Hunter 06/03/21 The State Board of Regents Academic Affairs Committee has approved two departmental name changes at the University of Iowa during their meeting
1 p.m. CDT
This ceremony will include CLAS graduates majoring in actuarial science; applied physics; astronomy; Bachelor of Applied Studies; Bachelor of Liberal Studies; criminology, law, and justice; communication studies; dance; enterprise leadership; ethics and public policy; global health studies; history; interdepartmental studies; international relations; international studies; journalism and mass communication; linguistics; mathematics; microbiology; music; neuroscience; philosophy; physics; political science; psychology; religious studies; social work; sociology; statistics; theatre arts; and world languages (Asian languages and literature, comparative literature, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish).
Dean Sara Sanders and UI President Bruce Harreld will confer degrees. President Harreld will confer an Honorary Doctorate of Science upon Mark Mattson, professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University.
Section on Molecular Neuroscience Staff
Lee E. Eiden is the Chief of the Section on Molecular Neuroscience in the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois, and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from The University of Kansas, and was a Staff Fellow, PRAT Fellow, and Senior Staff Fellow in the NIMH Intramural Research Program before joining the faculty as a Principal Investigator and Chief of the Unit on Cell Biology in 1987, and Chief of the Section on Molecular Neuroscience in 1992. His work at the NIH has focused on stimulus-secretion-synthesis coupling, characterization of the vesicular and secretory proteins mediating chemically coded neurotransmission, including chromogranin A, VMAT1, VMAT2, and VAChT and signaling pathways underlying neuropeptide-mediated stress responses. More recently, the laboratory has been involved in micr
Regents won t commit to releasing University of Iowa president finalist feedback before hire thegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
REGIONALâWhen coronavirus epidemics broke out in parts of the world in 2002 and 2012, medical experts braced for global spread similar to that of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Pat Winokur, executive dean of the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, said scientific studies into those previous outbreaks played a major role in helping experts study COVID-19 and develop inoculations for it in a short time frame.
âThere was a lot of scientific evaluation that went on to understand these two coronaviruses. The scientists really understood what was causing disease, how these viruses got into the cell,â Winokur said Monday, April 19, during a webinar the Iowa Department of Public Health held in collaboration with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the University of Iowa to present facts about the COVID-19 vaccines and answer questions from viewers.