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Report your significant research news. Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates announces
research excellence, distinguished mentor awardees. CLAS, Engineering undergraduates present work at
Research in the Capitol in Des Moines. The University of Iowa Libraries has launched a website that presents the history of the 1958 Explorer I satellite mission and the role played by UI astrophysicist James Van Allen in its success.
88 CLAS graduate students present work at James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference Earth & Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor William Barnhart devised a method of measuring
earthquake ground surface movements through GPS and satellite data, which can quicken earthquake response time Biology Professor Stephen Hendrix’s research on
prairie restoration and bee communities
was recently published in the Journal of Basic and Applied Ecology. Chemistry Professor Mark Arnold to promote research, tech transfer at Center for Biocatalysis. Arts NewsAngela Morales, a 1997 graduate of the Nonfiction Writing Program in the Department of English, has been named the winner of the 2014 Nonfiction Book Prize from River Teeth Journal. English and Writers’ Workshop alumnus Arna Bontemps Hemenway has won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction for his book of short stories, Elegy on Kinderklavier. The new Art Building
has been "topped out." Engagement and Outreach NewsReport your engagement/outreach activities. CLAS faculty Joni Kinsey, Karen Mason, Barbara Mooney, and Marian Wilson Kimber will speak at Iowa Humanities Festival in Des Moines on April 10-11, 2015. Communication Studies Professor Kembrew McLeod helped pull together "For Kids and By Kids", a 24-track album of children’s music. Awards, Achievements, and Media MentionsReport your awards and media mentions. The 2015 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence recipients include Rhetoric Lecturer Cinda Coggins-Mosher, Statistics & Actuarial Science Professor Kate Cowles, and Social Work Associate Professor Sara Sanders. Chemistry Professor Amnon Kohen and Psychology Professor Michael O’Hara win 2015 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards. Three CLAS students are finalists for the Truman Scholarship. Honors at Iowa announces awards, scholarships, recognition for outstanding students Stamatos "Tom" Krimigis (MS 1963, PhD 1965) given Lifetime Achievement Award by National Air and Space Museum Psychology doctoral student Mary Huff
profiled by Hawkeye Caucus. The
Student Experience:
Celina Carr, Journalism & Mass Communication Around CampusCLAS students invited to show work at Hawkeye Innovation Summit.
UI Staff Council seeks nominations for awards. The new Enterprise Leadership major combines education in the liberal arts and sciences, business, and entrepreneurship skills. UI Fulbright Day to highlight
Fulbright Scholar opportunities Upcoming CLAS EventsLectures/Conferences/Informational MeetingsBig Data Analysis Undergraduate Certificate informational meeting March 30 “Pneumopoesis: Breathing and Literary Form in the Middle Ages, a lecture by Ruth Evans”
March 31 2015 Hitchcock Lecture: Deepa Kumar March 31 Ryan Standfest, Visiting Artist in Printmaking
March 31 Jennifer Schmidt - "Design, development and application of a rubric to assess evidence of students' problem-solving skills"
April 1 Panel: Applying to PhD Programs
April 1 Lecture with Dale Fisher: "Food for Thought: Inedible Aesthetics"
April 1 Wanderlust: A Lecture by L.A. Review of Books Editor Tom Lutz
April 2 Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Jill Dolan: "The Feminist Spectator as Agitator: Criticism, Blogging, and the Responsibilities of Being a Public Intellectual"
April 2 From Local to Global — Photojournalism in the New Millennium
April 3 Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Stacy Wolf: The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Music: Musical Theatre at Girls’ Jewish Summer Camps in Maine
April 3 Wawzonek Lecture - Prof. Cynthia Burrows - "Finding Needles in DNA Stacks: How Oxidation of Guanine Leads to Structural and Functional Changes in DNA"
April 3 Building Communities: A Conversation about Social Justice Needs in Johnson County
April 4 Diversity in the Sciences & Engineering: Where We've Been, Where We Need to Go, and How We Get There
April 6 Mark Bittman Lecture: The Future of Food
April 8 Smart Talk: Amy Frazier "At the Threshold: A Janusian Reflection on the Process of Reinvention"
April 9 Fundraising and Philanthropy Communication Forum 2015
April 10-11 Craft Critique Culture Conference: Changes & Exchanges
April 10-11 Iowa Climate Festival
April 11 Bill Sackter Day Celebration April 11 Arts
(Visit Arts Iowa for complete listings)Lecture by Barbara Takenaga, visiting artist in Painting & Drawing
March 30 Thesis I Candidate Performance (Dance)
April 2-4 Live from Prairie Lights: Kerry Howley and Arna Bontemps Hemenway
April 2 UI Museum of Art First Friday: Capturing China April 3 399th Army Band Saxophone Quartet
April 3 Earthwords Release Party April 4 Piano Sundays - Uriel Tsachor and Studio
April 5 Symphony Band
April 7 Lecture by EDUARDO KAC, visiting artist in Sculpture
April 8 Opera: The Rivals
April 9-12 Magic & The Living and the Dead
April 9 New Music Festival: Laptop Orchestra
April 10 New Music Festival: Electronic Music Studio Recital
April 11 21st Annual University of Iowa Powwow
April 11 New Music Festival: Composer's Workshop
April 12 ExhibitionsHonoré Daumier: Selections from the University of Iowa Museum of Art
Through April 7 From the Grand Tour to American Pop: Learning with the Alden Lowell Doud Collection
Through April 7 University of Iowa Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition
April 4-May 31
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