David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, shares how to avoid bad advice from colleagues as part of his "Career Confidential" advice column for The Chronicle.
Story from: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Ahmi Dhuna, a 10th grader at Burlington High School, earned top prize for her research examining antibacterial benefits of the Neem tree at the 2013 Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS). The symposium drew middle school and high school students from across Iowa to campus where the top five researchers received scholarships and the opportunity to present at the national competition. Story
UI rhetoric instructor Matt Gilchrist says he enjoys helping students enhance their writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills in a TILE (Transform, Interact, Learn, and Engage) classroom, and he especially enjoyed the Iowa Narratives Project.
Story from: UI TILE Website
Jim Leach, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak at the first ever Iowa Humanities Festival in Des Moines on March 9. Collectors and collecting is the theme of this inaugural event, which brings together scholars, museum directors, librarians, and personal collectors from across the state. Story
The American Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids-Iowa City has presented ADDY awards to the University of Iowa and the UI Foundation for marketing and communication projects Story
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free recital by guest artist Jessica Mathaes, an award-winning violinst, and Uriel Tsachor, professor of piano in the UI School of Music, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, in Riverside Recital Hall. Story
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"Reframing the Rhetorics of Race Through Classroom Discourse" is the subject of the University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies 2013 Hitchcock Lecture, which will be presented by Tina M. Harris. The lecture will take place in Room 101 of the Becker Communication Studies Building at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 12. Story
Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus D.A. Powell won the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry, honored for Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys. The awards were announced Feb. 28 in New York City.
Story from: Los Angeles Times
University of Iowa doctoral student and Missouri Valley native Erin O'Gara was featured on The Big Ten Network for a video she created, Putting Babies First, as the first Health Communications Fellow with the State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI.
Story from: MIssouri Valley Times-News
The University of Iowa School of Music will present free performances by the University Band and Concert Band at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 11, in the Second-Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union. Story
