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Center for the Book Faculty Member Wins Macarthur Foundation Award News Fall 2009 Center for the Book faculty member wins MacArthur Foundation Award imothy Barrett’s cellular phone “This is a big deal to have the Trang, and not wanting to be MacArthur Foundation effectively disturbed during a staff meeting, he say this is a bona fide career track – quickly hit the silence button. this is a valuable way to spend your His phone rang again. This time, professional time,” said Barrett, a he answered it, thinking one of his paper specialist at Iowa for 25 years kids got sick at school.To his surprise, and a past director of the Center for a representative of the MacArthur the Book. Foundation was calling. “In having your work acknowledged Barrett, a research scientist and as a contribution to society, you’re adjunct professor of papermaking at kind of getting knighted in a weird The University of Iowa Center for the way. And that in turn helps recognize Book, learned in September he was a this entire emerging field of study. It’s 2009 recipient of a fellowship from the not just papermaking, but a whole John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur range of allied specialties.” Foundation. Matthew Brown, director of the The $500,000 MacArthur UI Center for the Book, considers Fellowships, popularly known as Barrett a perfect fit for receiving the “genius grants,” are awarded to 24 prestigious honor despite his non- Timothy Barrett, winner of a 2009 individuals per year in a variety of fields traditional specialty. MacArthur Foundation fellowship. who have shown exceptional originality “He has an expertise that no one and dedication to their creative else in the world really has,” Brown pursuits. said. “He has knowledge of Japanese papermaking. He’s like a human About the Barrett, 59, is the 13th UI-connected Center for the Book fellow, but only the second recipient archive of that information. Further, outside the creative writing community. he knows the history of European and The Center for the Book has UI anthropological linguist Nora Western papermaking. He combines between 20 to 24 students in its England received the honor in 1993. craft skill with scientific skill.” graduate certificate program at Barrett earned a any one time. Every year about bachelor’s degree in 170 graduate and undergraduate art communications students take its classes a year. The from Antioch Center for the Book is aspiring to College in 1973 become a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) and later spent two program. An MFA is a graduate years working with degree typically requiring two to Kathryn and Howard three years of study. Clark at Twinrocker Handmade Paper, Barrett plans to use the Inc.; two years award funds to: under a Fulbright • Further his study of Western Fellowship studying papermaking papermaking in Japan; and many • Write a new book on years researching early Western papermaking European handmade • Promote Iowa’s nationally known papers. Center for the Book program —continued, p. 3 Barrett assists a papermaking student at The University of Iowa. The WiderNet Project: Outreach from Iowa to the World nformation is power, and the considering IWiderNet Project is helping using it The University of Iowa people around the world become more in health Iowa City, IA 52242 www.grad.uiowa.edu intellectually mighty. education [email protected] The WiderNet Project, a service throughout project within The University of Iowa’s the Office of the Dean School of Library and Information developing 205 Gilmore Hall Science, focuses on the improvement world. 319.335.2143 of educational technology systems by Iowa is John C. 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Professor, School of Journalism An eGranary Digital Library is an and Mass Communication “Internet in a Box” device that contains In August, the first eGranary Digital 335.3492 — [email protected] more than 10 million educational Library was awarded to Daed Shokeh Kathy Klein resources and is installed in hundreds of the Jordanian Nursing Council in Assistant to Associate Dean Berkowitz of clinics and schools in low-bandwidth Amman, Jordan. Joubert Kumwenda of 335.3492 — [email protected] areas around the world. “Literally, the Beit CURE Hospital of Malawi in Minnetta Gardinier, Ph.D. every minute of every day, hundreds Blantyre, Malawi, won a personal USB Associate Dean for Graduate of people in the developing world die eGranary. Recruitment & Professional Development from a lack of knowledge,” Missen said. UI President Sally Mason, who drew Associate Professor, Pharmacology “They don’t know how to drill wells, the two winners’ names in August, is 335.2147 — [email protected] they don’t know about the germ theory. impressed with the WiderNet Project’s Paul Meintel They don’t know how to combat malaria outreach efforts. “This takes outreach to Assistant to Associate Dean Gardinier using resources at their disposal. This a new level. This takes outreach all over 335.2147 — [email protected] digital library provides instant access to the world,” Mason said. Donna Welter generations of knowledge.” “This goes to places in the world where Director of Human Resources & Finance 335.2145 — [email protected] The WiderNet Project is currently many other people and groups aren’t. evaluating the use of its eGranary Talk about having a high impact in Digital Library through a grant from parts of the world where there’s virtually Office of Academic Affairs the Rockefeller Foundation. The little or no impact from anywhere else.” 6 Gilmore Hall 319.335.2144 Rockefeller Foundation requested an WiderNet is online at www.widernet.org in-depth evaluation of the eGranary Dale Eric Wurster, Ph.D. Digital Library for other organizations Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Professor, College of Pharmacy 335.2137 — [email protected] Graduate College News Jennifer Masada—editor & designer • John Riehl—writer • Eunice Prosser—editing Caren Cox Associate Director of Academic Affairs Graduate College News is published in the fall and spring. 335.2135 — [email protected] On the Web: www.grad.uiowa.edu Eunice Prosser The University of Iowa prohibits discrimination in employment, educational programs, and activities on the Assistant to Associate Dean Wurster basis of race, national origin, color, creed, religion, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender 335.2146 — [email protected] identity, or associational preference. The University also affirms its commitment to providing equal opportunities and equal access to University facilities. For additional information contact the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 319.335.0705. Printed by UI Printing Department 74488/3-09 2 News Barrett Wins MacArthur Fellowship continued from cover Barrett joined the UI Center for the Book as its paper specialist in 1986 and served as its director between 1996 and 2002. He continues to teach courses that address the history, technique, science, and aesthetics of hand papermaking, and he oversees the Oakdale Paper Production and Research Facility. In 2002, Barrett helped fabricate the handmade archival paper used to re-house the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution as part of the “Charters of Freedom Re-encasement Project.” Barrett will receive $25,000 every three months for the next five years from the MacArthur Foundation to be used to promote his own creative endeavors. He intends to use the money to further his study of Western papermaking. Barrett also plans to write a new book on Western papermaking, and this award will help fund illustrations and photos, related research, and possible travel to European historical papermaking sites. More importantly, the MacArthur Fellowship will promote Iowa’s nationally known program. “It is huge in terms of recognizing the field of book art, book studies and book history,” Brown said. “What makes us unique is we conjoin the book arts with study of the historical and cultural context of book production, publishing, and reading. The visibility of the MacArthur and the strengths we already Tim Barrett demonstrates the art of papermaking at the Center for the Book have here on the ground will make the program a national Medieval Book Symposium this past spring. magnet and bring new interesting students to the university.” Barrett’s research assistant Jessica White (MFA Printmaking, Barrett’s research investigates why some historical paper is brown and brittle, while UICB Certificate 2009) tests a 15th century book with a other, often much older, paper is in excellent condition. non-destructive XRF (x-ray fluorescence) spectrometer. The instrument provides data on calcium, iron, and other elemental content in the paper. 3 Lewis, a Remarkable Educator UI Ph.D. alumnus in Rehabilitation Counseling he bullet was a blessing. and even suicidal. “To say the least, T On June 9, 1990, Phillip I often was afraid to go out in Lewis’ life took what he first thought public for a long time, which led to was a tragic twist, when a 14-year- depression and post traumatic stress old boy walked up to the passenger disorder,” he says. side of Lewis’ white Eclipse GSX He resisted temptations that could and pointed a gun at the football have spun his life out of control.
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