Elise Fillpot, a UI College of Education alumna, created an innovative social studies curriculum called Bringing History Home, designed to invigorate history education at the elementary level and provide a model to teach children to engage with historical photography and documents.
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The Midwest is home to some of the largest refugee communities in the country, and Iowa has been instrumental in creating the modern refugee resettlement system. But who is a refugee, and what distinguishes refugees from immigrants? Learn more at a free UI Provost's Global Forum, "Refugees in the Heartland," April 4-7. Story
A new documentary co-produced by UI alumna Devon Terrill traces the stories of eight American families struggling to get by during the worst U.S. recession in 80 years. The film will debut on HBO on March 18 and will be screened March 30 at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City. Story
About 350 University of Iowa students and alumni ran a mile with barely any clothes on. It's the fifth annual Nearly Naked Mile in Iowa City spearheaded by UI Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow (STAT). And despite the rainy, chilly weather, hundreds ran for a local youth organization.
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Mary Szybist, alumna and former teaching-writing fellow at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will read from her new book of poetry, "Incarnadine," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, 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. Story
Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumna Michelle Herman will read from her new book, "Stories We Tell Ourselves," at 7 p.m. Monday, March 25, 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. Story
UI alumna Lisa Johnson is infusing an art residency program into the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory after participating in the UI Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy.
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2013.03.11 | By University Communications and Marketing | 10:51 AM
Chris Klitgaard, president and CEO of Coralville-based MediRevv, will speak as part of the MidwestOne Lecture Series at the University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center on Tuesday, March 26. Story
