Looking in at Iowa

Read about it here, see his blog here. Wait a minute…those Shirtless Shovelers look familiar.

“It was just an idea I had one day,” he said of starting the blog. “When someone was talking about all the blogging activity that was starting up with faculty and students on campus. It occurred to me when I was at the University of Iowa that it would be a great way for me as the Provost to be more accessible, more direct in my communication with the university community. …

From Salt Lake Tribune:

Grassley said: “It’s just like the same thing: . . . You can’t argue against putting, uh, putting, Hatch on the Supreme Court at age 75, because Mormons live forever, and he’ll be around when he’s 100 as a Supreme Court justice. So . . . maybe McCain will be around when he’s 95 years old, but I think that you’ve got to consider the fact that it might be considered a weakness and a younger vice presidential candidate would help.” …

From PR Newswire via Yahoo!:

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Aviation Safety Program, has awarded…approximately $138,000 to the Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, for work described in its NASA research announcement proposal entitled, “Operator State Sensor Investigation for Actual Airborne Applications.” …

The Forbes magazine profile page for Iowa City (No. 10) can be found here, while Ames’ page (No. 6) is here.