2008 Woodie Awards
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"It's an absolute honor anytime you get to work with Jerry Schnoor," Ney said.
As a consultant for Sebesta-Blomberg, a sustainable-technology company, Ney works with industrial and major institutions such as universities to manage and reduce carbon emissions.
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Autism spectrum disorders affect as many as 1 in 150 8-year-old children in some areas of the country, according to latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 90 percent of them grow up to attend public secondary schools. (2) comments
A small but vocal group came together Wednesday at an open forum in the Bijou to discuss the UI's smoking policy.
The purpose of the forum, which was hosted by the UI Wellness Program and the Office of the Provost, was to give smokers and nonsmokers a chance to express their opinions about the fundamental question: Should the UI become smoke-free?
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The Iowa City Area CrimeStoppers program, after a slow start since its inception in June, experienced its first successful arrest Wednesday.
"There has never been a CrimeStoppers program in the Iowa City area before," Iowa City police Sgt. Troy Kelsay said.
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David Braun will return to his alma mater to head the UI Student Health Service, replacing retired director Mary Khowassah, UI officials announced on Wednesday.
Braun, 36, who received an M.D. at the UI, is returning from a stint at Illinois State University, where he was a staff physician for the college's Student Health Service.
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Higher prices at the pump may result in slimmer waistlines for Americans, an economics Ph.D. student from St. Louis's Washington University suggested in a recent study.
"A $1 increase in gas prices would reduce obesity in the U.S. by 15 percent over five years," said Charles Courtemanche, the study's author.
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Size does matter, according to two recent studies by Indiana University researchers - at least in regards to condom fit and effectiveness.
Michael Reece, the director of the Sexual Health Research Working Group at the school, said he is interested in the ongoing challenge of getting men to use condoms consistently and correctly.
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Is feeling lonely a genetic trait? That is the question on prominent researchers' minds lately.
To test the hypothesis, UCLA researchers recently studied whether loneliness could be caused by a specific gene.
When the results were compiled, said Robert Philibert, a UI associate professor of psychiatry, no gene was discovered that defined a person as lonely or not lonely.
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