Students in the University of Iowa College of Education's REACH program will exhibit their ceramic creations Monday through Friday, Nov. 5-11, at the Atrium Gallery in the Studio Arts Building, the former Menards building on Highway 1 in west Iowa City.

The first of a free series of open and informal lunchtime talks about the digital public humanities will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in Room 3052 in the University of Iowa Main Library.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free recital of the works of Franz Liszt by pianist Daniel Rieppel at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9, in the University Capitol Centre recital hall.

Concert organist Delbert Disselhorst, professor emeritus in the University of Iowa School of Music from 1970 to 2008, will perform an all-Bach recital at 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 123 E. Market Street, Iowa City.

On the same day many American adults are voting in the presidential election, more than 300 students will participate in their own discussion of civic rights at the 16th Annual International Day conference hosted by the University of Iowa College of Education.

Mark Dyken, the director of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Sleep Disorders Clinic, says that power naps allow people to encode data better. At the UI, researchers such as Professor Karla McGregor are looking at the power of naps and memory formation.

George Horace Gallup came up with the idea of doing a more sophisticated poll while lecturing in journalism at the University of Iowa and studying for his Ph.D. The genesis of Gallup was noted in a story on the organization announcing it will refine its methodology, emphasizing the preference of voters most likely to vote.

The University of Iowa will announce the results of its latest Hawkeye Poll of likely presidential election voters in key battleground states, including Iowa, during a news conference at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the Iowa Trombone Choir at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

The University of Iowa Percussion Program will perform 'Edgard Vaerse in the Gobi Desert', composed by Paul Elwood, at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at Riverside Recital Hall as part of the UI School of Music's "Percussion from Outer Space" program. Students recently performed the piece, which features a range of unusual 'instruments' including firecrackers, wine glasses and 'reverse tap dancing' using...

The top bands of the University of Iowa School of Music will take center stage with the annual Band Extravaganza at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Band Extravaganza is a popular showcase for the Johnson County Landmark jazz band, the Symphony Band, and the Hawkeye Marching Band.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free organ recital by guest artist Kevin Bowyer at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 31, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.