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Around CampusCLAS Alumni Fellow Mary Bennett (BA '76, MA '85, History) to speak on "History of Photography in Iowa" Feb. 15 Search committee announced for next CLAS dean Dance Marathon breaks record with $3M+ raised for pediatric cancer research, treatment, and patient support Dance Marathon creates first student-funded faculty chair Lena Hill on the importance of diversity on campus African American Studies releases BEACON calendar of events for Black History Month Iowa Watch catalogs minority students' challenges TODAY Show: Tom Brokaw donates entire archives to UI Libraries Sophomore reaching for the stars—and getting there Lon Moeller named Provost/VP at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Fall 2017 President's List Fall 2017 Dean's List Arts NewsTheatre Arts Mainstage presents "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," directed by Tlaloc Rivas Dancers in Company prepares concerts, lectures, multidisciplinary panel as part of symposium for "Climate for Change" Theme Semester The Iowa Review publishes Winter 2017-18 issue MFA student Nina Kintsurashvili wins Art NXT Level Award of Excellence at national biennial Justin Bailey (MFA 2016) cited as one of "5 Fresh Talents at Toronto Design Week"
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Research NewsReport your significant research news Biology Prof Albert Erives: Giant viruses may play a role in evolution of life on Earth Computer Science Prof Zubair Shafiq, PhD student Umar Iqbal use NSF funding to ID thousands of sites blocking ad-blockers English grad students Breese, Steiner selected as Humanities Without Walls pre-doctoral fellows KCRG TV: Two CLAS students head to Norway to learn rocketry Awards, Achievements, and Media MentionsReport your awards and media mentions Nonfiction Writing Program Prof Inara Verzemnieks wins top Latvian literary prize Lucas Mann (MFA '12, Nonfiction Writing program) wins $50K United States Artists fellowship Religious Studies/Classics Prof Bob Cargill and English Prof Loren Glass write op-eds about Iowa's proposed "Bible literacy" bill Music/African American Studies Prof Damani Phillips interviewed for "Black Market Reads" podcast Physics and Astronomy Prof Allison Jaynes spoke at NAS symposium marking the 60th anniversary of the Explorer 1 launch with UI instruments Gesine Gerhard (PhD '00, History) Engagement and Outreach NewsReport your engagement/outreach activities Social Work Prof Sandra McGee awarded FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award |
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Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings
CLAS Alumni Fellow Mary Bennett: "History of Photography in Iowa" Feb. 15
Unraveling & Mending: Art as Political Witness — An Obermann Conversation Feb. 6
From Nazi Germany to Iowa Feb. 13
The Ponseti Method for Correcting Clubfoot Deformity: Iowa's Gift to the World Feb. 20
DeLTA Center Roundtable - Ashley R. Landrum (Texas Tech University) Feb. 23
Iowa City Darwin Day 2018 Feb. 24
Careers in Bioinformatics and Big Data Information Session Feb. 26
Arts
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By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Theatre Arts Mainstage) February 1-10
Dancers in Company 2018 — Feb. 21-24:
Maria Whiteman, Artist Research Talk, School of Art and Art History Feb. 6
Rachel Cox, Artist Research Talk, School of Art and Art History Feb. 8
Dance: Faculty/Graduate Concert Feb. 9-10
Ten-Minute Play Festival Feb. 9-11
Iowa Composer's Forum Winter Festival Feb. 10
Spektral Quartet at UI: Masterclass Feb. 12
Jennifer Karady, Artist Research Talk, School of Art and Art History Feb. 13
Guest artist: David Cyzak, Oboe Recital Feb. 13
Found (Theatre Arts Gallery Series) Feb. 15-18
Untitled Vanya Project (Theatre Arts Workshop Series) Feb. 23-24
Voxman Reed Trio Feb. 24
Exhibitions
Dada Futures: Circulating Replicants, Surrogates, and Participants Through March 3
Faces of Iowa Through the Early Lens Through May 20
Sciences
Justin Carter- "Slow releasing hydrogen sulfide donors and their positive effects on crop growth" Feb. 6
Kyle Lobermeier- "Organic Solvent Nanofiltration: Membranes for Catalyst and Chiral Separations" Feb. 8
Harold W. Beam Memorial Lecture: Stress-induced genomic rearrangements in yeast Feb. 9
Christopher Knutson- "Applications of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography in Organic Chemistry" Feb. 15