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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.

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Writing for all

The Writing Center is hosted by the Department of Rhetoric 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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Grant Wood Country Forum: "Grant Wood On the Radar in the '60s and 70s" promotional image

Grant Wood Country Forum: "Grant Wood On the Radar in the '60s and 70s"

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Virtual

"Grant Wood On the Radar in the ‘60s and 70s" by Elaine Mattingly

Mattingly will discuss her research into Grant Wood's resurgence during the 1960s and '70s, including the first Grant Wood Art Festival and a teaser for Stranded in Stone City, a new musical of which Mattingly is writer/producer/editor.

Elaine Mattingly’s connection to all things Grant Wood goes back six generations in the Anamosa, Stone City, Viola and Cedar Rapids areas of Iowa. She presses into service her experience as a...

Study Abroad Faculty-led Program Information Session: (Re)tracing Anne Frank: Living, Fleeing, Hiding & Writing promotional image

Study Abroad Faculty-led Program Information Session: (Re)tracing Anne Frank: Living, Fleeing, Hiding & Writing

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Phillips Hall
Learn more about this faculty-led study abroad program designed to familiarize yourself with Anne Frank’s life and legacy by following in her footsteps in Amsterdam, the city in which she hid, when life in Germany became too dangerous.

PDE Seminar - Ian Ramsey; University of Iowa Department of Mathematics

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall

Title: A Learning-Based Approach to PDE Inverse Problems and Nonlinear Filtering in Neuroscience

Astrophysics & Space Physics Seminar - George Hospodarsky, PhD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa promotional image

Astrophysics & Space Physics Seminar - George Hospodarsky, PhD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Astrophysics & Space Physics Seminar
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