3/08/02
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UNI STORM helps National Weather Service battle airborne threats
An ammonia spill from a jack-knifed truck can be better contained if emergency responders have detailed weather information. The same can be said for those who would respond to bio-terrorism threats.
Alan Czarnetzki, director of the UNI Science center for Teaching, Outreach and Research on Meteorology (STORM), explains that weather patterns greatly affect how vapors of any kind will disperse in the air. He is working with the National Weather Service to develop plans for such scenarios. "Since Sept. 11, there’s a real strong interest in the kind of information that we provide," he said. "Having this kind of information will prove extremely valuable in battling any kind of airborne threat."
Members of the National Weather Service offices in Des Moines, Davenport, and La Crosse, Wis., will be on campus Tuesday, March 12, to offer feedback on information provided by STORM, and work through a case study involving an anhydrous ammonia leak. Participants will try to calculate the fall-out, based on weather information. The meeting begins at 1 p.m. in Latham Hall, Room 208.
Contact: Alan Czarnetzki, director, STORM, (319) 273-2152
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
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Jascenna Haislet-Carlson, marketing director and theatre publicist, (319) 273-6387
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Director and designers presentation for Theatre UNI's upcoming 'Angels in America' takes place Wednesday, March 13
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A director/designer presentation on "Angels in America" will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 at in the Strayer-Wood Theatre on the University of Northern Iowa campus.
The presentation will allow Director Jay Edelnant, UNI professor of theatre and the show's scenic, lighting and costume designers, to share their vision and interpretation of the Pulitzer Prize- winning play that will be presented in April by Theatre UNI. Leonard Curtis, UNI associate professor of theatre, is the scenic designer; Amy S. RohrBerg, UNI assistant professor of theatre, is the costume designer; and lighting designer is Mark A. Parrott, UNI instructor in theatre.
Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" is a controversial play that questions life, death and meaning itself in Ronald Reagan's America. This play contains challenging adult material that may not be suitable for some audiences.
The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information contact Jascenna Haislet-Carlson at (319) 273-6387.
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Barbara Cutter, UNI assistant professor of history, (319) 273-5909
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
'Female Fiends and Innocents Rewarded: Women and Murderers in U.S. History' topic for UNI History Lecture Series, Wednesday, March 13
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Women who became the subjects of sensational murder trials in 19th Century America will be the subject of the University of Northern Iowa History Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 13.
Barbara Cutter, UNI assistant professor of history, will discuss "Female Fiends and Innocence Rewarded: Female Murderers in America" at 7 p.m., in Seerley Hall, Room 115.
Cutter said her lecture will explore an apparent paradox in the murder cases of the women of this era. "Americans found it very difficult to judge these women, even in cases in which a woman admitted she had killed another person," said Cutter. "They were never sure whether a woman on trial for murder was a 'female fiend' who deserved a death sentence, or whether she was an 'innocent victim' who should be acquitted."
The presentation is open to the public free of charge. The UNI Department of History and Phi Alpha Theta history honorary society sponsors the lecture series.
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3/8/02
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Jascenna Haislet-Carlson, marketing director/theatre publicist, Theatre UNI, (319) 273-6387
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI Theatre students recognized at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Four theatre students from the University of Northern Iowa were recognized for their work at the Region V Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Lincoln, Neb., earlier this semester.
"Your Typical, Lighthearted, Romantic Comedy," by graduate student Valerie Johnson, Melbourne, was chosen as the winner of the 10-minute play competition at the festival. She will present her work at the National Festival in Washington, D.C., in April. There were 78 entries in the 10-minute play competition.
Carmelita Guse of Waterloo, Brad M. Carlson from Cedar Falls and MyQue Franz, Independence, were recognized for their design work on Theatre UNI productions. Guse received second place honors, in the category of regional costume design by a graduate student, for her work on the costume designs of the spirits in "The Tale of the Red Dragon." Carlson also took second place honors for his work on "Red Dragon," in the category of regional scenic design by an undergraduate student. Franz received a meritorious achievement certificate for sound design on "Picasso at the Lapin Agile."
The Department of Theatre participates annually in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, sending students to auditions, workshops and productions. UNI's Department of Theatre last hosted the regional festival in January 1997. The department will again host the regional festival in January 2003, bringing to the UNI campus more than 1,200 theatre students and professionals from the eight-state region.
UNI Professor of Theatre Jay Edelnant is currently the national chair of the organization.
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