College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UI Muslims, expert offer mixed view on Middle East protests
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
University of Iowa Muslim students, a UI expert, and members of the local community share mixed views on the now-infamous anti-Muslim video that sparked uprisings in the Muslim world.
Hagle: swaying independents key to King-Vilsack race
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
University of Iowa political science professor Tim Hagle says that northwest congressional race candidates Steve King and Christie Vilsack will need to sway independent voters to win the district.
History professor comments on Shell Oil's setbacks in the Arctic
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
University of Iowa history professor Tyler Priest, author of The Offshore Imperative: Shell Oil's Search for Petroleum in Postwar America, comments on the setbacks the company has faced in reaching new oil reserves in the Arctic.
Unstageable plays of daring and poetry
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Students, faculty, and alumni of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop will perform “unstageable plays of daring and poetry” at the inaugural Iowa City Poets Theater at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in Lower City Park's Riverside Theater.
UI Symphony and Concert Bands share concert
Monday, September 24, 2012
The University of Iowa Symphony Band and Concert Band will share a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.
Oct. 1-4 readings range from poetry to fiction to history
Monday, September 24, 2012
Oct. 1-5 will be a busy literary week at Prairie Lights and on live streams from the University of Iowa’s Virtual Writing University website.
UI research explains why some elderly are more vulnerable to scams
Monday, September 24, 2012
A University of Iowa study that shows people with damage in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, a part of the frontal lobe that often degrades in the elderly, was cited in an article on why elderly were more vulnerable to misleading advertising.
$11.5 million lymphoma research grant awarded to UI and Mayo Clinic
Monday, September 24, 2012
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa and Mayo Clinic have received a five-year, $11.5 million grant renewal from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to continue the Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) for lymphoma research.
Gordon: Clinton was right
Friday, September 21, 2012
UI historian Colin Gordon, senior research consultant at the Iowa Policy Project, documents that Bill Clinton was right in asserting that, historically, Democrats have created more jobs than the GOP.
Horowitz laments Havens re-release
Friday, September 21, 2012
American Studies alumnus and "Rock and Roll in America" teacher Steven Horowitz laments the re-release of albums Richie Havens disowned.
Eko writes on freedom speech and 'Innocence of Muslims'
Friday, September 21, 2012
Leo Eko of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication writes about freedom of speech in the wake of protests and murders provoked by an amateurish anti-Muslim video.
Putting public health on the map
Thursday, September 20, 2012
University of Iowa alumna Kirsten Beyer integrates geography, public health, and community engagement to address health concerns.
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