Big college, big news! From CLAS, For CLAS, About CLASDigest #48 A twice-monthly bulletin for the faculty and staff of the All the CLAS News Research NewsReport your significant research news Physics & Astronomy Prof Steven Spangler isn't jumping out of his seat over planetary discovery Physics & Astronomy researchers propose technique for measuring weak or nonexistent magnetic fields Chem Prof Scott Daly receives NSF CAREER award Chem Prof Scott Shaw receives NSF CAREER award Anthro Prof Russ Ciochon publishes "Introduction to Physical Anthropology" Dance Prof Rebekah Kowal publishes "The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Politics" English Prof Jonathan Wilcox publishes "Anglo-Saxon England and the Visual Imagination" Art History Prof Barbara Burlison Mooney publishes book chapter, "‘Bearing to Your Senses Sweet Sounds and Odors’: Early Impressions of the Prairie Landscape" Arts NewsArt Prof Andrew Casto's work featured in Miami solo ceramics exhibition and Seattle group ceramics exhibition Art & Art History's bicycles, lovingly built by hand, travel all around the world John Rapson to present "Hot Tamale Louie: The Story of Zafir Khan" on April 20; Obermann Center to preview with panel discussion at IC Public Library April 10 Workshop alumnus Garth Greenwell is finalist for 2017 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction MFA student’s art helps him overcome trauma of childhood abuse University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program Receives $500,000 Donation to Build Program Endowment Hancher performance blends dance and architecture with unique connection to the UI Old Gold: 1962 campus concert featured both Al Jarreau and Simon Estes Engagement and Outreach NewsReport your engagement/outreach activities Heineman, Lyons, Welburn snag summer 2017 Outreach & Engagement grants Biology grad students bring science to the public Music Prof Mary Cohen awarded 2016 Citizen Diplomat Award for Oakdale Prison Choir "German Iowa & the Global Midwest" helps State Historical Museum mark 100th anniversary of WWI Exhibitors wanted for Iowa State Fair Math Girls ROCK at Sonia Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day CLAS student Dawson Davenport wins Diversity Catalyst Award Awards, Achievements, and Media MentionsReport your awards and media mentions Library of Congress to honor Marilynne Robinson April 3; event will be live-streamed UI receives prestigious Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization Martha Kirby wins UI Honors' Scholar Advocate Award Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, Social Psych, Printmaking retain top 10 rankings History Prof Matt Noellert wins Luce/ACLS fellowship NPR interviews History Professor Emerita Linda Kerber: "That Time American Women Lost Their Citizenship Because They Married Foreigners" "Save the arts, cut budgets where it counts," says Music Prof James Dreier in Gazette Obermann "Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan" talkback features Deborah Whaley and Miriam Gilbert Gigi Durham speaks at Missouri School of Journalism on "Desire and Danger" in the media Around CampusP-C: CLAS Dean Chaden Djalali to step down in 2018 CLAS mourns the passing of Linguistics Professor Alice Davison Chronicle: Why Rachel Williams decided not to strike for International Women's Day Daily Beast: Jim Leach on saving the NEH Landon Storrs in Politico: "The Ugly History Behind Trump's Attacks on Civil Servants" International Studies Program hosts workshop, "Working Internationally – Government Service, United Nations and International Nonprofits/ NGOs" Future of Black Iowa Conference to be held March 31-April 1 Writer Kiese Laymon to join Nonfic Writing Program as Distinguished Visiting Prof A Symposium Bears Fruit: New book and an inter-institutional grant the latest results of The Latino Midwest David J. Skorton lecture: "Education and What We Value: How STEM and the Liberal Arts Nourish Each Other" Judy Polumbaum publishes "Juxtapositions: Images from the Newseum Ted Polumbaum Photo Collection" Obermann Conversation: Johnson County Historic Poor Farm—New Collaborations
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