College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Faculty affiliated with UI DeLTA Center receive $5.77 million grant

Monday, June 13, 2016
A team of faculty members affiliated with the University of Iowa’s DeLTA Center has been awarded a $5.77 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study a critical component of cognitive development known as categorization.

UI student helping Afghan woman come to US to study physics

Columnist Nick Kristof writes of University of Iowa student Emily Roberts' efforts to bring a 19-year old Afghan woman to the United States so she can study string theory and dark matter.
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Chemistry Herky

Wednesday, June 8, 2016
University of Iowa sophomore Erica Cole’s passion for chemistry, theater, jewelry design, and Herky Security helps her skillfully combine the arts and sciences. Her chemistry faculty mentor says Cole "epitomizes the kind of liberal arts student we want at Iowa."
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Hancher tickets go on sale to public Friday

Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Tickets for the majority of the new Hancher Auditorium’s opening season go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday, June 10. Tickets to "The Book of Mormon" will go on sale Aug. 5.
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'Boost your preschooler's vocabulary'

University of Iowa psychology professor Bob McMurray says many parents stop emphasizing language as their kids leave toddlerhood. Since a preschool child’s vocabulary is a critical predictor of school preparedness and reading comprehension, it is important parents do what they can to boost it.
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Fossils central

Tuesday, May 31, 2016
The University of Iowa is digitizing its fossil collection to make the more than 1 million specimens more accessible to researchers and to the public. The fossils span a vast range of Iowa's geological history, from 500 million years ago to the near-present. It's located in Trowbridge Hall.
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A career in music therapy

Thursday, May 26, 2016
The UI music therapy program, one of only two in the Big Ten, prepares students for careers as professional therapists.

UI graduates finding jobs in strong hiring economy

Graduates in UI's Class of 2016 are finding jobs thanks to a strong hiring economy and the help of the university's Pomerantz Career Center.
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Kevin Birmingham receives 2016 Truman Capote Award

Friday, May 20, 2016
Kevin Birmingham, an instructor at Harvard University, has received the 2016 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin. The University of Iowa Writers' Workshop administers the award, the largest annual cash prize in English-language literary criticism, on behalf of the Truman Capote Estate.
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‘Star Trek’ filmmaker loves making voyage home

Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Nicholas Meyer will make an appearance May 20 at Shambaugh Auditorium in the Main Library in conjunction with the UI Libraries exhibition “50 Years of ‘Star Trek.’” Get some backstory before the event with this interview Meyer sat for in 2009.
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Financial status affects success of students with learning disabilities

Tuesday, May 17, 2016
A new University of Iowa study found that only one third of undergraduates from 11 universities who reported having a learning disability were receiving accommodations.

'Who Needs Males? Self-Cloning Females Heal Faster'

UI biology professor Maurine Neiman offers insight into a study about a species of salamander that thrives without males. The research mirrors her own study of asexual snails.