Council rejects videotape as public testimony in Iowa City
Iowa City Council declines to accept videotaped public testimony for a pesticide ordinance hearing despite requests from residents. Members cite need for personal interaction and costs of recording, while technology advances prompt future debate on remote input. Public meetings listed include the City Council planning session and Johnson County events.
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Iowa City
Karen Kubby
Council
Randy Larson
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Darrel Courtney
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Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
U I Plans Fewer TA Awards and New Teaching Center
University of Iowa officials say they will cut the number of Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards from 55 to about 25 and shift funds toward a proposed Center for Teaching Excellence. The center would pair TAs and junior faculty with senior mentors to improve teaching, while faculty awards would continue at similar levels.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
John Solow
Council On Teaching
Solow
Peter Nathan
Nathan
Four sue over Coralville condo fire damages
Iowa City resident Ronald Osbourne sues four parties after a February 28 1991 fire at 1708 Oakwood Village Coralville spread to his condo. Named defendants include Bob Lange of Bob's Maintenance Greg Allen Oakwood Village Owners Association Watts and Associates Real Estate and others alleged to have negligence mislicensed work and failure to provide draft stops. Osbourne seeks damages for property loss rent expenses and related costs.
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Coralville
Oakwood Village
Greg Allen
Iowa City
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Allen
Obesity study grant awarded by National Institutes of Health
A University of Iowa professor, Trudy Burns, received a five year, 2 million dollar NIH grant to study genetics of obesity. The Muscatine based project will collect blood from 4000 school age children and family members to search for fat causing genes. Two copies of the gene are needed for strong influence. about 6 percent have two copies and 37 percent one copy.
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University of Iowa
National Institutes of Health
Trudy Burns
U Off College of Medicine
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