Marc Armstrong, professor in the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences and the chair of the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature, has been appointed associate dean for Graduate and Online Education in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), effective Jan. 15, 2014.

This video details what took place when the Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft swung past Earth on Oct. 9, for a gravity assist, and amateur radio operators around the world sent a Morse Code saying “HI” to the spacecraft.

In a first-of-its-kind activity involving an interplanetary spacecraft, thousands of amateur (ham) radio operators around the world said “Hi” to NASA’s Juno spacecraft Oct. 9 as it swung past Earth on its way to Jupiter.

Former University of Iowa student Jimmy Centers has risen through the ranks of Iowa politics through a combination of passion and education, and will take over as communications director for Gov. Terry Branstad on Friday.

Professor Philip Kutzko of the Department of Mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has been at the forefront of recruiting and graduating doctoral students from underrepresented groups.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free jazz recital Sunday, Dec. 15. at 2 p.m. in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Instead of refusing a meeting, Nelson Mandela ran out the clock on the U.S. Secretary of State by making small talk and serving cookies to a U.S. delegation.

UI researchers have received a one-year federal grant to study air quality near hydraulic fracturing operations, which uses high pressure water to break rock and release natural gas and oil.

Santa will be bringing the sounds of the season to the University of Iowa with the help of Collegium Tubum. The group will hold its annual Holiday Tubas concert on the steps of the Old Capitol Museum from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13. Toys for Tots will be collecting new, unwrapped toys.

University of Iowa adjunct professor Jessica Anthony brings dance to displaced and incarcerated youth at the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo. Her workshop, Hope in Motion, draws upon the narratives of its participants to create expressive movements and empower young girls and women.

UI journalism professor Charles Munro says that part of a journalist’s job is to inform and help viewers, listeners, and readers learn, and that includes making public sensitive materials such as 911 recordings.

Thousands of miles up, there’s lots to be excited about for astrophysicist Donald Gurnett. The instruments he’s built over his 55-year career are offering new clues to the universe as the crafts they ride hurtle through space.