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Report your significant research news The GAP Funding Program, from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, will accept pre-proposal submissions
through July 31. Technology from the Department of Physics & Astronomy will be used to search for life-sustaining environments
on Jupiter’s moon. Computer Science doctoral student Geoffrey Fairchild is part of a team of scientists working to predict flu outbreaks
using Wikipedia. Chemistry Professor Johna Leddy was featured on an Electrochemical Society podcast. Arts NewsReport your arts news Art & Art History student Taylor Yocom earned national attention
for her photography project about objects women carry for self-protection. English Professor Loren Glass’ essay
on jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow appeared in the LA Review of Books. Cinematic Arts Assistant Professor Mike Gibisser won
a Colorlab Award for Best Cinematography. Two Cinematic Arts students won
Ann Arbor Film Festival Jury Awards. Nonfiction Writing Program grad Lucas Mann shared his favorite literary passage
in The Atlantic’s “By Heart” series. DWLLC Literary Translation alumna Anna Rosenwong won
the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for Poetry. Writers' Workshop alumna Alice Notley was awarded
the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Writers' Workshop alumnus T.C. Boyle won
a Rea Short Story Award & Lifetime Achievement Award. Writers' Workshop alumnus D.A. Powell won
the 2015 Shelley Memorial Award. Writers' Workshop alumni Dan Beachy-Quick, Cathy Park Hong, Anthony Marra, and Cate Marvin received
Guggenheim Fellowships. Writers' Workshop alumni Naomi Wallace and Zachary Lazar won
American Academy of Arts & Letters Awards. Engagement and Outreach NewsReport your engagement/outreach activities Communication Sciences & Disorders grad students check in from their service trip in China. Obermann Graduate Fellow Michael Overholt
visited elementary school kids
to speak about ancient philosophy. Obermann Graduate Fellows Kathrina Litchfield and Gemma Goodale-Sussen reflect
on their outreach work with Oakdale Prison inmates. Awards, Achievements, and Media MentionsReport your awards and media mentions Sociology Assistant Professor Marina Zaloznaya speaks to Live Science
about FIFA corruption. Journalism Professor Judy Polumbaum is a 2015 recipient
of the campus-wide Michael J. Brody Award for extraordinary faculty service to the university. English and African American Studies Associate Professor Miriam Taggert received
the Newberry Library fellowship. Psychological & Brain Sciences students Alex Tiriac and Rachel Anderson
won
Gormezano Awards for the Best Student Paper. Psychological & Brain Sciences grad student Amanda Ward received
an Iowa Biosciences Academy Graduate Fellowship. Psychological & Brain Sciences grad students Andrew Schrepf and Mouna Attarha won
Spence and Lewis Awards. Classics and Religious Studies Professor Paul Dilley was chosen
for a Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography. Social Work Professor Motier Haskins won
an Iowa NASW Catherine G. Williams Award. Biology graduate student Felicia Ooi is one of ten students nationally to receive
Biology of Aging Scholarship Geographical and Sustainability Sciences alumnus Randy Wilson won
a John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize. Around CampusCLAS students were awarded
Critical Language Scholarships for 2015. College Magazine, an online student-run publication, named the UI the #1 school
for English majors. CLAS faculty members weighed in
on the role of “worst majors” lists for the Des Moines Register. Upcoming CLAS Events(Visit CLAS Events
for complete listings) Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings Arts
(Visit Arts Iowa for complete listings) 25th Annual Foil Imaging Workshop
June 9-19 Iowa Trombone Choir
June 11 "No, sir, officer, I am not drunk . . ."
June 17 Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Gondoliers"
July 9-12 Exhibitions Honoré Daumier: Selections from the University of Iowa Museum of Art Through August 1
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