College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UI's Suls discovers tornados survivors are more optimistic
Thursday, March 7, 2013
UI psychologist Jerry Suls was part of a research team that looked at how people get on with their lives following harrowing experiences after he was unscathed when a tornado hit downtown Iowa City in 2006.
Supporting undergraduate research
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Six University of Iowa students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been awarded the first-ever John and Elsie Mae Ferentz Undergraduate Fellowships for Research. These fellowships were made possible by a gift to the UI Foundation from Kirk and Mary Ferentz in honor of Kirk’s parents.
Achievements
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
University staff and faculty are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.
UI's Mangum: humanities festival allows researchers to 'show and tell'
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Teresa Mangum, director of the UI's Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, recruited scholars to "show and tell" their research at the inaugural Iowa Humanities Festival this Saturday at Salisbury House & Gardens in Des Moines. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)
UI launches new online journal for MFA in Spanish Creative Writing program
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
"Iowa Literaria," the electronic journal of the MFA in Spanish Creative Writing program at the University of Iowa, is online as of Tuesday, Feb. 26.
Perlmutter: How to avoid bad advice from colleagues
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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.
STEM experience draws high school students from across Iowa
Monday, March 4, 2013
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 Iowa Narratives Project: A life beyond the classroom
Monday, March 4, 2013
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.
Collectors, collections, and collecting
Monday, March 4, 2013
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.
UI Foundation, university receive ADDY Awards
Monday, March 4, 2013
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
Mathaes, Tsachor to give recital March 13
Monday, March 4, 2013
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.
Reframing the rhetorics of race through classroom discourse
Monday, March 4, 2013
"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.
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