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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences News and Events Digest

A twice-monthly bulletin for the faculty and staff of the
University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

News from the CLAS website
December 1, 2015--December 13, 2015

 
 

Research News

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Obermann Center announces 2016 Interdisciplinary Research Grant winners

Marjan Radi and Octav Chipara of Computer Science receive best paper award at Middleware 2015 in Vancouver

Pooya Rahimian and Joe Kearney of Computer Science receive the second best paper award at VRST 2015 conference in Beijing

Kathleen Janz and Shelby Francis of HHP present research on muscle power in ACSM Sport Medicine Bulletin

Arts News

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Dancers in Company engages local communities around the topic of water

Cinematic Arts Professor Steven Ungar gives keynote at "Resnais Archipelago" conference at Duke University

Piano Professor René Lecuona's latest CD earns rave review in Fanfare Magazine

Life in Pictures: photos by Journalism alum and Pulitzer-nominated photojournalist David Guttenfelder

Engagement and Outreach News

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The Iowa Review wins NEA grant to support veterans' writing 

Iowa Youth Writing Project Director Mal Hellman wins 2015 Bravo Award Winner from CVB

Video: Music Ed Professor Mary Cohen's Oakdale Community Choir--featuring "inside singers" and "outside singers"--featured on KCRG-TV News

Art & Art History grad student Benjamin Wills launches Prison Letter Project

Business student who displayed his handmade bike through Art & Art History show now involved with UI sustainability

Awards, Achievements, and Media Mentions

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GSS Professor George Malanson receives Association of American Geographers Lifetime Achievement Award

Journalism grad students are part of the COP 21 global climate meeting in Paris

Anthropology alum K. Lindsay Hunter speaks about discovery of Homo naledi

From Iowa to Middle Earth: Mass Communication alum David Conley now Visual FX producer in New Zealand

Psychological & Brain Sciences Professor Thomas Farmer publishes new book, Cognition, 9th edition

Chemistry Professors Tori Forbes and Johnna Leddy recognized at Iowa Women of Innovation Awards

Essay by History alum Cari Campbell in response to Paris terrorist attacks

Around Campus

Marilynne Robinson presents the American Scholar Now in Creative Matters lecture

Daily Iowan editorial writers debate the value of liberal arts education

CLAS will add diversity coursework to Gen Ed curriculum in 2017

UI celebrating winter commencement ceremonies

Frank N. Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing to offer Online Certificate in Writing

Loren Glass's English class traces the history of writing in the City of Literature

"Social Justice and Social Welfare in the US" class challenges students to show compassion beyond their experience

Get to know Physics & Astronomy scholar James Wetzel

Student studying abroad in Morocco speaks out against Islamophobia in blog post

Linguistics graduate student Doug Cole blogs from Laos

Upcoming CLAS Events

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Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings

Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony December 19

Arts
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UI Youth Ballet and School of Dance Winter Concert December 19-20

 

Exhibitions

I am Everyday People: Photographs by Kurt Ullrich Through January 3

Illustrations of Don Quixote: Interpretation of Imagination Through January 3

Sciences