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The Update, December 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue:

-- Two UNI Alums to Graduate with Doctoral Degrees
-- Department News
-- UNI Department of Theatre: Guernica Re-Cap
-- Art High School Scholarship Day
-- Faculty member Awarded Fellowship
-- School of Music Events
-- Student Spotlight: Department of Art: Erlinda Babauta
-- Military Veteran and UNI Alumnus Joins the Center for Teaching and Learning Mathematics
-- UNI Geology Students Explore Heavy Metal: Learning How to Rock!
-- Modern Motives: Influences in Today's Art
-- New U.S.-Brazil Program in Communication Disorders
-- Student Spotlight: Department of Math: Nathan Bradfield

The Update, November 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue:

-- Bahamian Artist's Residency at UNI
-- Department News
-- KULT, UNI's Alternative
-- University of Northern Iowa Affiliates of the American Chemical Society
-- Student Spotlight, Department of Industrial Technology: Corey Moen
-- Fall Faculty and Staff Meeting
-- School of Music Events
-- 'Home' Project, Dean's Triangle
-- Physics Teaching Majors Present at 2011 AAPT Summer Meeting in Omaha Nebraska
-- Center For Holocaust and Genocide Update
-- Student Spotlight, School of Music: Rhys Talbot
-- Davis to Speak at National Convention
-- Beth Nybeck: Flight of Ideas: The Journey of a Nybeck Sculpture
-- …

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter, Fall 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- Iowa Wrote the Book on IRVM
-- Center Extreme MakeOver: New Research Lab, Seed Cooler, Shop and Equipment Storage Space
-- "The Effect of Perigynia Removal and Stratification on Germination and Emergence of Three Sedge (Carex) Species"
-- Recent Presentations of Center Programs and Projects Natural Areas and Ecological Management Seminar presents: Bulk Seed Harvesting of a Diverse Reconstructed Prairie
-- Wetland Delineation Course June 11-15, 2012
-- Videos Soon to be Available On-Line
-- Natural Selections Seed to be Stored Nationally

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V07n3, Fall 2011, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Welcome Corporate Members

--IAS Corporate Memberships

-- 124th Annual Meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science

--Academy seeking Tech Savy students/teachers for service project

--Iowa Math & Science Coalition Funds pass to ISTS

--REAP-CEP Grant Awards value Natural Resources and Science

--Academy receives GLOBE Grant to pilot Webinar GLOBE Workshop

--Wanted: Saylorville Gift Shop Coordinator

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V07n2, Summer 2011, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--2011 Friends of Science & Outstanding Service Award Winners

--IAS Corporate Memberships

--2011 Distinguished Science Awards

--IAS—Iowa DNR Pilot Workshop bucks national trends

--Wanted: Saylorville Gift Shop Coordinator

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

The Update, April/May 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue:

-- UNI's Concert Chorale Makes it to Manhattan
-- Department News
-- Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education
-- The Philosophy Students Club
-- Urinetown: The Musical
-- ADAI Awards
-- School of Music Events
-- Student Spotlight: Earth Science: Kerri Dickey
-- Student Spotlight: Health Promotion: Yaw Kyeremateng
-- 2011 Yager Exemplary Science and Mathematics Teaching Award
-- Textbook Buyback Battle
-- Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention
-- Regional Physics Olympics Competition Held at UNI
-- Fulbright Recipient Explores Culture
-- Botanical Center Plant Sale
-- 2011 University Book and Supply Outstanding Teaching Award
-- In Memory …

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V07n1, Spring 2011, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--123rd Annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science

