University of Iowa graduate student Emily Inman was diagnosed with a condition called aplastic anemia was she was 10 years old. She now plans to use her own experience with pediatric cancer to help other young survivors.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the UI Chamber Orchestra, conducted by William LaRue Jones, director of orchestral studies in the UI School of Music, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

An all-day workshop titled "Global leadership starts here: A U.S.-China student workshop on the undergraduate experience at Iowa" will be held Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Adler Journalism Building on the University of Iowa campus.

The University of Iowa Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature and the UI School of Art and Art History will present “Exploring the Cinematic Essay: Wandering in Practice and Presentation,” an event featuring UI alumnus Jonathan Rattner, at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in Room E105 of Adler Journalism Building on the UI campus.

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All works choreographed by faculty members and graduate students in the University of Iowa Department of Dance will come to life on stage at the Faculty/Graduate Concert at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 13-15, in Space Place Theater, 101 North Hall, on the UI campus.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the UI Symphony Orchestra, conducted by William LaRue Jones, director of orchestral studies, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union on the UI campus.

Ingo Titze, an authority on voice and speech, and fellow UI researchers found that except under unrealistic controlled circumstances, voice votes are useless: "The vote is very, very biased toward loud voices...soft voices are like no voices in a vote."

UI students last night premiered Makeover the newest partnership between writer and lyricist Darrah Cloud and composer Kim Sherman, who are artists-in-residence in the UI Department of Theatre Arts. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

A group of educational leaders from various Japanese universities is visiting the University of Iowa to discuss Iowa’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) initiative and garner strategies and tactics to develop a STEM program in Japan.

Visiting artist Dennis Farber will give a public lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in Room 116 of Art Building West.

In 1919, all undergraduates at the University of Iowa were required to take a drawing class. Were it not for that requirement, it’s possible that some of Europe’s greatest artistic treasures would have been destroyed by the Nazis during World War II.