IN CLASS: Actions speak louder than words in the silent world of an American Sign Language class.-- ALUMNI MATTER: Thanks a million—or rather, 50,000 and growing.The UIAA shows its appreciation to members with events, services, and programs...
ON CAMPUS: The University of Iowa has a new president. -- IN CLASS: Location, location, location. How does geography affect justice? -- SPORTS: Iowa Alumni Magazine celebrates the Iowa football team's magical 2002 season. -- Over the Counter: The...
IN CLASS Marketing students add real-life boardroom experience to their resumes. -- Mercury Rising: Unsettled by escalating global temperatures and worldwide pollution, UI student activists campaign for environmental responsibility right here at...
UI nonfiction writing faculty member John D'Agata will read from "About a Mountain."
A Publishers Weekly starred review of "About a Mountain" stated, "In this circuitous, stylish investigation, D'Agata ('Halls of Fame') uses the federal...
To Anna Rogozhnikova, female literature can be singled out, separated and understood as a continuation of the women writers themselves. Considering male domination a universal issue, Edi Shukriu divides her talk into four parts: gender experience...
Aziz Nazmi Shakir-Tash suggests general meanings of the terms "migration," "diaspora," and "exile," relating stories of his own experiences--as well as those of Bulgarian Turks--to these meanings. Verena Tay's talk is titled, "You Are What You Eat:...
Véronique Tadjo describes the path that led her to the Négritude literary movement and her writing on the Rwandan genocide. Mathilde Clark tells the story of her search for a patron to fund her writing efforts. Partaw Naderi speaks about...
One of the co-founders of Codepink, the renowned women for peace organization, Jodie Evans discussed the book, Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism. Evans co-edited the book with another Codepink co-founder Medea...
Actor Mike Farrell, best known as Dr. B.J. Hunnicutt on the TV series "M*A*S*H," reads from his memoir, "Just Call Me Mike: A Journey from Actor to Activist."
During the course of the long-running sitcom, Farrell also began to pursue an interest...
Australian author Cate Kennedy will read from her novel The World Beneath, winner of the People’s Choice Award in the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards in 2010. The World Beneath’s main characters, Rich and Sandy, were environmental...