Hancher and Working Group Theatre have developed a rich collaboration. Now, an important grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters is helping strengthen those efforts. Story
2013.03.13 | By University Communication and Marketing | 09:17 AM
"Puddin’," written and developed by Bethany Jackson, and "Spot’s Community," written and directed by Taylor Cook, will be presented together on March 27 and 29. Jacob Schiller and Emilia Hodges will collaborate on "Lungs," by British playwright Duncan Macmillan; it will be presented March 28 and 30. All shows are free and open to the public.
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2013.03.12 | By University Communication and Marketing | 09:42 AM
The University of Iowa has named 35 Presidential Scholars for 2013, offering them the most prestigious honor for first-year students planning to attend the university. Story
With more Chinese students showing up on University of Iowa class rolls than ever before, the Henry B. Tippie College of Business last month invited its faculty and staff to a workshop to learn how to pronounce the students' names.
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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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Nick Benson, coordinator of the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC), is making new connections between the University of Iowa and Iowa communities. Benson is working to expand the IISC into a campus-wide initiative. The IISC recently formalized agreements with four Iowa communities for the 2013-2014 academic year: Muscatine, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, and Washington. Story
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds joined about 20 University of Iowa students for a crash course on medical devices for treating cardiovascular disease—and an introduction to new facilities that are changing how UI faculty teach.
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2013.03.08 | By University Communication and Marketing | 10:44 AM
Pursuing internships abroad is a growing trend at the University of Iowa with 162 students pursuing such internships for academic credit in the 2011-12 academic year. Story
Three University of Iowa law students are spending the spring semester as externs at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, helping to try former leaders accused of war crimes during the Balkan's civil wars in the 1990s. Story
