Spring forward
I learned an Iowa-weather-related phrase earlier this month: “Spring of Deception”! Despite the scary-sounding name, I’m choosing to look at that recent brief stretch of…
Views from the Chair
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Rethinking “Iowa nice”
I am not a sociologist or even a psychologist, but I think an outsider’s perspective can sometimes be helpful. I started to talk about this…
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Quarterly Department Update – March 2025
The following is an abridged and edited transcript of the March 6, 2025, Quarterly Department Update. To view the entire presentation, click here (hawkid login…
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Leaders lead, and we are all leaders
Events this week have gotten me thinking about leadership. The most prominent event is the news that Dr. Isabella Grumbach has accepted the role of…
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Courage to change
My plan was always to write about change this week and how I think about it. I did not anticipate the depth of potential change…
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Conversation corner
The end of January signals the end of residency interview season, which started just about the same time I arrived on campus in October. For…
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Celebrating colleagues
There are so many things about Iowa that I am coming to love. January temperature drops are not on the list! But Iowans themselves ….
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A glance back and what’s ahead
Well, that was a pretty eventful twelve months, wasn’t it? Whether you are reading this as the clock runs out on 2024 or in the…
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Quarterly Department Update – December 2024
The following is an abridged and edited transcript of yesterday’s Quarterly Department Update. To view the entire presentation, click here (hawkid login required). Hi, everyone….
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Never-ending improvement efforts
I hope everyone had a restful Thanksgiving. The time with family and friends is always brief, but all the sweeter for it. As we race…
