College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Berry: Iowa needs more openness

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Journalism faculty member, responding to Iowa's "F" grade on public-records law, notes that the state's open-records law is loaded with exemptions.

Arts campus revival

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Iowa Board of Regents on Wednesday voted to approve schematic designs and funding to bring arts buildings destroyed by the 2008 flood back to life, a significant step forward in the campus recovery process.

Exploring culture, technology, and design

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Three co-founders of Silicon Valley-based Onomy Labs—which conceives and builds interactive exhibits and related project —will examine formulas for innovation.

Gawking, gaping, staring

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Queer, transgender, and disability rights activist Eli Clare will visit Iowa City Thursday, April 5 thanks to the University of Iowa’s student and community-based group, TransCollaborations, and the UI Council on Disability Awareness.

Workshop alum Moffett tours with new book

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Fiction writer Kevin Moffett, an alumnus of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award, discusses his newest book Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events. Moffett is described as "one of today's funniest fiction writers."

UI alumna uses dance therapy to improve lives

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
UI dance alumna Susan Rieger says almost anyone can benefit from dance therapy. Rieger uses dance therapy in her new company, Moving Toward Wholeness, to help everyone from a 13-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome to a woman in her mid 50s wanting to build her core strength.

UI professor finds new ideas from old equipment

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The decommissioning of the Tevatron represented the end of an era, but it also is ushering in the next generation of physics by providing valuable equipment to other experiments. At the University of Iowa Yasar Onel is using cast-off equipment to design a calorimeter that can detect secondary emissions from particle collisions in high-radiation environments.

Arts campus replacement: $404.9 million

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The cost of replacing the University of Iowa’s fine arts campus, which was devastated by the 2008 flood, is pegged at $404.9 million.

UI psychologist shares how lifestyle factors help the aging mind

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
UI psychologist Michelle Voss says lifestyle factors can help offset the loss of brain plasticity, making learning more possible for the elderly.

UI political scientist comments on fall of Chinese politician

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
UI political scientist Wenfang Tang assesses the rise and fall of Chinese politician Bo Xilai.

Dance Department presents thesis concert March 29-31

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Rebecca Chun and Melinda Myers, Master of Fine Arts candidates in the University of Iowa Department of Dance, will present their thesis works in a shared concert at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 29-31, in the Space Place Theatre of North Hall.

Durham: Blume was the flywheel

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Judy Blume's works are coming out as e-books. UI journalism faculty member Gigi Durham described Blume as "a flywheel in the 'Our Bodies, Our-selves' mode of feminism."