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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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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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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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 […]
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Thank you Lord! ‘Book of Mormon’ tickets go on sale this week from Hancher
At long last, Hancher is back and they’ve unveiled a killer list of events for the 2016-17 season — the highlight for many being the irreverent Broadway musical The Book of Mormon — those tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, Aug. 5, at 10 a.m. Tickets range from $50-125 and will be […]
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Hawks soar at Big Ten Media days
This week in Chicago it’s been all about the Big Ten Media days, and Kirk Ferentz and his Iowa Hawkeyes football team have found themselves center stage. The defending West Division champ Hawks and cross-division foe Ohio State absorbed most of the spotlight. ESPN polled current players regarding their pick for the conference’s defensive and […]
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Iowa predicted to repeat as Big Ten West champions
Iowa City’s hometown Iowa Hawkeyes are predicted to win the Big Ten West, according to the annual Cleveland.com sports writers poll. They were chosen by a staggering margin: The Hawks received 32 of the 39 total votes. Nebraska came in second with three votes, Wisconsin was third with two and a single vote cast for Northwestern. […]
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Iowa Young Writers’ Studio artists unveil flash prose
Every summer the University of Iowa welcomes high school-aged artists from around the country and the world to Iowa City for the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio (IYWS). Accepted students have the option to study poetry, fiction or creative writing with practicing artists and University of Iowa professors. Author and Writers’ Studio instructor Christine Utz encouraged […]
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Kaeding and King make ESPN’s Iowa Hawkeyes ‘All-Century Team’
ESPN has released a roster for their Iowa Hawkeyes “All-Century Team.” The list (they compiled one for each Big Ten school) is a dream team line up drawn from all players who have played for the school since 2000. Senior defensive back Desmond King, the 2015 Jim Thorpe Award winner, was the only current Hawkeye […]
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All aboard the bandwagon: Hawkeyes named to pretty much every preseason football award list
Every summer before the start of the college football season, sports media and award organizations put out their preseason watch lists — an overview of teams and players primed to make a splash — and this year nearly every list has representation from our hometown Hawkeyes. Coach Kirk Ferentz, a 2016 Bobby Dodd Coach of […]
