Queer, transgender, and disability rights activist Eli Clare will visit Iowa City Thursday, April 5 thanks to the University of Iowa’s student and community-based group, TransCollaborations, and the UI Council on Disability Awareness.

Fiction writer Kevin Moffett, an alumnus of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award, discusses his newest book Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events. Moffett is described as "one of today's funniest fiction writers."

UI dance alumna Susan Rieger says almost anyone can benefit from dance therapy. Rieger uses dance therapy in her new company, Moving Toward Wholeness, to help everyone from a 13-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome to a woman in her mid 50s wanting to build her core strength.

The decommissioning of the Tevatron represented the end of an era, but it also is ushering in the next generation of physics by providing valuable equipment to other experiments. At the University of Iowa Yasar Onel is using cast-off equipment to design a calorimeter that can detect secondary emissions from particle collisions in high-radiation environments.

The cost of replacing the University of Iowa’s fine arts campus, which was devastated by the 2008 flood, is pegged at $404.9 million.

UI psychologist Michelle Voss says lifestyle factors can help offset the loss of brain plasticity, making learning more possible for the elderly.

UI political scientist Wenfang Tang assesses the rise and fall of Chinese politician Bo Xilai.

Rebecca Chun and Melinda Myers, Master of Fine Arts candidates in the University of Iowa Department of Dance, will present their thesis works in a shared concert at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 29-31, in the Space Place Theatre of North Hall.

Judy Blume's works are coming out as e-books. UI journalism faculty member Gigi Durham described Blume as "a flywheel in the 'Our Bodies, Our-selves' mode of feminism."

As an American colony for the first half of the 20th century, the Philippines has followed U.S. educational models, including creative writing programs inspired by the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

For all the acclaim, standing ovations, medals, presidential command performances, and success that Simon Estes has had, he still thinks of himself at times as one of five children in a coal-mining family from Centerville, Iowa. He donates half of his fees for his Roots and Wings performances to the Simon Estes Iowa Education Foundation, which provides scholarships for state residents.

UI journalism graduate student Guannan Huang wins a Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for a story about Chinese students at the UI.