College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Visual artist Setzer to perform in Iowa City March 5
Monday, March 3, 2014
The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History will present "The Black Tongue Lexicon," a free performance by visual artist Gary Setzer, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 in Public Space One, 120 N. Dubuque Street in downtown Iowa City.
Carl Djerassi, chemist who developed the pill, to speak at UI symposium March 8
Monday, March 3, 2014
Author and chemist Carl Djerassi will give a keynote address at the symposium "Pill and Pen: Contraception and Unwanted Pregnancy in Literature and Popular Culture." The symposium will be held March 7 to 9 in various locations across the UI campus.
Listen up: Children hear program about dangerous sounds
Monday, March 3, 2014
UI audiology graduate students presented "Dangerous Decibels" at the Iowa City Public Library Friday, offering information about how the human ear works, what happens inside the ear when hearing loss takes place, and what people can do to prevent hearing loss.
Workshop alum Denis Johnson to read at public events March 5-7
Monday, March 3, 2014
Denis Johnson, alumnus and former faculty member of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will hold several public literary events in Iowa City between March 5 and 7, capped with a reading of the play "Psychos Never Dream" at 7 p.m. Friday, March 7, in the Dey House on the UI campus.
UI students named to President's List for fall 2013
Friday, February 28, 2014
Some 300 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the President's List for the 2013 fall semester. The UI is partnering with Merit, the flagship software created by read Media in New York, to promote and recognize outstanding student achievement on campus.
Students attend STEM symposium at University of Iowa
Friday, February 28, 2014
About 150 Iowa students attended the 2014 Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium hosted Thursday and today by the UI College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center; 15 of the students presented original research, and nine UI colleges, departments, or facilities gave lab tours.
Humans have a poor memory for things they hear
Friday, February 28, 2014
When it comes to memory, we don't remember things we hear nearly as well as things we see or touch, scientists say. Researchers at the University of Iowa found our memory for sounds is significantly worse than our memory for visual or tactile things.
March 11 symposium will focus on groundwater contaminants and health
Friday, February 28, 2014
Groundwater and public health experts will discuss will a range of topics related to groundwater contaminants and their potential health effects at the Iowa Groundwater and Public Health Symposium on March 11 in Des Moines.
Yiyun Li to give free reading March 5
Friday, February 28, 2014
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Yiyun Li will read from her new novel, "Kinder Than Solitude," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.
Researcher Laura Corley Lavine to speak on campus March 7
Friday, February 28, 2014
Laura Corley Lavine, associate professor of entomology at Washington State University, will present a lecture on the evolution of sexually selected traits in beetles at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 7, in 70 Van Allen Hall on the UI campus.
Media activist Robert McChesney to give lecture March 10
Friday, February 28, 2014
The public is invited to a free lecture by prominent media activist Robert McChesney as he discusses the role media play in democratic societies on Monday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. in W128 Chemistry Building on the University of Iowa campus.
University of Iowa community should talk about problems and solutions
Thursday, February 27, 2014
University of Iowa shared governance presidents share an op-ed that encourages talking about both problems and solutions related to sexual assault.