The University of Iowa recently hosted a seminar on Islam and Science. The seminar is the first of six and is part of an international effort to address the growing concern about Islam and creationism, among other issues.

University of Iowa emeritus political scientist Joel Barkan, senior associate with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Africa Program, warns of a Ugandan "oil curse."

Economic and cultural changes, state and federal laws, and international treaties have combined to create an increasingly complex system of law that’s focused on families and the legal implications of cross-border family relationships. UI law professor Ann Estin is helping to make sense of that complexity.

Writing fellow and 2011 International Writing Program resident Kevin Bloom writes about the Facebook IPO lawsuit.

Faculty member and IWP veteran Roberto Ampuero's new novel—his first in English—is listed among 13 "Great Books on the Horizon."

Kevin Bloom, a University of Iowa writing fellow and 2011 International Writing Program resident, writes about the line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism.

Margaret Atwood's review of the Clark Blaise short-story collection The Meagre Tarmac involves retracing his personal history, including his time at the University of Iowa as a student in the Writers' Workshop and as director of the International Writing Program.

New Zealand poet Jeffrey Paparoa Holman has been awarded Creative New Zealand’s International Writing Program residency for 2012. He will arrive at the UI in late August.

'The Latehomecomer: a Hmong Family Memoir' by Kao Kalia Yang is this year’s book choice for the One Community, One Book annual reading program, sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) in International Programs.

Some 100 leading environmental researchers will focus on shallow water flows, which are essential to understanding floods, coastal construction factors, and more.

The legacy of the late historian and human rights champion Ken Cmiel continues to live on through the work done by University of Iowa students. The UI Center for Human Rights has awarded seven students a total of $7,500 to support their internships for human rights organizations in the United States or internationally in the summer of 2012.

The trip across the stage to collect her diploma will be the shortest leg on the journey so far for Stephanie Lukas.