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Around CampusCLAS Open House to welcome new students August 17 CLAS New Faculty Searches for 2017-18 Claire Sponsler to be honored, remembered August 25 Undergrad EPPL major Ryan Hall running for City Council Earlier textbook ordering guidelines, explained UI to host 5th Annual Midwest Actuarial Student Conference Sept 30 UI students receive degrees after 2017 spring semester UI students named to president’s list and dean’s list for spring 2017 CLAS adds new neuroscience major UI names 2017–18 BTAA ALP fellows Awards, Achievements, and Media MentionsReport your awards and media mentions Donna Parsons quoted in DM Register article about Paul McCartney's Des Moines concert Classics Prof Sarah Bond heard on NPR's Morning Edition Former PBS doctoral student wins Graduate Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award RAGBRAI rides by UI alum’s acclaimed free-range pig farm in Thornton Engagement and Outreach NewsReport your engagement/outreach activities English/ESI alum teaches world religions to Iowa elementary school students Iowa Young Writers’ Studio attracts high schoolers from around the world |
Research NewsReport your significant research news MacGillivray Group's chemistry paper selected as "Spotlight" article in Journal of the American Chemical Society Study by Biology Prof John Manak discovers new gene in kidney disorder Behind the scenes at Ed Wasserman's Comparative Cognition Laboratory Chemistry Prof Claudio Margulis' research "most cited and most read" of JCP Communications UI astronomers say quasars may answer how starburst galaxies were extinguished Durham, Russell, Van Horne publish on innovative TILE classroom pedagogy in Journalism & Mass Communication Education PBS study finds brain region that affects drug use habits Chemistry Department's Shared Research Instrumentation Facility makes research instruments available Stephen Warren publishes new book, "The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma: Resilience through Adversity" Waltraud Maierhofer publishes new book, "Reproductive Rights Issues in Popular Media" UI external research funding sees uptick despite challenges Arts NewsViolin Prof Katie Wolfe to perform complete Beethoven violin sonatas Austin Hughes wins inaugural David Hamilton Undergraduate Creative Writing Prize; Tatiana Schlote-Bonne is runner-up Ceramics Prof Andrew Casto work featured in summer exhibitions American Saxophone Academy held at the School of Music Art grad student Ali Hval's mural brings abstract art to downtown Clinton |
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Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings
Solar Eclipse Viewing Event August 21
Performance, Culture, and the Book: A Conference Honoring the Work of Claire Sponsler August 25
Hawkeye Lunch & Learn: Invisible Hawkeyes September 7
Arts
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Delbert Disselhorst, Emeritus Faculty Recital August 27
A Real College Play September 1
Tony and Friends Chamber Music Recital September 3
Yun-Ting Lee, violin (Cleveland Orchestra) and Younjung Cha, piano September 6
Beethoven's Complete Violin Sonatas September 7, 9, 12
Machiavelli & Me September 8
Exhibitions
Hawkeyes in Space exhibition Through August 13
Sciences