A look back on Christopher Merrill's 25 year career
Thursday, March 12, 2026
UI Press celebrates an award-winning 2025
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Bookshelf picks: New releases from UI authors, UI Press
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Latest Writing News
Faculty member wins award from National Communication Association
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
E Cram, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies, is the recipient of the National Communication Association's (NCA) New Investigator Award. The award recognizes current members of the Rhetoric and Communication Division of the NCA who have established a robust research project within eight years of receiving a doctorate and who have the potential to contribute significantly...
Iowa surpasses Harvard, Princeton as No. 2 for writing
Monday, September 12, 2022
The University of Iowa is the No. 2 university in the country for writing, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
Q&A: What is 'critical race theory,' really? A new book tries to explain
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Amid a nationwide debate over a once-obscure academic movement, UI Professor Victor Ray offers Americans a primer on its core concepts.
The Feminist Case for Breast Reduction
Friday, May 20, 2022
Melissa Febos, associate professor in Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program, writes a personal essay about breast reduction surgery.
5 UI faculty receive Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Awards
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Five University of Iowa faculty members have been selected to receive the inaugural Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Awards.
Tolbert receives 2022 Goldsmith Book Prize
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Professor and Lowell G. Battershell University Distinguished Chair of Political Science Caroline Tolbert was awarded the 2022 Goldsmith Book Prize in Academics for her book, Choosing the Future: Technology and Opportunity in Communities.
Kelly wins 2022 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in poetry
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Donika Kelly, assistant professor in the department of English, won the 2022 Anisfield-Wolf book award in poetry with her collection titled The Renunciations.
The Daily Iowan wins awards from Society of Professional Journalists
Monday, April 18, 2022
The Daily Iowan dominated a regional journalism competition run by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).
Febos named 2022 Guggenheim Fellow
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The spring 2022 semester has been quite extraordinary for Melissa Febos, who has won three national awards.
Construction begins on new building for Nonfiction Writing Program
Monday, March 28, 2022
The University of Iowa is bolstering its writing resources in an impressive way as construction began earlier this month on a new building for the renowned Nonfiction Writing Program.
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