In Memoriam: Dr. Peter Green
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
This article announcing the passing of Dr. Peter Green was written by his long-time University of Iowa Department of Classics colleague and friend, Dr. John Finamore.
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News and Announcements
Paul Dilley awarded $500,000 from Schmidt Sciences to advance AI tools for restoring damaged ancient manuscripts
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
The three-year project, titled “AI Models with Reinforcement Learning to Edit Text in Damaged Manuscripts,” will produce software capable of reconstructing missing or illegible sections of historical documents, allowing scholars to study texts that have remained inaccessible for decades—or even centuries.
Distinguished classicist and “The Odyssey” translator Emily Wilson visits UI
Friday, March 13, 2026
Emily Wilson, Ph.D., a distinguished classicist, professor, and author working as the department Chair of Classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, visited the University of Iowa on March 12 to discuss her approach to retranslating Homeric poems. Through her work, Wilson has completed English retranslations of both “The Odyssey” and the “The Iliad,” in 2017 and 2023, respectively.
Cargill leads discussion at inaugural First Round series
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Roughly 40 people attended the first event of the Iowa City Downtown District’s First Round Series Wednesday at Prairie Lights Cafe in collaboration with the University of Iowa Office of Innovation. Attendees heard from Robert Cargill, UI associate professor of biblical studies, who discussed the question “Can archaeology prove the Bible?”