The Iowa Summer Writing Festival is back on campus at the University of Iowa this June and July, offering 70 weekend and weeklong workshops led by 45 acclaimed instructors.Since 1987, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival has welcomed to The University of Iowa writers from 18 to 98 years of age, from all 50 states, and from every continent. Most come to the workshop table from other areas of expertise, other lives — including the armed forces, business, diplomacy, education, farming, homemaking...

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival is back on campus at the University of Iowa this June and July, offering 70 weekend and weeklong workshops led by 45 acclaimed instructors.Since 1987, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival has welcomed to The University of Iowa writers from 18 to 98 years of age, from all 50 states, and from every continent. Most come to the workshop table from other areas of expertise, other lives — including the armed forces, business, diplomacy, education, farming, homemaking...

The proliferation of Creative Nonfiction departments came with a campaign for a new and distinct genre. Since “truth” is relative (the argument often went) and memory is unreliable, why not mix fictive techniques with fact and experience to better “shape” nonfiction narratives? OK, but what becomes of our contract with the reader when we embellish or omit key elements of what we know, or invent what we don’t? How far is too far? What’s creativity, and what is making shit up? This talk, rife with...

The course is open to individuals wishing to learn more about current topics in Human Genetics who meet the following criteria; individuals must have completed a course in genetics and are currently in a genetics lab, or have past genetics research experience. Genetics educators are also welcome to attend the course.The objective of the course is to provide persons familiar with genetics a broad overview of gene identification, molecular genetics, complex disease, next generation sequencing...

Former Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program director Robin Hemley will read from his newest book, How to Change History: A Salvage Project. Described as a grappling with "the individual’s navigation of history and the conflict between personal and public histories," How to Change History meditates on a range of media, from photos and historical markers to "incontinent dachshunds," and attempts to "restore, resurrect, and reclaim what might otherwise be lost" (robinhemley.com). Lia Purpura, author of ...

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival is back on campus at the University of Iowa this June and July, offering 70 weekend and weeklong workshops led by 45 acclaimed instructors.Since 1987, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival has welcomed to The University of Iowa writers from 18 to 98 years of age, from all 50 states, and from every continent. Most come to the workshop table from other areas of expertise, other lives — including the armed forces, business, diplomacy, education, farming, homemaking...

This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover advanced features such as: Importing data from a CSV file Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables Sending automated, conditional email alerts Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data 'missingness' codes, and opening data queries Register by clicking the...

The process of finding a literary agent is both a simple and straightforward endeavor and an emotional roller coaster. Through an FAQ format, we will discuss the basics of query letter writing, best practices for researching and reaching out to literary agents, common mistakes to avoid and etiquette to keep in mind, what your rejections might teach you about your project and its place in the marketplace, and how to keep your ego intact through the process of finding an agent for your book. We...

Take your manuscript from draft to impact in this 8-hour in-person workshop hosted by the Center for Social Science Innovation and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.Presenter: Jamil Marques, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.Date(s) and Time(s):Part 1: Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 1–5 p.m.Part 2: Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 1–5 p.m.IMPORTANT: Registering for this workshop enrolls you for both Part 1 and Part 2.Description: This workshop is designed to...

Please join us via Zoom for an info session to learn more about earning your MSW degree on our main University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. Click here to join: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/97721848252. Contact our Admissions Office directly with any questions or requests. ssw-admissions@uiowa.edu 319-335-1250

Iowa Writers' Workshop alum and current Iowa Summer Writing Festival instructor Jared Joseph will read from his newest book, Soft Lightning. Bench Editions describes Soft Lightning as "written almost exclusively in the first-person singular and plural, and stages a motley of narrators (or only one) who respond to one another or who do not, and if not, I wonder whether desire for interpersonal connection withers, or excruciates. There is no setting. See if you are in it." (bencheditions.com).Jare...

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival is back on campus at the University of Iowa this June and July, offering 70 weekend and weeklong workshops led by 45 acclaimed instructors.Since 1987, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival has welcomed to The University of Iowa writers from 18 to 98 years of age, from all 50 states, and from every continent. Most come to the workshop table from other areas of expertise, other lives — including the armed forces, business, diplomacy, education, farming, homemaking...

This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as: Creating participants Creating tasks and schedules Active tasks and their unique data output Direct messages and announcements This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap. Register by clicking the virtual event link above or by going...

A campus is more than a setting. It is a collection of characters, a set of social mores, an intersection of identities, and a time capsule. Situated in its broader community, the campus is also a nexus of insiders and outsiders. In other words, it is a microcosm of society. Great campus fiction provides essential craft lessons on world-building and satisfies the question at the heart of creative writing: Why does this story matter? This lecture will examine campus fiction with the goal of...

Take your manuscript from draft to impact in this 8-hour in-person workshop hosted by the Center for Social Science Innovation and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.Presenter: Jamil Marques, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.Date(s) and Time(s):Part 1: Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 1–5 p.m.Part 2: Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 1–5 p.m.IMPORTANT: Registering for this workshop enrolls you for both Part 1 and Part 2.Description: This workshop is designed to...

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival is back on campus at the University of Iowa this June and July, offering 70 weekend and weeklong workshops led by 45 acclaimed instructors.Since 1987, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival has welcomed to The University of Iowa writers from 18 to 98 years of age, from all 50 states, and from every continent. Most come to the workshop table from other areas of expertise, other lives — including the armed forces, business, diplomacy, education, farming, homemaking...

Conference participation can be in person or hybrid. Conference will be held at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, IA.Focus on Commutative Algebra with special focus on Ring Theory, Lattice Theory, Semirings and Ordered Algebraic Structures.Conference website is open.https://bit.ly/DDAndersonConferenceTo submit a presentation:https://forms.office.com/r/UUPzdr6Crs?origin=lprLink

This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training we won't use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as: Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with vlookup() Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables Transforming unusable data to a...

UPCOMING IN-PERSON EVENT - Research Supplier Vendor ExpoFor Researchers at:University of IowaIowa Memorial Union, 2nd Floor125 North Madison StreetThursday, July 17, 2024 • 11:00AM - 1:00PM25+ Lab Suppliers | Free Lunch | T-Shirts, Gifts & Raffles!Pre-Register & Avoid Registration Line: Click HereFree T-Shirt for the First 50 Attendees!Bring your lab to enjoy the upcoming event and visit with the vendors we have listed below. Everyone will have a chance to play to win free door prizes, the new...

As writers, we shape stories — but the stories we tell ourselves often shape us in return. This cross-genre lecture invites participants to examine the narrative structures that influence both our creative work and lived experience. We’ll consider how personal and cultural narratives inform voice, form, and content — and how revising these inherited frameworks can open new imaginative possibilities. Through writing exercises and the discussion of examples from literary works, participants will...