College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Camerata, University Choir to perform March 7

Friday, March 7, 2014
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free ensemble concert by Camerata and University Choir at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 7, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.
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UI research: It's hard to remember what we hear

Friday, March 7, 2014
UI researchers had subjects listen to, watch, and blindly touch a variety of everyday sounds, silent videos, and common objects, and found that after an hour, a day or a week, seeing and touching trumps listening when it comes to remembering.
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UI professors working to transform large lectures

Friday, March 7, 2014
The UI launched the Transforming Large Lectures Project with two classes in this spring semester, using technology both to help students prepare for class and to allow for more interaction among students and between students and the professor.

UI expert sources on the crisis in Ukraine

Thursday, March 6, 2014
The University of Iowa has several experts available to comment on the crisis in Ukraine, from political to social to economic impacts.
Students in the Recreation and Sport Business track in the Chicago Blackhawks locker room.

Educational road trip

Thursday, March 6, 2014
University of Iowa students participating in the Recreation and Sport Business track traveled to Chicago on Feb. 13 for an educational field trip.
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Wasserman discusses 'noble, intelligent' pigeons

Thursday, March 6, 2014
Ed Wasserman runs the Comparative Cognition Laboratory at the University of Iowa and is world renowned for his work in animal intelligence, including proving that pigeons recognize individual human faces.
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The cycle of art

Thursday, March 6, 2014
Avid cyclist and University of Iowa art professor Steve McGuire teaches students how to make bicycles as artistic expression.

Workshop alum Alarcon finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Wednesday, March 5, 2014
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus Daniel Alarcón is one of five finalists for the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, America's largest peer-juried prize for fiction. Alarcón is nominated for "At Night We Walk in Circles," published by Riverhead Books.

Book Wings to link up with Baghdad March 11

Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Two days before linking up with performers in Russia, the Book Wings collaborative theater initiative will connect performers from the University of Iowa with artists at the University of Baghdad March 11. The initiative uses the latest technologies to bring together artists and stage spaces—in this case, 6,500 miles apart—to produce one integrated, interactive experience.

Kantorei to perform March 8 on UI campus

Wednesday, March 5, 2014
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by Kantorei, the University of Iowa's premier choral ensemble, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 8, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Painter Hammie to discuss 'Significant Other' March 6

Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Patrick Earl Hammie will discuss his recent project, "Significant Other," at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in Room 116 of Art Building West on the University of Iowa campus. The free, public event is sponsored by the UI School of Art and Art History.
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Study: For memory, hearing is worse than seeing or feeling

Tuesday, March 4, 2014
New research out of the University of Iowa, published in PLOS One, suggests that those moments when we forget something we were told are particularly human—that people’s memory for things they hear is just not that great.