Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and faculty member in the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, along with writers from India, Russia, and China.
Story from: The Telegraph
2013.01.24 | By UI Health Care Marketing and Communications | 09:18 AM
George Weiner, M.D., director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI). His term began January 1, and he will become AACI president in the fall of 2014. Story
Ten University of Iowa undergraduate students have been selected to participate in a unique pilot course for the spring 2013 semester. The course will allow the students to apply their education and creativity to help Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh and others transform downtown Las Vegas. Story
2013.01.22 | By University Communication and Marketing | 10:50 AM
Cory Taylor kicks off this year’s Public Digital Humanities for Lunch (PDH4L) series with “(Re)creating the World: Modeling for Google Earth with Trimble SketchUp" from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24. The presentation is free and open to the public. Story
Spencer Gillis, a University of Iowa graduate, shares his motivation for creating the short-film, Gun, one of 85 films selected to be screened at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival.
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With 70 years of association with the University of Iowa—as an undergraduate student, a graduate student, a faculty member, an administrator, and a volunteer—the late communication studies professor Sam Becker more than earned the unofficial, honorary title of Mr. University of Iowa. Story
Adam Keune, Alec Whitters, and Ben O'Connor co-founded the new Coralville-based startup, Higher Learning Technologies, located in the UI's Oakdale Research Park.
Story from: The Gazette
A new study by UI researcher Alissa Whitmore, a doctoral candidate in archaeology, shows that items lost down the drains of bathhouses during the Roman Empire are evidence that these spaces served as social centers where people snacked on finger food and did needlework, among other activities. Story from: Yahoo! News Canada
Spencer Gillis left Iowa City for New York City in 2006 to pursue a dream career in the film industry and has since worked as a freelance camera operator on dozens of TV and film projects. His directorial debut recently was selected to be screened in the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Story
Hualing Nieh and her late husband, Paul Engle, founded the University of Iowa International Writing Program in 1967. IWP has since hosted more than 1,000 writers from 120 countries and regions. Nieh and IWP are the subject of a new documentary, One Tree: Three Lives.
Story from: China Daily
