Alec Soth, critically acclaimed Minneapolis-based photographer, will present a free, public lecture titled “From Here to There” as the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s annual Bette Spriestersbach Distinguished Lecture. The lecture will be held in Art Building West, Room 240, on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Story
Richard Brettell, one of the foremost authorities on Impressionism and French painting from 1830 to 1930, will present "Identity Before Freud: Gauguin's Self Portraits" for the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s 2013 Curator’s Circle Lecture Series on Friday, Feb. 8, at the University Club. Story
University of Iowa accounting and law students will again provide free tax return preparation services to qualifying persons this year as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Story
David Duys, an associate professor of rehabilitation and counselor education in the UI College of Education, discusses some of the significant changes in middle childhood development on Iowa Public Radio's Talk of Iowa with host Charity Nebbe.
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Students in the UI Department of Theatre Arts are working with the Moving Company, a Twin Cities-based theater organization, on developing the latter's tale of modern-day poverty and isolation, set in the fantastical world of fairy tales. The fruits of their labor will be unveiled Feb. 7. Story
Celebrate the sweetest month of the year at the next University of Iowa Museum of Art First Friday reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1 at hotelVetro in downtown Iowa City. For $5, enjoy drink specials, light hors d’oeuvres, art by Cheryl Jacobsen and music by Tom Nothnagle . Story
The University of Iowa is one of four institutions involved in a new clinical trial to evaluate a candidate H3N2v influenza vaccine in healthy adults and elderly individuals. Story
UI graduate Brittany McConnell discovered she wanted to pursue a career in environmental science after taking a course at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory last summer. Scholarships are now available for the first 50 students who apply for the 2013 summer session. Story
Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus Aaron McCollough will read from his latest book, "Underlight," at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.
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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.
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