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Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 2021, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, October 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- A Successful IRA Conference
--- Saving Scraps: A Culinary Competition
--- Calendar
--- Welcome Jordan Burrows!
--- Industry News

Uprising, Issue 12 [Fall 2021], University Of Northern Iowa. Northern Iowa Student Government.

Uprising

Contents:

Letter from the Editors --- 5
The Renovation --- 9
Intelligent Enjoyment --- 10
Exile of Gender Norms in Fashion --- 18
Beauty Revamped --- 20
Angel Numbers --- 25
Protect Your Energy --- 26
Within the 13% --- 34
Work from Home --- 36
Minimalism vs Maximalism --- 38
Bend the Rules --- 40
Gilded Gold --- 46
Skewed Perspective of Social Media --- 48

Minutes Of Graduate College Committee On Curricula, September 24, 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College Curriculum Committee.

Minutes - Graduate Curriculum Committee

Minutes of the committee that oversees the development of the curriculum of the University of Northern Iowa Graduate College.

University Of Northern Iowa Fall Faculty Meeting Minutes, September 20, 2021, University Of Northern Iowa

University Faculty Documents

The meeting minutes from the annual Fall Faculty Meeting at the University of Northern Iowa held on September 20, 2021.

International Engagement Weekly Newsletter, September 3, 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of International Engagement.

Office of International Engagement newsletter

Inside this Issue:

--- Get Involved
--- Vaccine Clinic
--- Upcoming Events
--- Academic English Success Coaching
--- Maintaining U.S. Immigration Status
--- Interested in Coming to Des Moines with IE?
--- A Message about Mental Health

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, September 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- Cedar Rapids, Here We Come
--- Calendar
--- IWRC Receives EPA Pollution Prevention Award
--- Industry News

Are The Dead Sea Scrolls From Khirbet Qumran?, Kenneth Atkinson

Faculty Publications

The Dead Sea Scrolls continue to remain the subject of an intense academic debate concerning their interpretation, their authors, and whether there is a connection between the caves in which these documents were discovered and the archaeological site of Khirbet Qumran. The answers to these questions are important because of the unprecedented number of fragmentary documents in this collection and their diverse contents. Because Roland de Vaux found the same types of pottery in the Scroll caves that he uncovered inside Khirbet Qumran, most scholars view the Scrolls as archaeological objects that are associated with this settlement. Khirbet Qumran’s architectural …

Evaluating The Vulnerability Of Farming Communities To Winter Storms In Iowa, Us, Yiyi Zhang, Bingquing Liang

Faculty Publications

Winter storms have been reported as the second-most frequent catastrophe in the Midwest of the United States and can create non-negligible impacts on farming communities that highly rely on climatic-sensitive resources and activities. However, few studies have attempted to assess the vulnerability to winter storms in rural contexts. Focusing on all counties in Iowa, US, as the study area, this research aimed to evaluate the vulnerability of farming communities to winter storms and its major determinants. It first identified both climatic and non-climatic indicators for quantifying winter storm exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity by reviewing previous related studies and examining …

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, August 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- We're growing!
--- Calendar
--- Radio Iowa Recognizes STAR4D Program
--- Industry News

55 Update: Second Round Gerc Course Proposal Application, University Of Northern Iowa. General Education Re-Envisioning Committee.

General Education Re-envisioning Committee Documents

The packet of materials to make course proposals in the second call for applications.

Socioapp: Detecting Your Sociability Status With Your Smartphone, Aaron Walker, Dheryta Jaisinghani Ph.D., Sarah Diesburg Ph.D.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

We are still recovering from the pandemic’s psychological effects and figuring out how to break out of our quarantine. Students may not realize they have antisocial behaviors that have a negative affect on students’ grades. Our smartphones are packed with sensors that can help us to passively detect social status of a subject and propose prospective remedies. Our hypothesis is that you are social when co-doing certain activities like walking and talking. Thus, we begin with detecting activities such as, walking, sitting, and cooking using the movement sensors accelerometer and gyroscope; then, we detect proximity with another person using the …

On The Vulnerability Of Openthread To Agile Denial Of Service Attacks, Casey Cronin, Sarah Diesburg Ph.D., Dheryta Jaisinghani Ph.D.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

The Internet of Things (IoT) includes physical devices such as sensors, connected home appliances, video monitoring systems, and smart classroom or smart warehouse applications. These devices can capture large amounts of data while using low amount of power to do it, as well as keep track of things going on around it and turn it into usable data for the user depending on what task it is performing.

