UI graduate Brittany McConnell discovered she wanted to pursue a career in environmental science after taking a course at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory last summer. Scholarships are now available for the first 50 students who apply for the 2013 summer session.

Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and faculty member in the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, along with writers from India, Russia, and China.

Preparing for the deluge of students as they returned to campus from winter break, University of Iowa Student Health created a page devoted to care and prevention for the flu virus.

Registration is now open for spring courses through the University of Iowa Lifetime Enrichment Adult Program.

The Hawkeye softball season doesn’t start until next month when they play Lipscomb University in the Hilton Houston Plaza Classic, but coach Marla Looper’s frozen offseason is just as busy preparing for the games to come.

George Weiner, M.D., director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI). His term began January 1, and he will become AACI president in the fall of 2014.

Who are our diversity champions out making a difference? The University of Iowa Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity in the Chief Diversity Office wants to know. The office is seeking nominations for the 2013 Diversity Catalyst Awards. Nominations are due by Feb. 8.

The halls of the UI's Boyd Law Building are filled with portraits of long-term faculty members, a law school tradition going back decades.

A unique study abroad program in Peru allowed University of Iowa sophomore Macz Norton to blend study, service, and immersion for an unforgettable experience last summer.

Entrepreneurial-minded students Joe Dallago and AJ Nelson launched ClusterFlunk, a website students can use to share class notes, schedules, and more. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

The MFA program in Spanish Creative Writing in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences draws upon traditional Hispanic views of art and the role of the writer in the community to prepare students for careers as writers and teachers, in addition to helping local populations tell their stories.

In the 21st century, the notion of graceful living has lost its meaning. We would do well to look to the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., for a lesson in living with grace.