University of Iowa

Steve Alford has big legacy to fill

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Steve Alford was formally introduced as UCLA's basketball coach Tuesday, at center court in Pauley Pavilion. He mentioned John Wooden three times during his first three minutes in the Westwood spotlight. Athletic Director Dan Guerrero noted the...

Frank Pooler dies at 86; choral director mentored the Carpenters

2013-01-25 19:28:00

Frank Pooler, a longtime choral director at Cal State Long Beach who is credited with helping the 1970s pop group the Carpenters develop their signature sound, has died. He was 86. Pooler died Jan. 19 in his Los Alamitos home after a short battle with...

PASSINGS: Dyer Brainerd Holmes, T.S. Cook, Joel Schaeffer

2013-01-15 00:00:00

Dyer Brainerd Holmes NASA manned space flight director Dyer Brainerd Holmes, 91, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, died Friday at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., of...

What will a new hip cost? Few hospitals quote a price, study finds

2013-02-11 11:43:00

Only 16% of U.S. hospitals surveyed in a recent study gave a complete price quote for a common hip surgery, highlighting the obstacles many patients face in comparison shopping. Pricing information remains difficult to obtain from medical providers...

The Siren's Call: Inner journeys and mental travelers

2012-09-25 18:36:00

Visionaries. Blake had a special name for them: "Mental Travellers." Their bodies might be enslaved, but not their minds, which roamed and saw things "cold earth wanderers never knew." If you consider yourself one of these travelers, you're in good...

Tracking Wallace Stegner's footprints in Vermont's earth

2012-04-08 00:00:00

Wallace Stegner wrote books about the American and Canadian West, so it's understandable that people consider the longtime California resident a Western author. Stegner, a prolific novelist, essayist, conservation advocate and professor at Stanford...

Earl Rose dies at 85; Dallas medical examiner on JFK case

2012-05-02 00:00:00

Dr. Earl Rose, the medical examiner in Dallas when President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, died Tuesday at a retirement community in Iowa City, Iowa. He was 85. Rose's wife, Marilyn, said he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and then...

Herbert Nipson dies at 95; helped broaden Ebony magazine's audience

2011-12-29 00:00:00

When Herbert Nipson joined Ebony magazine's editorial staff in 1949, the publication, founded just four years earlier in Chicago, had a target readership of urban African Americans, and its stories reflected that sensibility. But as the civil rights...

National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medals announced

2012-02-10 16:34:12

Juan Felipe Herrera appointed California poet laureate

2012-03-22 16:36:24

Charles T. Manatt dies at 75; Democratic Party leader and diplomat

2011-07-23 00:00:00

Charles T. Manatt, who founded one of the biggest and most influential law firms in Los Angeles and then became a political power as chairman of the state and national Democratic parties, died Friday night. He was 75. Manatt died at Kindred Hospital in...

Philip Levine 'stunned' to be named next U.S. poet laureate

2011-08-12 00:00:00

Philip Levine, the Pulitzer Prize winner who was named the nation's next poet laureate Wednesday, has spent much of his career listening and reflecting on the voices of America. In his new job he said he has one main goal. "I want to bring poetry to...

Wallace's regulatory practice focuses on the Anti-Kickback and Stark laws; Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and billing; legal assessments and compliance programs; and other general regulatory matters including licensure, survey/certification, and accreditation.

2012-11-14 07:46:00

His industry experience includes the aviation, chemical, construction, manufacturing, technology and transportation sectors.

2012-10-11 12:02:00

Summy has two decades of experience in economic development, community investment and public policy advocacy, most recently as president and CEO of the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition, which fosters public-private partnerships that promote research, development and innovation.

2012-06-19 00:00:00