IoT devices are not immune from security concerns, such as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. These attacks are important to investigate because they can play a dangerous role in shutting down applications, …

Meskwaki Nation Food Sovereignty Program Natural History And Soil Study, Gerardo Jacobo, Chad Heinzel Ph.D., Christina Blackcloud, Luke Kapayou, Stephanie Snow, Felix Navarrete

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

Research Objective: Investigate the physical and geochemical attributes of Meskwaki Settlement soils. Provide land use interpretations and recommendations in support of the Meskwaki Food Sovereignty Program - “Food sovereignty is the right of peoples, communities, and countries to define their own agricultural, labor, fishing, food and land policies which are ecologically, socially, economically, and culturally appropriate to their unique circumstances...” emphasizing the impact of local foods, indigenous foods, and medicines in supporting the health and well-being of our community, while strengthening the economy, healing relationships with the land, and celebrating cultural identity. https://www.meskwaki.org/community-services/mfsi/

Selecting For Durability In Bacillus Cereus/Anthracis Bacteriophages, Alexis J. Moore, Michael H. Walter Ph.D.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

No abstract provided.

Identification Of Fungi And Their Secondary Metabolites From Wind Cave [Poster], Kyle J. Biscoglia, Kirk Manfredi Ph.D.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

Eighteen fungal samples were isolated from samples of water collected in Wind Cave, South Dakota. Ten of the samples underwent chemical extraction, a growth inhibition test, and were analyzed using proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy. All eighteen of the fungal samples were able to be identified to the genus level using the ITS region of their DNA, however confident identification of the species level was more difficult to attain just looking at one portion of the sequence.

Analog Studies Of Organic Pathways In Wind Cave Through Cave Water And Crystals, Wilson Mcnaughton, Joshua Sebree Ph.D.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

In Wind Cave, organic molecules from the surface dissolved in water will slowly filter down into the cave through the porous limestone. While the water slowly proceeds down through the limestone, the water dissolves the limestone along the way. This dissolving of the limestone causes a quasi-equilibrium that deposits the organic molecules into the calcite structures found in Wind Cave. These large trapped organic molecules, mainly humic and fulvic acid, can be tracked by using UV light. The UV light causes these molecules to fluoresce blue, while the calcite structures generally do not have a strong blue fluorescence. The water …

Comparison Of Chalk Types And Their Ghosting Effects, Felicienne Alexandre, Shoshanna Coon, Kirk Manfredi

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

Chalkboard ghosting is a faint image on a chalkboard's surface after writing is erased. Many types of chalk leave a positive image, while the Crayola An-du-septic Anti-dust chalk leaves a negative image. To better understand what cause the ghosting effects, two different types of Crayola chalk (regular and anti-dust) were investigated. Raman spectroscopy and infrared (IR) spectroscopy were used to determine the majority material the chalk was made of, by comparison with pure substances. To identify the organic compound binders holding the chalk sticks together, pulverized chalk was immersed in 40 mL of toluene for at least 30 minutes. After …

Electronic, Magnetic, And Structural Properties Of Comnvsb, Adam Ramker, Pavel Lukashev Ph.D.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

Background

• Spin degree of freedom in electronic devices.
• Ideal candidate – room temperature half-metal.
• Heusler compounds attractive because of high Curie temperature
• Various mechanisms altering degree of spin polarization – mechanical strain, structural disorder, temperature, termination surface/interface, etc.
• CoMnVSb: nearly a spin gapless semiconductor.

