Learn how English as a Second Language (ESL) courses offered through the University of Iowa's ESL Programs help non-native-English-speaking students improve their English and become familiar with the culture of American classrooms.

Bicycling injuries represent a significant public health problem in the United States, which is why researchers at the University of Iowa are using a bicycling simulator to study the decision-making processes of children when crossing streets.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music will present a Composers Workshop, with a free concert slated for 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 28, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

University of Iowa students in a School of Social Work class have begun to take a closer look at what they would want at the end of their lives thanks to a program called Honoring Your Wishes. The program is under the leadership of the Iowa City Hospice.

University of Iowa political science professor Timothy Hagle says that Obama was on the attack from the start during the third debate while Mitt Romney seemed more subdued. He agrees that Obama will be seen as the winner, but it wasn't a knockout.

Numerous musicians will join the Iowa Brass Quintet for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall. The performance is free and the public is welcome.

Two University of Iowa professors mark Open Access Week with thoughts on the importance of immediate, online sharing of research, and publications.

A NASA spacecraft captured the clearest recording yet of what space sounds like inside Earth's radiation belts. Craig Kletzing, a University of Iowa physics and astronomy professor, explains what causes these eerie chirping noises, and what we can learn from them.

University of Iowa computer science associate professor Doug Jones, author of the new book Broken Ballots, lifts the curtain on the dirty secrets of the polling booth.

L. Michael White, Ronald Nelson Smith Professor of Classics and Religious Studies and Director of the Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins at University of Texas at Austin, will visit the University of Iowa campus Oct. 22-24 as an Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a guest euphonium recital by Neal Corwell at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, in the University Capitol Centre recital hall. The performance, which is free and open to the public, will include some of Corwell’s original compositions.

The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, conducted by William LaRue Jones, will perform works by Richard Strauss, Benjamin Britten, Patrick Harlin, and Felix Mendelssohn in a free concert featuring faculty pianist Uriel Tsachor at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union.