College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Biology student group to hold plant sale May 9

Monday, May 6, 2013
The University of Iowa Biological Interests Organization will hold a plant sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the Kautz Plaza located on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway.

Guest artists to join Agrell for May 11 concert

Friday, May 3, 2013
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a faculty recital by Jeffrey Agrell, associate professor of horn, at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 11, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall in downtown Iowa City. Agrell will be joined by guest artists Matt Smart (piano), William Koehler (bass), and Sean Connors (percussion). The recital is free and the public is welcome.

Horn Studio students to perform recital May 7

Friday, May 3, 2013
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free recital by Horn Studio students, led by UI faculty member Jeffrey Agrell, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall in downtown Iowa City. This concert will feature each member of the studio playing one work; several pieces were composed by the students.

Camerata, Kantorei to perform May 11

Friday, May 3, 2013
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free concert by the choral ensembles Camerata and Kantorei at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Hagle comments on Warren County casino referendum

Friday, May 3, 2013
UI political science professor Timothy Hagle comments on a Warren County referendum that would allow casino gaming in the county.

University Choir, Women's Chorale to perform May 10

Friday, May 3, 2013
The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free concert featuring the University Choir and the UI Women’s Chorale at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 10, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.
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Telling time on Saturn

Thursday, May 2, 2013
A UI undergraduate student and his UI colleagues have discovered one way in which the bubble of electrically charged particles around Saturn, also known as Saturn's magnetosphere, changes with the planet's seasons. The finding could change how we view the Earth's magnetosphere. Results appear in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

Jacob Varmus' 'Terminal Stillness' rises to the tope of the Modern Jazz Chart

Thursday, May 2, 2013
UI alumnus Jacob Varmus discusses his newest album.

Nuclear waste expert to speak at UI

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Rodney Ewing, an academic and longtime campaigner for a cautious, sensible approach to nuclear waste disposal, will speak at the University of Iowa at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2. Ewing’s talk, to be held in Room W151 in the Pappajohn Business Building, comes amid conflicting views on the role of nuclear energy in a so-called green economy, balanced with the safety of reactors and the safe storage of...

Hemley to read from 'Nola' May 10

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Robin Hemley, director of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, will read from "Nola: A Memoir of Faith, Art, and Madness," at 7 p.m. Friday, May 10, 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.

Loren Glass to read from new book May 9

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Loren Glass, professor in the University of Iowa Department of English, will read from his new book, "Counterculture Colophon: Grove Press, the Evergreen Review, and the Incorporation of the Avant-Garde," at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City.

Exploring the Willa Cather Archive

Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Matthew Lavin will present “Digital Biographies of Books: Death Comes for the Archbishop as a Case Study” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2 for the next lecture in the PDH4L series. The talk is free and open to the public.