Reading: ‘Iowa Review’ Prairie Lights Bookstore — Thursday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. The fall 2016 issue of the Iowa Review is on shelves, and the University’s beloved journal will be hosting their annual Iowa City reading at Prairie Lights tomorrow, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. Editor Harry Stecopoulos will be hosting local artists Jenny […]
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Tim Taranto is a writer and artist from New York. He is a graduate of Cornell University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He advocates taking ones bloated nothingness out of the path of the divine circuits.
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Iowa Hawkeyes Football 2016 Season Preview: Who would win in a fight?
It’s game week in Hawktown — this Saturday, your hometown Hawkeyes host the Redhawks of Miami in the inaugural game of the 2016 season. The sports desk at Little Village has used our most sophisticated methodology to provide a game-by-game regular season prediction for the Hawks — our method? Determine the outcome by deciding who […]
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Gene Wilder, actor and University of Iowa alum, 1933-2016
Actor, comedian and University of Iowa graduate Gene Wilder passed away Sunday, August 28 at his home in Stanford Connecticut due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83. Born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Young Frankenstein and Willy Wonka star was a member of Iowa’s Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity […]
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IC producer brings Sundance-selected documentary ‘Gleason’ to Englert in benefit for UI Hospitals
GLEASON Englert Theater — Friday Aug. 26 8:00 p.m. $20-25 FilmScene, Scheels and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are teaming up to host a benefit screening of the acclaimed documentary Gleason tonight at 8 p.m. at the Englert Theatre. The film follows the journey of former NFL defensive back Steve Gleason, who was […]
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Dog sledder and UI Nonfiction alum Blair Braverman to read at Prairie Lights
Blair Braverman Reading and Q&A Prairie Lights Bookstore — Thursday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. Blair Braverman, a graduate of the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program, will be returning to Iowa City to read from her debut memoir, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North […]
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Hawks No. 17 in AP Top 25 Poll
The Associated Press released their first Top 25 Poll of the NCAA college football season Sunday morning, and the boys in Black and Gold clocked in at No. 17. The Hawkeyes were the top-ranked Big Ten West team on the definitive preseason poll and one of four total Big Ten Teams represented — Ohio State […]
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UI students may now indicate preferred name, gender, sex and pronoun via Inclusive Student Records Inative
The Inclusive Student Records Initiative has launched on the University of Iowa’s Office of the Registrar website, and, for the first time, students will be able to provide their desired name and pronoun, as they’d like it to be displayed on their applications and in the student record systems, as well as in the instructor […]
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Al Gore endorses Patty Judge
In an email sent yesterday to Patty Judge supporters, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore made a formal endorsement for Judge, the democratic challenger to Chuck Grassley’s senate seat. Gore, like Judge, is an ardent environmentalist. “Patty Judge firmly believes that protecting our environment and natural resources for future generations must be a priority,” Gore […]
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Milkweed pods make for a sustainable and tasty treat
If your desire to eat sustainably does not include wild and foraged foods, you’re missing out. So what is on the vine now in the parks and prairies? Milkweed pods, and they’re so good! Find them Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is plentiful in Iowa, and this chest-high prairie plant is the species most prized for […]
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Could Steve King’s ‘full-throated’ endorsement tip Iowa for Trump?
Rep. Steve King’s comment to MSNBC’s Mark Halperin on Monday that Hillary Clinton “is someone I can work with,” coupled with a reluctance on Radio Iowa to formally endorse the Republican candidate, has many Iowans wondering where their congressman stands with regards to his support for Donald J. Trump. While King — the former national […]
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UI extends safe-ride service to all genders, launches mobile app
Beginning in 2007, the University of Iowa and UI Police began the Nite Ride program, offering women safe rides home in shuttles operated by uniformed UI Department of Public Safety guards. Starting today, the service will be extended to people of all genders. “Many of the fears we initially had about offering a co-ed ride […]
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Hawkeye Daniel Dennis grapples for Olympic gold
This Friday in Rio de Janeiro, former University of Iowa wrestling stand-out (2010 NCCA national runner-up) Daniel Dennis will compete for Olympic gold in the 57kg men’s freestyle event. Back in April, in front of a crowd of over 11,000 fans at the US Olympic trails in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Dennis’ hand was raised the victor […]