Sustainable And Biodegradable Nanocellulose Composite Materials, Jacob Scheel, Tim Kidd Ph.D.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

Nanocellulose is made from a mixture of cellulose powder, and a variety of different materials and liquids. Unfortunately the cost to produce nanocellulose isn’t ideal, thanks to shrinkage. The goal of my research this year was to try to make nanocellulose more cost effective, by reduce shrinkage.

Chemical Substitution Induced Half-Metallicity In Crmnsb0.5si0.5, Lukas Stuelke, Pavel Lukashev Ph.D.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

Background

⮚Research on magnetic materials for potential applications in spin-based electronics: one of the most active fields in academia and industry. ⮚High degree of spin polarization – wanted in spintronics. ⮚Spintronics – an emerging technology utilizing a spin degree of freedom. ⮚Various mechanisms alter degree of spin polarization – mechanical strain, structural disorder, temperature, termination surface/interface, etc. ⮚Magnetic materials that conduct electrons of only one spin are called half-metals, and have a great potential in spintronics.

Virtual Vs. In-Person Instruction: The Impact Of Teachers' Understanding Of Physics, Madelyn Johnson, Jeff Morgan Ph.D., Lawrence Escalada Ph.D.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

Covid-19 forced nearly all U.S. schools to switch to virtual instruction in March of 2020. With students around the country and world now “Zooming” into class, it begs the question, does this new learning environment impact student learning? Conceptual assessments and observations were used to make conclusions about the differing effectiveness of instructional methods for professional development programs. Although results may indicate in-person instruction is more effective, I believe the most effective method of instruction is hybrid as it takes advantage of both virtual and in-person methods. To enable screen reader support, press Ctrl+Alt+Z To learn about keyboard shortcuts, press …

The Phosphorescence Of Wind Cave Cavern, And The Level Of Organics Associated With It, Steven Gomez, Joshua Sebree

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium

An analysis of the level of organics in Wind Cave Cavern, South Dakota.

2021 Summer Undergraduate Research Program, University Of Northern Iowa. Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium Programs

The program for the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium of the College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences.

The Convergence Of Online Teaching And Problem Based Learning Modules Amid The Covid-19 Pandemic, Daniel Bumblauskas, Nick Vyas

Faculty Work

There is a convergence unfolding between two formerly unique and separate areas of teaching research methodology: distance education and problem-based learning (PBL) environments. Much has been published on each field independently, however, in the modern-era of online, distance, and hybrid educational programs there is a need for more case and experiential-based learning activities which can effectively measure stated learning objectives. Trends in education have led to the development of various methods to instruct courses and conduct research online. Teaching research methodology and pedagogy have evolved to include video capture, remote conferencing, and other real-time communications techniques allowing faculty and students …

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Summer 2021, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Premier, Summer 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Education.

Premier

Contents:

--- From the Dean: Delighted, determined, and ready to go
--- Alumni reflections: Life during a pandemic
--- Landmark 2+2 distance education program notes 25 years
--- Research explores hidden links between diversity and leisure
--- Perspectives: Social justice teacher education in an era of division
--- Class Notes
--- Celebrating Excellence
--- College News and Notes
--- UNI Foundation News: Hampton senior receives Strottman scholarship
--- UNI Foundation News: FY 21 Donor Roll

Crosssections, Summer 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Physics.

CrossSections

Contents:

A Message from the Department Head, Dr. Paul Shand --- 1
Faculty Profile: Dr. Paul Shand --- 3
Department Happenings --- 4
Student Focus --- 6
Student Research --- 8
Alumni Profile --- 9
Alumni News --- 10
Science Education --- 11
In Memoriam --- 12
New Physics --- 15

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, July 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- What is PFAS and How Does it Affect the Environment?
--- IWRC's STAR4D Program Awarded New Contract
--- Food, Recycling and PFAS Program Awarded Funding
--- Industry News

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, June 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- A Nearby Disaster
--- IWRC Updated Paint Tracker Program
--- IWRC's Newest Addition, UNI Associate Professor of Economics, Alicia Rosburg (P.h.D.)
--- Brandon Stenger is Welcomed to the IWRC Team!
--- Industry News