--Candidates for Iowa Academy of Science President

--Candidates for Iowa Academy of Science Board of Directors

--Candidate for Iowa Science Teaching Section Vice Section Chair

--Iowa Science Teaching Section Fall Conference

--Iowa Academy of Science – Election 2011

--Welcome Corporate Members

--IAS Corporate Memberships

--2011 IAS Speaker Series at the Saylorville Visitor Center

--IAS Welcomes Executive Assistant, Debbie Dean

--Wanted: Saylorville Gift Shop Coordinator

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter, Spring 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- Natural Landscaping at UNI
-- Map of the Mid-Continent Tallgrass Prairie
-- Iowa Prairie Conference
-- Reaching Out
-- Interested in planting a prairie? Or perhaps you're restoring a remant savanna prairie or wetland?
-- Another Roadside Attraction: AFIRM Winter Meeting & REAP Day at the Capitol (and Weed Sociology 101)
-- Student Employee Profiles

Homocysteine And Cardiac Neural Crest Cell Cytoskeletal Proteins In The Chick Embryo, Anthony R. Mwakikunga, Amanda L. Clubine, Darrell J. Wiens

Faculty Publications

Elevated serum homocysteine (Hcys) is correlated with cardiovascular disease and with embryonic malformations related to neural crest cells (NCCs). We predicted Hcys may alter the balance of actin networks, stress fibers and focal adhesions, altering migration. We cultured neural tube explants in control and Hcys-treated medium and visualized actin, α-actinin, vinculin, filamin, and LIM3 protein in NCCs migrating outward. In Hcys, phalloidin-stained actin in stress fibers was brighter, and vinculin was more abundant in focal adhesions and lamellipodia. α-actinin and LIM3 were also enhanced around nuclei and in focal adhesions, and α-actinin also in filopodia. Filamin was unchanged. Hcys caused …

The Update, March 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue:

-- The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education: Spring Events
-- 2011 UNI Clarinet Symposium
-- Department News
-- UNI Gallery of Arts Presents Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
-- In Memory of Jürgen Koppensteiner, German Professor
-- Student Spotlight: Theatre: Rachel Russell
-- Student Spotlight: Computer Science: Katelyn Haw
-- 2010 Seed Grant Proposals
-- Why Felly
-- Memorial Program Planned for Susan Allbee
-- Womens History Month: Save the Date
-- Science Education Resource Center
-- School of Music Events
-- UNI Department of Art Presents First Annual Art History Symposium: Arts and Sciences
-- …

Proceedings Of The 123rd Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science [Program, 2011], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Program Summary --- 2-3
Acknowledgements --- 4
Table of Contents --- 5
Welcome --- 5
Iowa Junior Academy of Science Competition --- 6
Geology Special Event Using Geographic Information Systems in Iowa's K-16 Classrooms --- 7
General Session I-Roaming Mars, a Personal Perspective --- 8
Iowa Junior Academy of Science Award Luncheon --- 9
Iowa Academy of Science Business Meeting --- 9
Iowa Academy of Science Volunteers for 2010-2011 --- 10
Symposium A-Unintended Health & Environmental Consequences of Confinement Agriculture --- 11
Symposium B-Investigating Forensic Science --- 12
Symposium C-150th Anniversary-Science and the Civil War --- 13
Symposia Speakers …

Iowa Academy Of Science 123rd Annual Meeting [2011]: Advance Program, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contains information about the schedule and presentations for the 2011 annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science.

The Update, January/February 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue:

-- Popular NPR Show, From the Top, to tape a broadcast at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
-- Department News
-- 2010-11 CHFA Major Grants Announced
-- Anderson Summer Geology Field Camp Fund
-- Marks of Process, a UNI Department of Art Alumni Exhibition
-- UNI Interpreters Theatre
-- University of Northern Iowa School of Music Concert Chorale
-- Center of Advanced Bio-Based Binders
-- Student Spotlight: Art: Alex Petersen
-- Student Spotlight: Biology: Benjamin Wohlers
-- WCF Symphony & School of Music Events
-- First Lego League
-- Sigma Gamma Epsilon
-- Forum: a Student Organization …

Factors Controlling Hop Flowering And Their Potential For Use In The Brewing And Pharmaceutical Industries, Margaret Nicole Crain

Honors Program Theses

Hop (Humulus lupulus L.) is a dioecious, perennial vine grown in temperate regions across the world (Stevens et al., 1997). Today hop is being used for two purposes. The first and most prolific is its use in beer brewing. The other is a recent development, but ever growing interest in the use of hops for pharmaceuticals.

