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Iowa Now Minute - 9/25/14

Thursday, September 25, 2014
"Iowa Now Minute" is a 60-second roundup highlighting recent UI activities, research, public engagement, and campus life. Look for a new video every Thursday in Iowa Now.
A woodcut art print showing a man pulling a wagon with two people in it

American-born artist to lecture on art of India

Thursday, September 25, 2014
Waswo X. Waswo will lecture Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in room 240 of Art Building West on the University of Iowa campus. His talk, “Indian Printmaking: Rediscovery, Revolution and Renewal,” tells the story of his journey into collecting Indian prints and summarizes the history of fine art printmaking in India.

October's UIMA First Friday features IC artist

Thursday, September 25, 2014
Party for art at the next University of Iowa Museum of Art First Friday reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 3, at FilmScene on College Street in the pedestrian mall in downtown Iowa City.
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Alzheimer's patients can still feel the emotion long after the memories have vanished

Wednesday, September 24, 2014
A University of Iowa study shows that patients with Alzheimer’s disease are profoundly impacted emotionally by events that they cannot recall. Their feelings persist long after the memories have vanished.

UI archaeologists dig deeper into Hubbard Park history

Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Archaeologists are restarting a dig in Hubbard, where an 1851 flood created a soil time capsule, preserving rare artifacts from life in early 19th century Iowa City. Staff and students from the UI Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences are helping with this activity.

'How Writers Write' shifts focus to fiction

Tuesday, September 23, 2014
After a successful summer engaging poets near and far, the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP) will launch its second Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), How Writers Write Fiction, on Friday, Sept. 26. The course, taught entirely on the Internet, is designed to reach an unlimited number of participants.

Culinary blunder creates inspiration for new menu app

Monday, September 22, 2014
A University of Iowa recent graduate teamed up to create a menu translation app that provides photos and flavor descriptions to help international students and travelers make more informed ordering decisions.
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Coach beats doctor, grandpa beats coach

Monday, September 22, 2014
One December day in 1981, University of Iowa alumnus Steve Houghton had a decision to make—Coach Houghton or Dr. Houghton? Which would it be?
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UI student Carter Bell nominated as student making a difference

Friday, September 19, 2014
UI student Carter Bell of Waukee, Iowa, was nominated as a leader making a difference, not only through key issues on campus, but in bridging the gender gap in politics as part of a new "Women of 2014" series at msnbc.

Iowa Now Minute - 9/18/14

Thursday, September 18, 2014
"Iowa Now Minute" is a 60-second roundup highlighting recent UI activities, research, public engagement, and campus life. Look for a new video every Thursday in Iowa Now.
Mary Huff in her lab

Piecing together the memory puzzle

Thursday, September 18, 2014
UI doctoral student Mary Huff has come a long ways since growing up in Greenfield, Iowa. The Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Program scholar is the recipient of a prestigious award which allows her to conduct cutting-edge research that will help treat people with serious memory-related disorders.

UI alum Samuel D. Hunter receives MacArthur 'genius grant'

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Playwright Samuel D. Hunter, who received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa in 2007, has been named a winner of a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship, also known as the “genius grant.”