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Everyday aphasias
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Poet and neurologist Dawn McGuire will read from her new collection June 22 at Prairie Lights Books.
Poetic oddities
Thursday, June 14, 2012
A new UI Press anthology—part of the Contemporary North American Poetry Series—by Gerald Bruns explores typographical experiments, sounds, digital presentations, found texts, and other avant garde methods.
Making a dentistry music video
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Second-year students at the UI College of Dentistry launched a deliberately goofy plan for honoring a favorite teacher. The result is earning viral-video buzz.
Swofford reads from new memoir
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus and former faculty member Anthony Swofford returns to Iowa City to read from his new memoir.
Iowa One Cards get new look, functionality
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
University of Iowa students, faculty, and staff will soon be able to use their university identification cards as proximity cards to access buildings or rooms on campus.
Discovery of mammoth proportions
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
An Iowa farmer and his family discovered an assortment of mammoth bones in their backyard; they hope assistance from the University of Iowa will uncover many more.
Doing away with distance
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
With the aid of a wireless remote presence robot, patients at Mercy Medical Center emergency room in Clinton now have immediate access to specialists from the University of Iowa Stroke Center.
Mallon reads June 19
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Florencia Mallon will read from her first novel, "Beyond the Ties of Blood," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, in Prairie Lights Books and on the Writing University website of the University of Iowa.
Animals and the elderly
Monday, June 11, 2012
A University of Iowa law professor encourages nursing homes to expand their policies so residents can keep pets, and states to change laws and regulations where necessary to make it easier.
Watching us like a hawk
Monday, June 11, 2012
When opportunity knocks, you have to get up and answer the door. When it thumps into your window, however, you might want to reach for your camera. Paul W. Jensen did just that when a hawk landed outside his window.
Ciuraru reads June 20
Monday, June 11, 2012
Carmela Ciuraru will read from her new book, "Nom de Plume," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, in Prairie Lights Books and on the University of Iowa's website for the Virtual Writing University.
Be a real man
Monday, June 11, 2012
UI graduate student Jacob Oppenheimer asks men to commemorate this Father's Day by standing up and speaking out about respectful and healthy masculinity.
Pagination