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WEBIowa Writers' Workshop alumni Okwudili Nebeolisa & Jessica Laser will read from their poetry. Okwudili Nebeolisa will read from Terminal Maladies, selected by Nicole Sealey as the winner of the 2023 Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Prize.“Nebeolisa’s debut, Terminal Maladies, introduces a poet so skillful and original that his book …
UI announces 2021–22 academic calendar - Iowa Now
WEBThursday, April 1, 2021. The University of Iowa has confirmed the dates of its 2021–22 academic calendar with no changes made to the start or end dates for fall 2021, spring 2022, or summer 2022. The calendar also includes a weeklong fall break in November, an optional four-week winter session beginning Dec. 20, and a weeklong spring break in ...
Iowa holds two top-10 programs in ‘US News’ rankings of best ...
WEBSep 13, 2021 · The University of Iowa improved its national ranking to No. 33 among public universities, while for the second consecutive year boasting the top public writing program in the country and a top-10 nursing program in the latest rankings published by U.S. News and World Report.. The rankings factor in numerous variables for the nation’s public and …
Forbes ranks UI, UI Health Care as top employers in Iowa
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The University of Iowa and UI Health Care are ranked among America’s Best Employers by State 2024 list published by Forbes magazine. The list, published Aug. 20, includes 30 employers in the state of Iowa. UI Health Care is ranked No. 8 on Iowa’s list, while the UI is No. 18. “From our exceptional benefits, world-renowned reputation, to ...
Clark Stanford named dean of the UI College of Dentistry
WEBJan 4, 2022 · Clark Stanford, distinguished professor and dean of the College of Dentistry at the University of Illinois Chicago, has been named dean of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics. He will hold the Edwin Green Chair in Dental Leadership and will begin on April 1. Stanford succeeds David Johnsen, who stepped down as dean in ...
UI expert explains the difference between a caucus and primary
WEBJan 10, 2024 · The Iowa Caucuses are Jan. 15 this year, and Hagle says attendance matters. “The main difference between a caucus and a primary election is what happens on caucus day,” say Tim Hagle, associate professor of political science in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and an Iowa Caucus expert.
Unearthing mastodon bones in southern Iowa
WEBAug 16, 2024 · A mastodon is a large mammal similar to both elephants and mammoths that roamed North America from around 3.5 million years ago until 10,500 years ago. The archaeologists, who include John Doershuk, director and state archaeologist at the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA), were contacted in the fall of …
Beth Goetz named Iowa’s next athletics director
WEBJan 18, 2024 · Beth Goetz has been named the University of Iowa’s next Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair after serving in the role as interim since Aug. 2. She will begin immediately. Beth Goetz. “Beth is a talented and dynamic leader, and the national search we conducted has substantiated that she is the best athletics director ...
David Johnsen to step down as College of Dentistry dean
WEBThursday, February 25, 2021. David Johnsen, dean of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, has announced he will step down as dean at the end of the college’s spring semester in June 2021. “The University of Iowa College of Dentistry has been my second home since 1995 and I have enjoyed every single minute of my time with our students ...
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics again ranked among …
WEBJul 27, 2021 · For the 32nd year in a row, the U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings has listed UI Hospitals & Clinics as the No. 1 hospital in Iowa, as well as the only one in Iowa to have specialties ranked in the top 50 nationally.