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Welsh receives Canada Gairdner International Award for cystic fibrosis discoveries

Friday, April 11, 2025
Michael Welsh, University of Iowa physician and professor of internal medicine, has received the 2025 Canada Gairdner International Award for his research on cystic fibrosis, which paved the way to new therapies that have transformed the health and life expectancy of people with the disease. The award, which is bestowed annually by the Gairdner Foundation, recognizes five 2025 Canada Gairdner International Award laureates for seminal discoveries or contributions to biomedical science.

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Live from Prairie Lights | Caitlin Roach in conversation with Rachel Yoder - 'Surveille'

Thursday, April 10, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Writers' Workshop graduate Caitlin Roach will read from her debut book of poems, Surveille, winner of the 2024 Brittingham Poetry Prize. “In Surveille, Caitlin Roach is a reader of omens, of the shapes hidden in shadows, recasting the hard lessons of the natural world. Born between the twin flames of Brigit Pegeen Kelly and Mary Oliver, this book is both intimate and political. A bridge between the public chaos surrounding us and the portentous silence of private life, these poems are urgent and...
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Jaap Blonk Poetry Performance

Friday, April 11, 2025 4:30pm
Glenn Schaeffer Library
Join us for a wonderful afternoon event of avant-garde poetry by the legendary Dutch sound artist, Dadaist and performance artist Jaap Blonk.Jaap will be presenting his innovative, language-defying sound art on Friday, April 11, 2025 at 4:30 pm. Please come join us to experience this legendary experimental performance poet at his very first visit to the University!Jaap Blonk (born 1953 in Woerden, Netherlands) is a self-taught composer, vocalist, poet and visual artist. His unfinished studies in...
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Live from Prairie Lights | Jonathan Thirkield

Friday, April 11, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Writers' Workshop alum Jonathan Thirkield will read from his newest book of poems, Infinity Pool. The University of Chicago Press, publisher of Infinity Pool, describes Thirkield's poems as "...[cutting] through a decade of exponential technological growth, landing in the reality of our corporeal experiences: the isolation of chronic illness, the daunting journeys of children growing up today, and the hope that we can remain connected to each other no matter how tenuous the ties." Katie Peterson...
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UI expert explains: What you need to know about bird flu

Mike Pentella, professor of epidemiology in the University of Iowa College of Public Health and director of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI, explains that bird flu is a disease caused by certain influenza viruses that usually spread among birds, not humans, and that public health surveillance is critical to prevent its spread. 

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