the 50-yard line during the...
DRIVE THE BUDGET: Getting what it takes to run the UI is getting harder. How can a university prove what it's worth to a state? -- DENTAL COLLEGE CENTENNIAL: 100 years of history have brought the UI dental school to national prominence and some...
INDEX OF SPECIAL ARTICLES Alumni Dental Clinic -- Charles Noble Gregory / Emlin McClain, L. A. '71, LL.B. '73, L.L. D. '91 -- Commencement, June 9 to 14 -- Country Club Reunions -- Death of Professor Calvin -- Department of Fine Arts, The /...
Alumni in Politics -- Medicine at Iowa: 25 Years of It -- Summer Activity Among Alumni -- November 23, The Bell Calls Again -- Sixty Seconds of Athletic History -- As the Iowa Editors See Us -- The Alumni Forum -- Engineers to Stay? -- The Alumni...
Bionic Ears: Researchers already know the mechanics, if not the mysteries, of the ear and hearing. The UI's cochlear implant program offers the deaf artificial sounds that make -- Of Dinosaurs and Killer Comets: What relegated dinosaurs to museums...
Sounding the Alarm on Sleep From insomnia to sleep apnea to a slew of other diagnoses, Dr. Eric Dyken is spreading the word about sleep disorders medicine. -- Keeping the Lid On: Campuses nationwide experienced the unrest of the tumultuous sixties...
The Day We Tore the Goalposts Down -- Only the Iowans Can Really Know -- Westward Ho! -- The Golden Age -- The University's Future as Collateral -- An Earl Visits Iowa: Attlee -- Education On Camera -- Rose Bowl Album -- The Great Shakespeare...
Fashionable Physician: A dynamo with a fancy for fine shoes and perfume, transplant surgeon Maureen Martin is a perfectionist, and she is determined to make the nation's organ transplant system work for as many patients as she can. -- Saving for...
Another Milepost -- Education for Survival -- Alumni Dad -- Hawkeye Hopes -- Of Pageantry, Pulchritude and Purdue -- This Was Homecoming -- 21 Objectives -- Select Nominees for Association Board -- Just for Laughs -- Another Look at Educational TV...
Maybe It Happened Like This -- Iowa Rose Bowl Highlights -- Bridges are his Business -- The State of the University -- Rose Bowl Album -- The College Teacher: 1959 -- Sentimental Journey -- Evening of Honors -- Editor Retires -- Navy Scientist --...
Educating the Top Tenth -- Four Student Reflections On the Honors Program -- Christmas At Handicapped School -- Wider Worlds For Women" -- . . in a consistent pattern of excellence." -- Profile of a Rhodes Scholar -- Versatile Virtuoso -- What...
Tuition: The bane of students becomes a pay increase for the faculty. Though no one's particularly happy with the 12 percent increase, tuition at the UI remains the lowest in the Big Ten. -- No more ivory towers: After conducting statewide...
Justice for All: In her efforts to break down barriers between people, Adrien Wing will talk to anyone. She's invited former gang members to campus and forced her students to examine issues they'd rather avoid. -- Writers' Block: Fill in the blanks...
SCHOOL WORK: Most University of Iowa students work to make ends meet. Caught between their aspirations and the perspiration it takes to achieve them, they're learning skills that will transfer to the careers they pursue after graduation. -- WHEN...
Truce or Consequences: The people in Northern Ireland have decided they want peace, and a remarkable Iowa graduate is helping them achieve it. Mo Mowlam, who went face-to-face with killers from both sides of the conflict to broker the Good Friday...