The University of Iowa School of Social Work will host the Iowa Latino Conference Oct. 12-13 in Iowa City. The conference aims to explore the changing demographics and dynamics of Latino communities in Iowa, and to strengthen the responsiveness of policy makers, business leaders, and community organizations.

The University of Iowa School of Music's 2012-13 Distinguished Clarinet Lecture/Recital Series on Brazilian Music will begin with a free event by faculty clarinetist Maurita Murphy Mead, assisted by guitar student ZeEmilio Gobbo, at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 30, in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol.

Iowa Cello Daze, an annual celebration for performers and fans of the violoncello, will be hosted by the University of Iowa School of Music Sept. 29 and 30.

Astrophysicist Craig Kletzing describes the "chorus" from outer space recorded by NASA probe.

Poets Cole Swensen and Cal Bedient, former faculty members of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will present a free reading at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Prairie Lights Books and on a Virtual Writing University live stream.

Richard Maibaum, a University of Iowa theater alumnus, was the writer who gave James Bond his wit in the celebrated series of hit films. Maibaum's papers are in the UI collection.

Businesses may be in a hiring mood if the numbers at this month’s University of Iowa fall job and internship fair are any indication, as 140 employers will be in attendance to recruit new employees.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will launch its 2012-13 Gallery series with "Fields Below," written by theater and cinema student Levi Smith.

The new Arts Iowa website spotlights the arts, which have soldiered on after the flood of 2008.

The University of Iowa awarded an estimated 850 degrees at the close of the 2012 summer session.

The UI Aging Mind and Brain Initiative is partnering with Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center to evaluate how older drivers interact with various types of advanced driving assistance systems. The findings from the three-year study will guide development and improve design of ADAS, to make them helpful to senior drivers.

University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop alumna Naomi Wallace (along with David Lindsay-Abaire) is a 2012 winner of the Horton Foote Prize.