The second annual Get Ready Iowa workshop will take place this Wednesday, July 24, in the Lindquist Center Jones Commons on the University of Iowa campus.

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The Surf Ballroom and the field where Buddy Holly's plane crashed are Iowa's most significant links to rock and roll history.

UI faculty members Claire Fox and Omar Valerio-Jiménez led the 2013 Obermann Summer Seminar, gathering 14 distinguished scholars in Latino/a Studies to the University of Iowa, who helped create the anthology and web platform, The Latino Midwest Reader.

Author Elin Hilderbrand, who is promoting her new book Beautiful Day, attended graduate school at the University of Iowa, which she says has the best program in the country for creative writing.

Linda Kerber, UI professor emeritus of history, comments on the all-female jury in the Zimmerman verdict, saying that opinions of women jurors tending to be emotional in their decision making are folklore and was rationale used for decades to prevent women from being jurors.

University of Iowa student leaders met recently with Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds to discuss college affordability and job opportunities for Iowa students.

College affordability and workforce development for graduates who want to stay in Iowa are the top issues University of Iowa student leaders want to focus on this year.

Members of the both the Linn Street and New Horizons bands come together for a special performance Wednesday, July 24, under the direction of Jerry Zinn, retired ICCSD band director and Erin Wehr, UI visiting assistant professor of music education.

It’s hard to imagine spending the better part of a day shuffling through long lines on campus to sign up for classes, but that’s what every student at Iowa had to do until 1978, when a computerized registration system expedited the process.

Benjamin Hunnicutt, professor of leisure studies, talks about why, as we become more efficient producers, we work more hours rather than fewer. This is an audio file.

The University of Iowa topped $400 million in external research funding for the fifth consecutive year, through gains in corporate, industry, and philanthropic funding that helped offset cutbacks in federal research funding amid tight budgets and the government-mandated sequestration. Total share of external funding for fiscal 2013 was $424 million.