News
2009 News
December
November
- 17 Obermann Center scholars examine industrialization of food
- 13 UI dance faculty member Eloy Barragan is commissioned for Mexican Bicentennial
- 05 UI anthropologist receives grant to continue early human dig site on Java
- 03 UI wins $4.75 million to create National Resource Center for In-Home Services
October
- 29 University of Iowa creative writing programs are ranked number one
- 29 Visit by UI sculpture alumna Molly Mason will boost flood-recovery
- 12 UI graduate student overcomes ADHD to perform and help the community
- 09 UI volunteers offer writing classes for Oakdale inmates
- 08 CLAS Influenza Information
- 08 Fulfilling graduation requirement, UI saxophone student's CD is opening ears
- 05 UI School of Music makes beautiful music at UCC
- 02 UI to host public forum on Voxman, Clapp and Hancher Oct. 12
September
- 30 UI students receive degrees after summer session
- 24 A new take on why social cues confuse babies and dogs in a classic hiding game
- 15 UI senior featured in Glamour magazine 'top 10' list
- 10 Alumni Fellows Public Lectures
- 01 CLAS Faculty named Research Scholars
- 01 MEDIA ADVISORY: Tour of temporary music, art buildings
August
- 26 NASA selects UI researchers to participate in x-ray telescope mission
- 25 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences names new advisory board members
- 25 ABC News blog wins Iowa Gallup Award for Excellent Journalism Using Polls
- 19 UI names Tang to Stanley / Hua-Hsia Chair of Chinese Culture and Institutions
- 18 UI Arts Share program is now scheduling 2009-10 events
- 11 Professor relives childhood humiliations for new book 'Do-Over!'
- 05 UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences announces scholarships
July
- 28 Study: being active as a preschooler pays off later in childhood
- 20 Nature? Nurture? UI Scientists Say Neither
- 15 UI biologist and colleagues describe new technique to assist genetic researchers
- 14 CLAS mathematics professor receives 2009 Presidential Award for Excellence
- 13 Five UI alumni receive Fulbright fellowships for 2009-10
- 08 Valentino to succeed Hamilton as editor of 'The Iowa Review'
- 01 Nine undergraduates awarded Stanley Scholarships for International Research
June
May
- 27 UI Names Outstanding Teaching Assistants
- 22 UI Press releases paperback edition of Van Allen biography
- 20 UI names two recipients of Brody Award for Faculty Excellence
- 14 UI Commencement Ceremonies to be held May 14-17 and June 5.
- 12 Polumbaum testifies on Chinese propaganda
- 7 University of Iowa students win Iowa Broadcast News Association awards
- 6 University of Iowa awards journalism scholarships at Fourth Estate banquet
- 4 Flannery O'Connor Graduate Fellowships to aid UI Writers' Workshop
- 1 UI student named to USA TODAY All-USA College Academic Team
- 1 UI Department of Health and Sport Studies announces scholarship winners
April
- 29 UI undergraduate students and faculty mentors recognized for excellence
- 23 U.S.News ranks 21 UI programs among top 10 in nation among public universities
- 20 CLAS faculty and students honored at Finkbine Dinner
- 17 UI Center For Human Rights announces Weston essay competition winners
- 16 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences names Collegiate Fellows
- 15 CLAS chemists' DNA biosynthesis discovery could lead to better antibiotics
- 15 Geoffrey Hill wins 2009 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
- 14 CLAS student wins Udall Scholarship for environmental contributions
- 13 UI Press releases two new volumes of literary scholarship April 15
- 13 CLAS biologist studies ocean plant cell adaptation in climate change
- 8 UI names Perlmutter director of School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- 6 CLAS honors student Maria Drout receives prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
- 6 UI WISE program awards travel grants
March
- 31 UI honors student Rachel Nathanson wins 2009 Truman Scholarship
- 27 Depew presents at Catholic creation-evolution conference in Rome
- 26 PhD grads in Psychology, Physics, and Chemistry win Dissertation Awards
- 26 Kathleen Kamerick receives President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence
- 23 CLAS physicists help find evidence for new particle of matter
- 20 National Book Critics Circle Award-winner Herrera credits Writers' Workshop
- 19 Wireless technology could boost hand hygiene compliance
- 18 Psychology Professor Finds Salt May Be Nature's Antidepressant
- 17 Page wins coveted Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Instrumental Competition
- 13 UI evaluates replacement for two flood-damaged building complexes
- 13 UI to begin offering new Certificate in Sustainability in fall 2009
- 12 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences names Dean's Scholars, Collegiate Scholar
- 4 Researchers receive $389,303 grant to study effects of tiny industrial particles
- 3 American Academy of Arts and Letters honors Gompper with Academy Award in Music
- 3 Iowa Gallup Award seeks nominations for excellent journalism using polls
February
- 26 UI/VA team studies effect of exercise on cognition in Parkinson's disease
- 25 'Freaks' help scientist unravel nature and nurture
- 20 Oakdale Prison Community Choir creates unique learning opportunities
- 12 Behavioral studies show baboons, pigeons capable of higher-level cognition
- 11 Iowa Summer Rep selects playwright, holds auditions for 2009 festival
- 10 Eko and Lillios Awarded Stanley International Programs-Obermann Fellowships
- 10 Marra's theater history volume makes the supermarket tabloids seem tame
- 6 UI's Ke receives grant to research learning Chinese as second language
January
- 28 Oxford Project' wins award for its appeal to teens
- 27 Music Library temporarily moves from Voxman to Main Library
- 23 UI public lectures celebrating International Year of Astronomy begin Jan. 28
- 22 UI relocates largest music library in the state
- 15 UI sponsors Jan. 15 program on collaboration during the flood crisis
- 13 '24' character Kanin named after Writers' Workshop faculty member Canin
- 12 UI researchers go to the ends of the Earth for January studies