Misconceptions In Middle School Life Science And Strategies Teachers Can Use To Change Them, Jody L. Fairbanks

Graduate Research Papers

Misconceptions and alternative conceptions refer to students' "conceptions that are different from those held by the scientific community" (Sungur, Tekkaya, & Geban, 2001, p. 91). All students have misconceptions due to prior experiences they have had. Students' alternative conceptions are problems for educators because they can block new learning (Sewell, 2002). Therefore, teachers play a crucial role in helping students construct new knowledge upon whatever foundation that already exists. This review of literature examines the findings of research regarding misconceptions, common misconceptions that students have in life science, and how teachers can teach difficult concepts so students are more likely …

Biology News, Winter 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Biology.

Biology News

Inside this issue:

-- Greetings from the Department of Biology
-- Focus on UNI Biology Alumni
-- Let us hear from you...
-- Twenty Second North American Prairie Conference: Restoring a National Treasure
-- Faculty and Staff News
-- Summer Research
-- Trip to West Virginia's eastern panhandle was a success
-- Thurman on PDA in Brasil
-- Taiwan Exchange Program
-- Climate change impacts report
-- Focus on UNI Biology Students
-- Student Clubs
-- Pre-Physical Therapy Club
-- Faculty Changes - Retirements
-- You make a difference! Message from our donors
-- Why support undergraduate biological research at …

Flood Frequency Estimation By Neyman-Scott Rectangular Pulse Rainfall Model And Topmodel, Richard Bernatz

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

A spatial-temporal Neyman-Scott Rectangular Pulse (NSRP) stochastic rainfall model is developed for seasonal-continuous simulation to project annual discharge probabilities from a relatively small watershed, the 1395 km2 Upper Iowa River watershed upstream from Decorah, Iowa. NSRP rainfall data is used as rainfall input to TOPMODEL, a conceptual, semidistributed rainfall runoff model, to calculate river discharge at a site common to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) gauging station in Decorah, Iowa. Annual peak flows based on simulated rainfall are used to fit a log-Pearson type III distribution to project 1 %-, 0.2%-, and 0.1 %-annual discharges. These results are compared …

Current Status Of Lichen Diversity In Iowa, James T. Colbert

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

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Editorial Board & Iowa Academy Of Sciences Officers And Directors

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Table Of Contents (Back Cover)

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Front Matter

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The Birds Of Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt (Polk County, Iowa): Patterns Of Habitat Use And Implications For Management, Keith Summerville, Joel Boyles, Loren Lown

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Despite the fact that many birds are believed to be declining as a result of habitat loss and elimination of historic disturbance regimes, few studies have explored how restoration and management of mixed grassland and woodland systems influence bird communities. In this study, we tested whether habitat size, habitat type, and use of prescribed fire as a management tool affected the species richness and composition of bird communities sampled from 22 restored grassland and woodland sites within Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt (Polk County, Iowa). In 2004-5 bird communities were sampled by walking transects within each site and recording the presence and …

Comparison Of Measures Of Marker Informativeness For Ancestry And Admixture Mapping, Lili Ding, Howard Wiener, Tilahun Abebe, Mekbib Altaye, Rodney Cp Go, Carolyn Kercsmar, Greg Grabowski, Lisa J. Martin, Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, Ranajit Chakorborty, Tesfaye M. Baye

Faculty Publications

Background: Admixture mapping is a powerful gene mapping approach for an admixed population formed from ancestral populations with different allele frequencies. The power of this method relies on the ability of ancestry informative markers (AIMs) to infer ancestry along the chromosomes of admixed individuals. In this study, more than one million SNPs from HapMap databases and simulated data have been interrogated in admixed populations using various measures of ancestry informativeness: Fisher Information Content (FIC), Shannon Information Content (SIC), F statistics (F_ST), Informativeness for Assignment Measure (I_n), and the Absolute Allele Frequency Differences (delta, δ). …