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UI identifies 3 distinctive areas of excellence for campus collaboration
Thursday, September 5, 2024
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From struggling artist to Tony triumph
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
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UI professor’s books examine journalism in digital age
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
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UI alumna Phillips wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
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CLAS doctoral candidate receives prestigious Mellon/ACLS Fellowship
Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Chang proud to be part of Iowa’s writing legacy
Thursday, April 25, 2024
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2 UI faculty receive prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate among 2024 winners of Whiting Award
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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New journal publishes UI lecturer's article on using role-playing games to teach
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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'Martyr!' plays its subject for laughs but is also deadly serious
Friday, March 22, 2024
Latest Writing News
Oxford University Press to publish Leslie Margolin's latest book
Friday, September 18, 2020
University of Iowa Professor Leslie Margolin's new book, The Etherized Wife: Privilege and Power in Sex Therapy Discourse, will be published Dec.18 by Oxford University Press.
Durham named interim director of renowned UI Nonfiction Writing Program
Thursday, August 27, 2020
The Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa welcomes writer, scholar, and distinguished professor Meenakshi Gigi Durham to the program as interim director. Durham holds a joint appointment at the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication and in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies.
Jennifer Buckley wins Outstanding Book Award from Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Jennifer Buckley, associate professor in the Departments of English and Theatre Arts at the University of Iowa, has earned the 2020 Outstanding Book Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Her book, Beyond Text: Theater and Performance in Print after 1900, was published in 2019 by the University of Michigan Press.
Misery and megalomania: How David Adjmi became a playwright
Monday, July 13, 2020
University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop graduate David Adjmi's new memoir “Lot Six” traces the Syrian-Jewish enclave that spawned him, the instructor who unnerved him, and the biting comedy that made his name.
Ana Rodríguez-Rodríguez helping Spain reexamine its Golden Age
Friday, June 19, 2020
Ana M. Rodríguez-Rodríguez is playing a prominent role in bringing to light the work and legacy of women writers during Spain's "Golden Age," a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries. The associate professor of Spanish literature in the University of Iowa Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and interim chair of the Department of French and Italian...
The Daily Iowan named nation's Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
The Society of Professional Journalists on May 12 named The Daily Iowan the 2019 Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper in the country.
UI breaks record with 24 Fulbright awards
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
A record number of 24 University of Iowa students and alumni from a range of creative, academic, and scientific fields have been chosen from among more than 10,000 students nationally to receive a prestigious Fulbright award to conduct research, teach English, or undertake creative projects abroad.
UI faculty members use Guggenheim fellowships to advance research
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
UI faculty members David Gompper and H. Glenn Penny will use their $50,000 Guggenheim fellowship grants to take a year off from teaching to focus solely on their research.
'GMA' Book Club: 3 powerhouse authors share their Black History Month book picks
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Kiley Reid's debut novel, "Such a Fun Age," is taking the literary world by storm. Reid graduated from Iowa in May 2019 with an MFA in creative writing.
The Daily Iowan named 2020 Newspaper of the Year in Iowa
Monday, February 10, 2020
The Daily Iowan was named the Iowa Newspaper Association’s 2020 Newspaper of the Year on Feb. 7. The award marks the first time the DI has won the association’s top honor since 1981.
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