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Monday, Apr 15, 2019 — The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art will present a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) group exhibition along with a Master of Arts (M.A.) group exhibition from Monday, April 29, through Saturday, May 11. An opening reception will be held at 7 p.m., Monday, April 29, in the south lobby of the Kamerick Art Building (KAB).
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Monday, Apr 15, 2019 — The North American Review (NAR), the oldest and one of the most well-regarded literary magazines in the United States, will host a writing conference April 19-21 to celebrate the magazine's 50 years on the University of Northern Iowa campus and a redesign of the magazine’s format.
Writers,...
Friday, Apr 5, 2019 — The School of Music is thrilled to announce that Brenda Sevcik has been awarded the 2018-19 Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award, for her performance of Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in D major at the Spotlight Competition Finale on April 3, 2019. A native of Cedar Falls, IA, Brenda is currently a junior at UNI, where she is a double major in Music...
Friday, Mar 29, 2019 — Research in the Capitol 2019
Research in the Capitol 2019 will take place on Monday, April 1, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the State Capitol rotunda in Des Moines. Four of the 19 undergraduate researchers from the University of Northern Iowa show casing their work are physics majors. Physics researchers presenting their work are:...
Thursday, Mar 28, 2019 — Digital Media Students Receive Awards and Screenings
UNI Digital Media students report a number of recent achievements:
Tarrell Christie's short fiction film Top Secret was selected for the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival.
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Monday, Mar 25, 2019 — Astrochemistry Students and NASA Scientist Study Wind Cave
WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. – Fifteen students and two faculty from the University of Northern Iowa, along with a NASA scientist, spent their spring break in the depths of Wind Cave as part of a simulated astrobiological field expedition.
The undergraduate students were learning...
Monday, Mar 11, 2019 — The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art and the UNI Department of Art will present the "Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition" in Kamerick Art Building (KAB) South from Monday, March 25 through Saturday, April 20.
An awards ceremony will be held at 7 p.m., Monday, March 25, in the KAB Auditorium, Room 111. The Friends of the UNI...
Friday, Mar 8, 2019 — This spring break, two groups of exceptionally talented UNI School of Music students will travel internationally to perform around the world.
One hundred forty members of the UNI Panther Marching Band will travel to Ireland from March 15-22. The group has been invited to perform on March 17 in Dublin and March 18 in Limerick at parades, which...
Friday, Mar 8, 2019 — Imagine spending your days surrounded by the colorful, flashing neon lights of the infamous, fabulous city of Las Vegas. That’s how University of Northern Iowa alumna Floris Lafontant ‘12 spent two years of her life post-graduation. But she wasn’t working in the hustle and bustle of the Las Vegas strip; she was working as a tour guide for the...
Friday, Mar 1, 2019 — Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust awards $573,990
Professors Paul Shand and Tim Kidd were awarded $573,990 Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust challenge grant for Instrumentation for Career Preparation. The purpose of this grant is to integrate research-grade instrumentation into course work across the physics curriculum to better prepare students...