ON CAMPUS: Find out what's been happening at the UI—from a unique research station to be built on the Mississippi River to the first Korean Culture Festival to a breakthrough in human genetics. -- IN CLASS: Rediscover the power of your...
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...
Bionic Ears: Researchers already know the mechanics, if not the mysteries, of the ear and hearing. The UI's cochlear implant program offers the deaf artificial sounds that make -- Of Dinosaurs and Killer Comets: What relegated dinosaurs to museums...
THE DAY AFTER MAKES A DIFFERENCE: Nicholas Meyer's TV movie about nuclear war drew 100,000,000 viewers and a lot of controversy; four UI professors explain why the film was worth it -- FROM THE CHAPEL TO THE CLASSROOM: With the
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IN CLASS: Engineering students help equip humans for flight. -- The Flight of a Red-Tailed Angel: As one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, Iowa alumnus Luther Smith played a crucial part in World War II— and also helped wage the battle for racial...
Iowa's Own: With a smile on her face and her sleeves rolled up. President Mary Sue Coleman is directing the UI toward its goal of becoming one of the ten best public research universities in the nation. -- Striking Accord: Even a nursery rhyme can...
Rambling 'Round Our Domain -- Fall Athletics at Iowa -- In Olden Days -- The Iowa-Oklahoma Game -- Twelfth Annual Homecoming -- Alumni Dinner At Des Moines -- The Rediscovery of Iowa -- A Summer In Retrospect -- A Quarter Century of Athletics --...
This poem originally appeared in Volume 5, Number 6 of 100 Words, a journal published by The University of Iowa's International Writing Program between 1993 and 1998. Each piece in the journal had to be 100 words or fewer, and each issue had a...
Patricia Bryan is a professor of law at the University of North Carolina. She is the author of Stories in Fiction and in Fact: Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" and the 1901 Murder Trial of Margaret Hossack. Thomas Wolf received his MFA in...
Christine Dale is a nontraditional student currently pursuing her B.A. in English, with a minor in Creative Writing, at the University of Northern Iowa. For the last year she has been working at the North American Review. One of her poems, also...
This poem was selected for the 2008 Poetry in Public project, sponsored by the Iowa City Public Art Program. Now in its sixth year, Poetry in Public displays poems by local writers of all ages in Iowa City buses, downtown kiosks, and select public...
Ethan Kline is twelve years old. He attends school at Pat's Learning Adventure, which happens to be located in his backyard. Ethan was inspired to write 'Haunted Winter' by walking in Iowa City's Oakland Cemetery and looking at the 'black angel.'
IN CLASS: Students discover everything they wanted to know—and more—in a class that analyzes the links between sex and culture. -- A Grand Experiment: Medical experiments move out of the laboratory and into the kitchens and everyday lives of...