Jonathan Koffel, education and outreach librarian, recently received special recognition from the UI College of Pharmacy for his teaching and outreach efforts. The award was based on votes and comments from Pharmacy students and was awarded at the College’s annual reception held to honor scholarship recipients and Teacher of the Year award winners. Continue reading “Koffel Recognized by College of Pharmacy”
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Raising the Dead? History, Health Reform and the 2008 Election – Oct 28
In this election season, competing proposals for health reform have again taken center stage. Colin Gordon, the author of Dead on Arrival: The Politics of Health in Twentieth Century America, will place these proposals—and their prospects for success—in historical perspective. Colin Gordon, Ph.D. is a professor of history at the University of Iowa, specializing inContinue reading “Raising the Dead? History, Health Reform and the 2008 Election – Oct 28”
Flood Recovery Health Information
Librarians at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences have compiled links to important health information in an online resource guide. http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/floodrecovery For other health information related questions, please Ask a Librarian.
Rare Book Room Open House – May 15
The John Martin Rare Book Room will hold its annual open house on Thursday, May 15 from 4:30 to 7:30. The exhibit, “’No Small Presumption’–Surgical Works From Six Centuries,” will feature rare books from the earliest days of surgery through the twentieth century. The event is open to the public. Although chloroform and ether were not widelyContinue reading “Rare Book Room Open House – May 15”
Event Explores Changing Role of Women in Health Care
Susan Winckler (left), chief of staff of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and a University of Iowa alumna, and Jennifer Niebyl (right), UI faculty member and physician, will help launch a traveling exhibit on women and medicine with talks beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Dr. Prem Sahai Auditorium, Room 1110A,Continue reading “Event Explores Changing Role of Women in Health Care”
Hardin Library will host national traveling exhibition
Women doctors are the focus of a new traveling exhibition opening Friday, Oct. 12 at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa.”Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians” tells the extraordinary story of how American women who wanted to practice medicine have struggled over the past two centuriesContinue reading “Hardin Library will host national traveling exhibition”
Article Delivery Service Expands
Starting July 1st, UI students, faculty and staff will be able to login to the Libraries’ online Interlibrary Loan system to request articles and book chapters that the Libraries’ holds only in hard copy. In addition to making their requests online, they will also be able to track their requests online. This isn’t a newContinue reading “Article Delivery Service Expands”
Skhal Appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor
Kathy Skhal, Clinical Education Librarian at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, has been appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Carver College of Medicine. This is a three-year appointment with the department of Internal Medicine. Skhal will tailor her education sessions specifically to medicine students and faculty; she will coordinate and lead small groupContinue reading “Skhal Appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor”
Striking Anatomical Illustrations on Display at Hardin Library
The University of Iowa Libraries and the UI History of Medicine Society will sponsor an open house of one of the finest collections of notable anatomical illustrations in the United States from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, in the John Martin Rare Book Room of the UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.Continue reading “Striking Anatomical Illustrations on Display at Hardin Library”