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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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Events

Organic Seminar- Prof. Alexander Grenning

Thursday, January 15, 2026 12:30pm
Chemistry Building

https://cse.umn.edu/chem/alexander-grenning

https://www.grenninglab.com/

Title: "Malononitrile and Enantioselective Sigmatropic Rearrangements"

Abstract: Described is the synthetic value of malononitrile to pharmaceutical development with particular focus on reaction development centered about alkylidenemalononitrile building blocks and Cope rearrangements of 3,3-dicyano-1,5-dienes.

Bio: Alex is from the northern suburbs of Chicago. He received his B.A. degree from Lake Forest College under the...

Online MSW Info Session

Thursday, January 15, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual

Please join us via Zoom for an info session to learn more about the online MSW program.

https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/91760640877

Questions? Contact Lauren at ssw-admissions@uiowa.edu

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

Each semester, we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

On Clowns, Magic, Dirt, Decay: Artist Talk with Alex Tatarsky promotional image

On Clowns, Magic, Dirt, Decay: Artist Talk with Alex Tatarsky

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Theatre Building

A “hilarious, finely tuned absurdist” (Theatre Jones), Alex Tatarsky makes performances in the uncomfortable in-between zone of comedy, dance-theater, performance art, and deluded rant--sometimes with songs. Tatarsky experienced fleeting fame as Andy Kaufman’s daughter and used to perform as a mound of dirt. They are currently touring their falling apart bildungsroman about wanting to die, Sad Boys in Harpy Land, and their compost clown lecture-performance Dirt Trip. MATERIAL, an improvisational...

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