College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Achievements: UI faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news

Monday, October 6, 2014
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

'Crescendo' brings together artistic aspects

Monday, October 6, 2014
The UI Department of Theatre Arts’ first Mainstage production of the season brings together two Italian theater artists, a former supervisor for the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit, an experimental jazz music specialist, and an education sociologist in the Iowa Partnership in the Arts production, "Crescendo."
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The revelations of Marilynne Robinson

Monday, October 6, 2014
Pulitzer Prize winner and Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty member Marilynne Robinson provides insightful responses during a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times Magazine.

Korean institute takes root in the Midwest

Monday, October 6, 2014
As the only institute of its kind in the Midwest, King Sejong Institute at the University of Iowa will bring Korean language and culture to the Iowa City community, beginning Oct. 9 with a public kickoff celebration.
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Alyssa Billmeyer leads UI's graduate students

Thursday, October 2, 2014
Alyssa Billmeyer of Marion, Iowa, is the first University of Iowa College of Pharmacy student to serve as president of the Graduate and Professional Student Government.

An Iowa hub in Hebei

Thursday, October 2, 2014
The state of Iowa’s long-standing ties to Hebei Province in China will strengthen with a new American Cultural Center opening in the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang next year.
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'Magical Mythical Tour'

Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Donna Parsons, a lecturer in the UI School of Music and the Honors Program, invites university and community members down "The Long and Winding Road" of the formative years for young John, Paul, George, and Ringo with “Magical Mythical Tour: In Search of the Beatles,” on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

Graduate College announces 2014 dissertation prize winners

Wednesday, October 1, 2014
The University of Iowa Graduate College honors Aaron Buss (psychology) and David Gaebler (mathematics) with the D.C. Spriesterbach Dissertation Prize and Laura Whitmore (molecular and cellular biology) with the Rex Montgomery Dissertation Prize.
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Conference at UI highlights 'Women of the Military'

Tuesday, September 30, 2014
At a UI conference Monday focused on Iowa’s military veterans, author and U.S. Army sergeant Kayla Williams said she supports expanding the roles of women in combat, particularly in cases where women already serve in “attached” combat units.

Achievements: UI faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news

Monday, September 29, 2014
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.
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Sleep twitches light up the brain

Monday, September 29, 2014
A new UI study finds twitches during rapid eye movement sleep comprise a different class of movement, which researchers say is further evidence that sleep twitches activate circuits throughout the developing brain and teach newborns about their limbs and what they can do with them.
Bill Whittaker, staff archaeologist at the Office of the State Archaeologist, sifts through a batch of soil looking for artifacts Thursday at Hubbard Park in Iowa City.

UI students, faculty, and staff help with archaeological dig

Monday, September 29, 2014
A surprise glimpse into Iowa City’s past has opened the door for a more in-depth look into how the community’s earliest settlers lived, worked, and played—thanks to help from UI students and faculty and experts with the UI Office of the State Archaeologist.