The 6th annual Obermann Graduate Institute on Public Engagement and the Academy will have three more Graduate Fellows than in past years, thanks to additional funding from the UI Graduate College.
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Participants in the Obermann Center join a community where an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach is valued, a community that appreciates the rigorous thought, long hours, and great passion that culminate in successful artistic and scholarly work. An array of programs and opportunities provide many different ways the UI and visiting faculty and graduate students can be a part of the Obermann Center. See our programs
Recent News and Announcements
Obermann Director Teresa Mangum has been named to the National Advisory Board of Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA). Imagining America is a consortium of universities and organizations dedicated to advancing the public and civic purposes of humanities, arts, and design. The UI has been a member for nine years. This year, the UI sent nearly 20 people, including undergraduates, graduate students, staff, and faculty, to the annual Imagining America conference in the Twin Cities.
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Incoming Cmiel Semester (Spring, 2012) participant Lena Hill (English) recently organized a weeklong series of panels and readings in association with a visiting producer/director who is adapting Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man for the stage.
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Feb 07, 2012
Mar 05, 2012
Mar 24, 2012