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Sunset over the Taj Mahal

International photo contest highlights global education at Iowa

Monday, November 11, 2024
An international regatta on the Grand Canal. A stunning sunset viewed from the Taj Mahal. A professor reciting the Iliad during a visit to an ancient theater in Greece. These are among the winning images selected for the 2024 International Programs annual photo contest, part of International Education Week (IEW). This event aims to inspire greater awareness of the many ways the University of Iowa community can experience international education.

Events

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Live from Prairie Lights | Shane Book & Mark Levine

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Poets Shane Book and Mark Levine will read from their work. Shane Book will read from All Black Everything (Kuhl House Poets, 2023). Mark Levine will read from Sound Fury (Univ. of Iowa Press). “All Black Everything proposes an expansive, global poetics, which is equally a poetics of Black diasporan fluency. All Black’s poems ride the crosscurrents of history and popular culture through African America, the Caribbean, West Africa, the United Kingdom, and Canada. As references whirl and...
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Art & Write Night

Friday, December 6, 2024 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces. Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists. Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session...

Band Extravaganza

Sunday, December 8, 2024 3:00pm
Band Extravaganza This is a ticketed event: Adults - $17 Youth/Senior - $13 UI Students $5 All seating is general admission.

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Peggy Stover and Dan Thedens

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