College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Tolbert receives 2022 Goldsmith Book Prize

Thursday, April 21, 2022
Professor and Lowell G. Battershell University Distinguished Chair of Political Science Caroline Tolbert was awarded the 2022 Goldsmith Book Prize in Academics for her book, Choosing the Future: Technology and Opportunity in Communities.

Kelly wins 2022 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in poetry

Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Donika Kelly, assistant professor in the department of English, won the 2022 Anisfield-Wolf book award in poetry with her collection titled The Renunciations.

The Daily Iowan wins awards from Society of Professional Journalists

Monday, April 18, 2022
The Daily Iowan dominated a regional journalism competition run by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).
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11 students, faculty, staff, alumni honored with Finkbine Awards

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Eleven University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received awards April 12 at the 105th Finkbine Awards dinner.
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UI student’s computer science skills aid Iowa literacy efforts

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Iowa Reading Research Center programmer Ben Stone is the 2022 Student Employee of the Year. Six other students and seven student employee supervisors were also recognized during National Student Employment Week .

Egan receives Lola Lopes Award

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Deirdre Egan, assistant director of the University of Iowa Writing Center, is the recipient of the 2022 Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy.
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Febos named 2022 Guggenheim Fellow

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The spring 2022 semester has been quite extraordinary for Melissa Febos, who has won three national awards.
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Stanley Museum of Art offers sneak peek inside new building

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The Stanley Museum of Art opened its doors for the first time in 2022 for local media to explore the work being made on the 63,000 square foot building, which is the final restoration project following the 2008 floods that displaced a large part of the UI campus.

Anthropologists study disappearance of North America's first dogs

University of Iowa anthropologists have examined canine jawbones uncovered at an early American Colonial settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, to postulate how indigenous dogs in North America—the continent's first dogs—gave way to European breeds.

TRACERS mission moves to next phase

A NASA-funded mission led by the University of Iowa to study how particles streaming from the sun affects Earth has been approved for its next phase. Researchers with the TRACERS mission now will begin designing and building the satellites and instruments as they prepare for launch in July 2024.
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UI student creates free Hawkathlon event for people with disabilities

Wednesday, March 30, 2022
UI student is creating a free event for special education students around the Iowa City area to stay active, build relationships, and have fun.
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‘US News & World Report’ releases latest graduate, professional program rankings

Tuesday, March 29, 2022
The University of Iowa continues to climb in the U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School rankings. According to the 2023 report, 66 UI colleges and programs were recognized among the best in their field. Four of these programs, all in the College of Nursing, received a top-10 ranking.