"Stranger Magic: Charmed States and the Arabian Nights," written by Marina Warner, professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex, is the winner of the 2013 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin. The award is administered for the Truman Capote Estate by the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. Story
Fourth-year students in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine today took part in Match Day, the annual event where medical students nationwide learn where they will begin their medical residency training following graduation Story
2013.03.13 | By University Communication and Marketing | 09:50 AM
University of Iowa Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President. Story
2013.03.11 | By University Communication and Marketing | 07:00 AM
Tessa Mellas and Kate Milliken received the 2013 Iowa Short Fiction Awards, announced by the University of Iowa Press. Mellas won the 2013 Iowa Short Fiction Award for her collection "Lungs Full of Noise." Milliken received the 2013 John Simmons Short Fiction Award for "If I'd Known You Were Coming." Story
2013.03.08 | By University of Iowa Health Care | 10:49 AM
Jeffrey Murray has been awarded a $450,000, three-year grant that will allow him to build on his past discoveries in the area of premature birth with the goal of improving health care providers’ ability to predict which women are at high risk of delivering their baby too soon. Story
2013.03.05 | By University Communication and Marketing | 11:57 AM
University staff and faculty are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more. Story
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
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
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
