News and events from CLAS, for CLAS.
 

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
April 13, 2015 - April 26, 2015

 
 
 

Research News

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Anthropology Professor Russ Ciochon receives Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER) grant for summer fieldwork in Timor and Sumba

Computer Science Professor Tianbao Yang awarded NSF grant for big data analytics project

English Professor Jon Wilcox and other faculty prepare for NEH-funded summer seminar on medieval book production

OVPR to hold workshop on NEH Summer Stipends

DWLLC Director Russ Ganim on Steering and Planning Committees for $8.1 million dollar Mellon Foundation grant

Anthropology Professor Robert Franciscus contributes to College of Dentistry research on why humans have chins

UI Ventures provides gap funding to CLAS researchers

Arts News

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"Gulp!" "Bonk!" Mary Roach to read at Englert.

Music Assistant Professor Matthew Arndt organizing piano performance related to book project on Schoenberg's music

The UI was the center of baroque music world with four-day conference and festival

Engagement and Outreach News

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Psychology Professor Bob McMurray will present Hawkeye Lunch and Learn event April 28 in Des Moines

Iowa Youth Writing Project hosts 2015 Junior High Writing Conference

Awards, Achievements, and Media Mentions

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CLAS selects Cinda Coggins Mosher for inaugural Dean's Distinguished Lecturer Award

80+ CLAS faculty recognized for honors

CLAS Scholarship awards announced for 2015-16

Political Science, Chinese, Economics student Jeffrey Ding wins both Truman and Udall Scholarships

Three recent CLAS graduates will go abroad with 2015-16 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards

Professors Laura Graham and H. Glenn Penny pen Utne Reader article on German hobbyists' emulation of North American Indian culture

Gigi Durham and Ron McMullen named recipients of Honors Program awards

Psychology Professor Susan Lutgendorf elected President of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society

History Professor Jennifer Sessions awarded a 2015-16 fellowship at the Institut d'Etudes Avancees in Paris

Physics & Astronomy Researcher William Kurth elected as an American Geophysical Union Fellow

Journalism major, softball player Haley Hansel wins Hawkeye Service Award

CLAS undergraduates recognized as outstanding student employees

Chemistry graduate students recognized at American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting

SJMC students win Iowa Broadcast News Association awards

International Studies, Global Health student McKenzie Wallace profiled in Iowa Now

Around Campus

Jean Robillard appointed interim UI President

New name approved for Psychology: Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

New Certificate in Event Planning to be available in Fall 2015

CLAS faculty invited, encouraged to participate in 2015 Convocation; registration deadline May 8

Undergraduate Certificate in Writing sets UI students apart in job search

Upcoming CLAS Events

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Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings

 

Bestselling science writer, Ida Beam Visiting Professor Mary Roach gives free reading at Englert April 27

Smart Talk: Brett Bowles "The Art of Propaganda: French and American Posters of the First World War" April 29

News from the Great Wide World: Ralph Ellison and the Cultural Ambassadors of Jazz April 30

Phil's Day: A Day to Celebrate Philanthropy April30

"Picking Presidents: Who's Ahead?" PUBLIC FORUM (Political Science) April 30

Lecture by Jeff Barnett-Winsby, visiting artist in Photography April 30

Grant Wood at the University of Iowa: Community and Controversy May 3

Arts
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Symphony Orchestra April 29

Jazz Repertory Ensemble April 30

School of Art and Art History Presents ArtsFest 2015 May 1

First Friday: Fun Friday Finale May 1

Opera Scenes May 2

Iowa Center for the Arts Scholarship Competition May 3

Iowa New Play Festival Reading Series: Hunting BigFoot May 4

Iowa New Play Festival Production: Faculty Portrait May 4

Gregory Hand, organ May 4

University Band and Concert Band May 4

Iowa New Play Festival Production: Faculty Portrait May 4

Iowa New Play Festival Reading Series: Right May 5

Iowa New Play Festival Production: Silo Tree May 5

Iowa New Play Festival Production: Silo Tree May 5

Iowa New Play Festival Reading Series: Binary Star May 6

Hawkeye Big Band May 6

Interpretation of German Art Song recital May 6

Iowa New Play Festival Reading Series: Undergraduate Playwrights May 6

Chamber Music May 6

Iowa New Play Festival Reading Series: Boom Boom Town May 7

Iowa New Play Festival Production: TRICH May 7

Undergraduate Concert (Dance) May 7-9

Iowa New Play Festival Reading Series: Meloman (a music lover) May 8

Iowa New Play Festival Production: Below the Pacific May 8

Semiannual Last Chance Percussion Concert May 8

University Choir May 8

Iowa New Play Festival Reading Series: Cut & Run May 9

90 Minutes of Performances about 6 Minutes of Music May 9

Fun with Music Therapy May 9

Women's Chorale and Camerata May 9

Thomas L. Davis Biennial Percussion Concert May 10

String Faculty Chamber Music Competition Concert May 10

Exhibitions

return | beyond: Grant Wood Fellows Exhibition April 27-May 1

Honoré Daumier: Selections from the University of Iowa Museum of Art Through August 1

From the Grand Tour to American Pop: Learning with the Alden Lowell Doud Collection Through May 17

University of Iowa Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition
Through May 30