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Writing Center consultants can work with you on any kind of writing project, from course papers to job application materials and creative writing. We can also help with speeches and presentations. Our services are free and available to all students, staff and faculty at the University of Iowa. Support what we do by clicking the DONATE button on the right.

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The Writing Center is hosted by the Department of Communication Studies and is located in room 110 of the English Philosophy Building. Services are free and available to all students, faculty, and staff. Not affiliated with the UI? We also help staff a community writing center at the Iowa City and Coralville Public Library. Walk-in appointments available for Johnson County residents during the fall and spring semesters.

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Est. 1934

One of the first Writing Centers in the U.S.
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1:1

The Center has a long-standing tradition of one-to-one instruction in rhetorical and communication skills.

5,000

The number of hours of one-on-one writing instruction we provide each year.
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2,000

The number of students, faculty, and staff, we meet with each semester.
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Our Story

The University of Iowa Writing Center was started by Carrie Stanley in 1934, making it one of the first writing centers in the country. The center has a long-standing tradition of one-to-one instruction in rhetorical and communication skills.

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Events

Drifting: Film Screening and Q&A with director Jun Li promotional image

Drifting: Film Screening and Q&A with director Jun Li

Thursday, October 15, 2026 5:00pm to 7:30pm
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building

Just out of jail, Fai finds a spot on a street corner where other homeless people welcome him. But he doesn't get much time to settle in. The police soon chase them away, and their possessions disappear into a garbage truck. Young social worker Ms. Ho thinks it's time to fight this in court. In the meantime, Fai and his friends have other concerns.

Film is free to everyone.

Jun Li is a Hong Kong writer and film director. He has made three feature films and written two full-length plays. His films...

CSD Professional Seminar Series

Friday, October 16, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Health Sciences Academic Building (HSAB)

Title: Nothing About Us Without Us: Creating Patient-Reported Outcome Measures with People Who Stutter

Speaker: Naomi Rodgers, PhD, CCC-SLP

In honor of International Stuttering Awareness Day, this seminar takes up a core principle of the disability rights movement: research about a community should be shaped by that community. Patient-reported outcome measures shape how we define success in clinic and research, yet many measures fail to capture what matters most to the people they are meant to...

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CSD Graduate Program Open House

Friday, October 16, 2026 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Health Sciences Academic Building

Join us for an inside look at our nationally recognized Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) and Doctor of Audiology (AuD) programs. This open house is designed to help you experience our campus, meet faculty, and current graduate students, and learn more about the exciting opportunities in CSD at the University of Iowa.

Arrows in Motion: Animation and Public Health in Socialist China promotional image

Arrows in Motion: Animation and Public Health in Socialist China

Friday, October 16, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
Through the lens of Chinese health films, Li explores how animation does more than communicate knowledge, helping to shape how people perceive relationships between bodies, environments, and collective life.
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