Dr. Jim Bovinette, director of the Jazz Ensemble Program and Associate Professor of Trumpet at Iowa State, recently performed a virtual performance, Project Freude-Joy, with other worldwide musicians. The performance combined footage from the Classical Music Festival’s 2016 performance in the Haydnsaal of the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt, Austria.
Olga Mesropova, associate professor of Russian and director of the Russian Studies Program, has published “Kinotalk: 21st Century.” The book was published by Routledge, a world-leading academic publisher in the humanities, social sciences and STEM. Additional information on this recently published book may be found here.
Jennifer Knox, associate teaching professor in the Department of English, has published four poems in the May/June issue of American Poetry Review. The American Poetry Review is dedicated to reaching a worldwide audience with a diverse array of the best contemporary poetry and literary prose. APR also aims to expand the audience interested in poetry … Continue reading Jennifer Knox publishes four poems in American Poetry Review
A poem written by Jennifer Knox, associate teaching professor in the Department of English, has been published in Poetry Magazine. The poem, “Mr. Big” is from her new book, “Crushing It” (Copper Canyon Press, fall 2020). The poem appears in the May issue of Poetry Magazine.
Assistant professor of theatre Cason Murphy presented on two different panels at the Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC) held in Chicago, Illinois, on March 5-8, 2020. At the conference, themed around the idea of “Character,” Murphy presented his paper, “‘Spinning the Wheels of ‘Outrageous Fortune’: Two Attempts at Casting Hamlet by Chance.” His research explored the concept … Continue reading Cason Murphy organizes and presents at national Mid-America Theatre Conference
Abstract Motivated by increased awareness about nitrate contamination of surface waters and its deleterious effects in human and animal health, we sought an alternative, non-noble metal catalyst for the chemical degradation of nitrate. First-row transition metal phosphides recently emerged as excellent alternatives for hydrogen evolution and hydrotreating reactions. We demonstrate that a key member of … Continue reading Vela and team published in American Chemical Society’s Catalysis