Prof. Brenda Longfellow has been awarded a 2012-13 Rome Prize by the American Academy in Rome. Brenda is a faculty member in Art and Art History who frequently collaborates with the Classics Department. Congratulations to her for receiving this prestigious honor! (April 2012)
Professor Robert Cargill has been awarded a Digital Studio Public Humanities grant which will allow him to purchase the license for the modeling software he will use for his digital reconstruction of the new excavation at Tel Azekeh, outside of Jerusalem in Israel. (April 2012)
Undergraduate Kyle Oskvig is the recipient of an APA Outstanding Student Award. (April 2012)
Adrienne Ho has been named a winner of an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. (April 2012)
Undergraduate Jeremiah Vincent has been accepted with funding into the MAT program in Classics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. (April 2012)
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Lowden and Departmental Prize exams. The Lowden Prize in Latin was a tie between Ryan Holley and Sara Schmidt. The Lowden Prize in Greek went to Clarissa Cigrand. For the Department Prize in Latin, 1st place went to Cara Held and 2nd place to Hillary Richards. For the Department Prize in Greek, 1st place went to Tiffany Colegrove-Best and 2nd place to Jeremiah Vincent. A post-baccalaureate prize went to Cory Taylor. Congratulations to all of the winners! (April 2012)
The Provost has bestowed this year's Lola Lopez Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy on Helena Dettmer, Professor of Classics and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Curriculum in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
The Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy, given annually by the Office of the Provost, honors University of Iowa administrators and staff who support undergraduate education and serve as strong, effective advocates for undergraduate students and the undergraduate experience.
Congratulations Helena! (April 2012)
Classics graduate Billie Cotterman (MA, 2010) has just accepted a tenure-track position in Library Science at Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska. She will begin in late August at the rank of assistant professor. In May Billie will complete an MA in Library and Information Science here at Iowa—a perfect complement to her MAs in Latin (University of Florida) and Classics (University of Iowa). Way to go, Billie! (April 2012)
Congratulations to Kyle Oskvig, who has been awarded an Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award (EURA) through the Honors Program. This award provides a $1000 allowance for Kyle to attend a conference in the next academic year. The EURA will be presented at the Spring Undergraduate Research Forum on March 24, 2012 in the Iowa Memorial Union, Main Ballroom. Jordan Cohen, Vice President for Research, will present the award at 11:30 a.m. (March 2012)
Congratulations to Prof. John Finamore who has been selected for a 2012 ICRU Distinguished Mentor Award based on the oustanding nomination of Kyle Oskvig. The committee "felt very strongly about recognizing your unparalleled dedication to undergraduate mentoring. They see you as a wonderful ambassador for undergraduate research at The University of Iowa and want to celebrate the impact you have had in fostering undergraduate scholarship." Way to reach out, John! (March 2012)
Undergrads Janet Lawler and Lindsey McCoy were recently installed as chapter officers of Eta Sigma Phi. We look forward to their enthusiastic work with our UI chapter next year! (March 2012)
At the recent Eta Sigma Phi convention there was a contest to name the Eta Sigma Phi owl logo. Our own Classics undergrad Ryan Holley submitted the winning entry of "Quisτίς" and was awarded a golden gem-and-pearl-set lapel pin. Congratulations, Ryan! (March 2012)
After a wonderful support speech by undergrad Janet Lawler, Kyle Oskvig was elected to the national presidency of Eta Sigma Phi at their recent convention in Columbia, Missouri. This is an honor for Kyle which also reflects well on our department. Thanks and congratulations, Kyle! (March 2012)
We are proud to announce that Thomas Rose was admitted as a Regular Member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for 2012-13, and awarded the Philip Lockhart Fellowship. Congratulations, Thomas! (March 2012)
Undergrad Kyle Oskvig has been invited to join Phi Beta Kappa. Congratulations Kyle! (February 2012)
Congratulations to Kyle Oskvig for having an article published on the front page of Nuntius, the Eta Sigma Phi journal, titled "In the Land of the Sibyl." Kyle, Larry Houston, Ryan Holley, Nicole Fields, and Jeremiah Vincent also have a review of the movie "The Immortals" in the same issue. (February 2012)
