Presentation
The University of Iowa at 175: Proud Legacy, Promising Future
University of Iowa
Presidential Lecture Series, 39th (Iowa City, Iowa)
02/27/2022
Abstract
Patricia Winokur: When I was sent the request, it was targeted toward using COVID-19 as a jumping off point. COVID-19 has certainly been impactful and on everybody’s mind for the past two years. We also thought about impacts of different pandemics on the function of the university, the contributions we’ve made over the long haul—developing some of the science behind vaccines and the clinical evaluation of the vaccines. A lot of that played into the topic of my lecture. I plan to use history, the history of the University of Iowa, of infectious diseases, and particularly pandemic pathogens to try to put what we are experiencing today into context of what we’ve seen before.
Christopher Merrill: When I was invited to give this lecture, I was tasked with addressing the past and future of the “Writing University.” The way I’m approaching it is to talk about truth-telling in all of its different guises, which we cultivate in the “Writing University,” whether it’s in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the International Writing Program, the Nonfiction Writing Program, or journalism. Writers tell truths of a different order, and so I will explore some of those truths through a poem by Emily Dickinson, which begins ‘Tell All the Truth, But Tell it Slant’ and goes on to praise “the Truth’s superb surprise.” I expect to talk about some of the ways that has played out in my own life.
Craig Kletzing: I will be talking about space physics at Iowa, so I’ll probably spend a third of the lecture talking about the history of space physics here, our department and how it got started, all the kinds of projects we have been involved with, and then talk about the current projects we have going. I’ll finish up with what we have planned for the future and great opportunities. We have a bunch of great, young faculty who are carrying this forward in the future.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The University of Iowa at 175: Proud Legacy, Promising Future
- Creators
- Patricia L Winokur - University of Iowa, Infectious DiseasesChristopher Merrill - University of Iowa, International Writing ProgramCraig Kletzing - University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy
- Resource Type
- Presentation
- Event
- Presidential Lecture Series, 39th (Iowa City, Iowa)
- Publisher
- University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Size
- 1:45:56 hours
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2022 Patricia Winokur, Christopher Merrill, and Craig Kletzing
- Comment
- Language
- English
- Date presented
- 02/27/2022
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; International Writing Program; International Programs; English; Physics and Astronomy; Presidential Lecture Series; Medicine Administration; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984265834202771
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