People
Many prominent athletes, actors, entrepreneurs, scientists, and technological innovators have attended the University of Iowa. From its Iowa Writers' Workshop, the University boasts a number of Pulitzer Prize winners (most recently Writer's Workshop faculty member Marilynne Robinson for her novel Gilead in 2005), as well as numerous National Book Awards and other major literary honors.
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