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Around CampusCLAS co-sponsors MLK Celebration of Human Rights Week--Complete schedule here CLAS students, faculty, and staff collaborate on "Four Movements Toward Freedom: A Creative Showcase" STEM Celebration of MLK to feature Dr. Ethriam Cash Brammer Rachel Maller (BA 2017) gives Fall 2017 Commencement address UI offers online nanotechnology course with real-time remote labs Former Iowa Marine finds success as nontraditional Geoscience student The story of Seashore Hall Syrian Biology student faces precarious future Arts News"Hip Hop for Humanity" – Che "Rhymefest" Smith to give MLK Week Keynote Address Piano Prof Rene Lecuona to give recital with former Maia Quartet cellist Hannah Holman Four Movements Toward Freedom: A Creative Showcase Engagement and Outreach NewsReport your engagement/outreach activities UI’s Iowa Native Spaces project works with Meskwaki, Ioway to bring historical perspectives to more Iowans |
Research NewsReport your significant research news AHI (Arts and Humanities Initiative) proposals due March 6 CBS2: UI leading research on nuclear waste Richard Brent Turner publishes "Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina" Anthro Prof Ted Powers publishes journal article on multisited fieldwork and the South African HIV/AIDS policy process Physics and Astronomy undergrads design and build ‘sandbox’ to show how gravity works Awards, Achievements, and Media MentionsReport your awards and media mentions Karen Heimer sworn in as President of American Society of Criminology Journalism Prof Frank Durham discusses Bannon, Breitbart in Washington Post Political Science study co-authored by Bryce Dietrich mentioned in The Economist Religious Studies, Classics Prof Paul Dilley's AHI-funded work featured in the New York Times Spanish & Portuguese Visiting Asst Prof Manuel Vilas is columnist for El Pais English prof Kerry Howley published an essay about leaker Reality Winner in New York Magazine and was featured on the Today show |
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Lectures/Conferences/Informational Meetings
Hip Hop for Humanity – Che "Rhymefest" Smith Keynote Address – MLK Week January 16
STEM Celebration of MLK January 19
Arts
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Hannah Holman and Réne Lecuona, cello and piano duo January 16
Taryn McMahon, Artist Research Talk, School of Art & Art History January 18
The Western Tinder (Theatre Arts Workshop Series) January 19-20
Heather Parrish, Artist Research Talk, School of Art & Art History January 23
Leslie Friedman, Artist Research Talk, School of Art & Art History January 25
ECHO (Theatre Arts Workshop Series) January 26-27
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Theatre Arts Mainstage) February 1-10
Exhibitions
Dada Futures: Circulating Replicants, Surrogates, and Participants Through March 3
Faces of Iowa Through the Early Lens Through May 20
Sciences