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Frederick wins CineCause Award

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
University of Iowa theater alumna TannFrederick, actress and philanthropist, is the winner of the 2012 CineCause Award at the Julien Dubuque Film Festival.

Yiyun Li is profiled

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Yiyun Li, who came to the UI with limited English skills to study immunology, has become one of the most-honored English-language writers.

Bach fellowship recipients announced

Monday, April 16, 2012
Two graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received the Marcus Bach Fellowships.

Two UI faculty members awarded Guggenheim fellowships

Friday, April 13, 2012
Faculty members Judith Pascoe and Steven Ungar are among this year's list of Guggenheim Fellows.

Faculty honored at annual CLAS celebration

Friday, April 13, 2012
More than 60 faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be honored at a public celebration and reception April 16.

Hawks to admire

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The University of Iowa honored outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni on April 10 at the 95th anniversary Finkbine Dinner, one of the university’s most prestigious award ceremonies.

CLAS names 2012 Collegiate Fellows

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Six University of Iowa professors have been named Collegiate Fellows of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in recognition of their distinguished teaching, research, and service.

$11 million NIH grant renewal benefits Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine has received its fifth consecutive grant renewal from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

Know a book by its ideal cover

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Joseph Campana writes about his joy in the publication of his Iowa Poetry Prize-winning volume from the University of Iowa Press—particularly the Grant Wood cover.

Seed money

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Trenton Place, a graduate student in the University of Iowa Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, has been awarded a $2,500 grant from the American Medical Association Foundation’s Seed Grant Research Program to examine how oxygen levels within pancreatic cancer tumors affect the cancer's ability to spread to distant organs.