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IWP alumna Shoneyin is interviewed

Monday, June 11, 2012
International Writing Program alumna Lola Shoneyin is interviewed about her new book, Cautious as Serpents.

EPA honors UI biomass project

Friday, June 8, 2012
A biomass boiler retrofit project at the University of Iowa has received a Green Power Partnership Award from the EPA.

UI makes Iowa City one of 'brainiest cities'

Friday, June 8, 2012
The University of Iowa helps make the Iowa City area one of America's brainiest cities.

Jazz alumnus Goens gets a thumbs up

Friday, June 8, 2012
Transition, the new recording by jazz studies alumnus Cassius Goens gets a thumbs-up review, and UI saxophonist Nathan Bogert and trumpeter Steven Wheeler also receive praise.

In praise of a large schnoz

Friday, June 8, 2012
University of Iowa research found that big noses defend against disease and allergies.

Otolaryngology alumnus is honored

Friday, June 8, 2012
The contributions of otolaryngology alumnus Mike Murphy are being recognized in Washington State with the naming a facility in his honor.

Hedgcock describes self-control research

Friday, June 8, 2012
University of Iowa neuroscientist William Hedgcock describes his research of self-control, and how we lose it.

Ride supports Batten research

Friday, June 8, 2012
A horse ride across Iowa is raising funds for Batten disease research at the University of Iowa.

Uthoff will transfer to UI

Thursday, June 7, 2012
Wisconsin basketball player Jarrod Uthoff, who played at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids, told ESPN's Between the Linesthat he will transfer to the UI.

Swafford's memoir is reviewed

Wednesday, June 6, 2012
The new memoir by Jarhead author Anthony Swofford, an alumnus and former faculty member of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is reviewed.