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UI's Tang comments on Chinese leaders' working style

CNN: UI's Tang comments on Chinese leaders' working style
Published: 
2013.02.11
New Chinese leader Xi Xinping (C) has warned the country's leadership to scale back ostentatious behavior.

Wenfang Tang, a UI political science professor, says that compared with their predecessors, the new Chinese leaders seem to show more sophistication, confidence, and ambition in a CNN weekly column focusing on China's new austerity in response to directives from Beijing. Story from: CNN

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UI graduate discusses inspiration for Sundance film, 'Gun'

CNN: UI graduate discusses inspiration for Sundance film, 'Gun'
Published: 
2013.01.16
UI graduate Spencer Gillis

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. Story from: CNN

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Note on a napkin thanks UI AirCare team

CNN: Note on a napkin thanks UI AirCare team
Published: 
2013.01.14
A note on a napkin

An anonymous person paid the bill and wrote a note of thanks to members of the UI AirCare team who were dining at a restaurant after attending a memorial service for three members of the Mercy Air Medical Team killed in a medical helicopter crash. Story from: CNN

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UI Libraries help transcribe culinary history with click of a mouse

CNN: UI Libraries help transcribe culinary history with click of a mouse
Published: 
2012.11.29
Illustration of an ancient recipe for a pastry and bread pie

Staff at University of Iowa Libraries have scanned and uploaded hand-written recipes from American and European cookbooks from the 1600s to the 1960s as part of an effort to transcribe history through the power of the Internet. Story from: CNN

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UI Hawkeye Poll shows Obama has slight edge in Iowa

CNN: UI Hawkeye Poll shows Obama has slight edge in Iowa
Published: 
2012.11.01
President Barack Obama at podium

A University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll released Wednesday indicates a much tighter race in Iowa, with President Barack Obama having a slight edge, with 42.7 percent of all respondents indicating they would vote for him and 41 percent indicating they would vote for Gov. Mitt Romney. Story from: CNN

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Med student gets unique Obama autograph

CNN: Med student gets unique Obama autograph
Published: 
2012.09.10
autography

University of Iowa medical student Shadee Giurgius got a unique autograph when he attended the Obama/Biden campaign event. Story from: CNN

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UI's Tang discusses 'right to resist' in China's Internet age

CNN: UI's Tang discusses 'right to resist' in China's Internet age
Published: 
2012.07.06
Police guard government offices in Shifang after authorities bowed to violent protests against a chemical plant.

University of Iowa political science professor Wenfang Tang says Chinese people know when to claim their right to resist the local government, especially effective in an Internet age using grassroots activism. Story from: CNN

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Cargill casts doubt on "resurrection box"

CNN: Cargill casts doubt on "resurrection box"
Published: 
2012.04.12
Robert Cargill on CNN

UI classics faculty member Robert Cargill debunks Discovery Channel documentary about the purported discovery of an artifact depicting Jesus's resurrection. Story from: CNN

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Behind the wheel of a distracted driver

CNN: Behind the wheel of a distracted driver
Published: 
2012.03.28
a scene from the national advanced driving simulator

CNN's Lizzie O'Leary takes to the road in the National Advanced Driving Simulator at the University of Iowa to demonstrate the hazards of distracted driving. Story from: CNN

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Author explores invisible divide between religious, secular worlds

CNN: Author explores invisible divide between religious, secular worlds
Published: 
2012.03.19

The stories of Writers' Workshop alumnus Nathan Englander straddle an invisible religious/secular divide. Story from: CNN

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