Congratulations to John Finamore, who has just been named a Collegiate Fellow. "This award recognizes senior faculty whose distinction in teaching and scholarship is matched by exceptional leadership in service to the university, the college, and their departments." (February 2012)
Congratulations to Brigid Freymuller (B.A. Classics 2011), who has been accepted into the summer classical school at the American Academy in Rome, a 6-week program that includes on-site and classroom learning about the history of the city of Rome and surrounding areas. (February 2012)
Undergraduate Kyle Oskvig has been accepted to the 2012 summer intensive study program at Yale's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics. He will get a broad overview of bioethics from the program's lectures and seminars, and take advantage of Yale's resources to research and write a capstone paper on bioethics in ancient philosophy. We're proud of you, Kyle! (February 2012)
Classics grad student Josh Langseth, who is also an Adjunct Instructor in Humanities at Coe College, was named the Coe College National Residence Hall Honorary Faculty Member of the Month for January. Congratulations, Josh! (February 2012)
Congratulations to undergraduate Classics major Kyle Oskvig, who was awarded the Outstanding Poster in the Arts & Humanities at the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates Fall Research Festival. Kyle's poster was on The Metaphysics of Aristotle's Embryology. Thanks for helping to spread the word about Classics, Kyle! (January 2012)
Professor Art Spisak, Professor of Classics and currently Associate Provost for Faculty and Student Academic Affairs, and Director of the Honors College at Missouri State University, has accepted the Provost's offer to become Director of Honors at The University of Iowa. His academic department will be our own Classics Department, and we are happy to welcome him! (June 2011)
Congratulations to Sharada Price, who has won an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award! (April 2011)
Gwen Gruber (PhD in Classics 2008) has accepted an appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Grand Valley State University (April 2011)
Sharada Price has been accepted as a regular member of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, and will be spending the 2011-12 academic year in Greece. Congratulations, Sharada! (March 2011)
Congratulations to our DEO, Carin Green, on being awarded the May Brodbeck Humanities Fellowship for 2011-12! The award is designed to encourage and support the study of the humanities, and is very competitive. We're proud of you, Carin! (March 2011)
Congratulations to our grad student, Christian Preus, who has been awarded a Ballard Seashore Dissertation Year Fellowship for 2011-12! (March 2011)
Congratulations to Prof. Craig Gibson, who has been named a Collegiate Scholar! (March 2011)
The Department of Classics is pleased to announce that Marquis S. Berrey has been hired as an Assistant Professor specializing in Ancient Science and Medicine, beginning in the fall of 2011. Prof. Berrey comes to us from the University of Texas at Austin. (March 2011)
Clarissa Cigrand, who is minoring in ancient Greek, has won a Summer & Short-Term Study Abroad Scholarship to travel over the break to Trivandrum, Kerala, India to do research on religious and psychological healing practices in India for her work in her major, Psychology. The project is also informed by her studies in ancient magic and religion. Clarissa will be working with Dr. Joann Eland of the International Development Program and hopes to expand her awareness of alternative approaches to the medical model and spirituality. (Dec 2010)
Helena Dettmer, Professor of Classics and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been named a Collegiate Fellow by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This award was created to recognize senior faculty whose distinction in teaching and scholarship is matched by exceptional leadership in service to the University, the College, and their departments. (Dec 2010)
Matthew Horrell, 2nd year graduate student in Classics, was named the winner of the 4th annual Peter Green Essay Award for his paper titled "The Divine Economy of Petronius' Satyricon." The award is in honor of Prof. Peter Green for the best research essay by a graduate student in Classics, and provides a prize of $1000. (Oct 2010)
Undergraduate Christine Miles has been invited to join Phi Beta Kappa. (Oct 2010)
