The Tippie College of Business' full-time M.B.A. program has begun a new initiative that provides additional support for women management students, and encourages more women to consider enrolling in M.B.A. programs.

The Provost's Office of Outreach and Engagement has awarded Gerta Bardhoshi and Jeremy Swanston a Community Impact Grant.

The University of Iowa community enjoyed a wonderful Homecoming week. We have the photos to prove it. Relive the black-and-gold-themed festivities, from campus activities to another victory at Kinnick Stadium.

Despite an 8-1 record, a share of the Big Ten championship, and a final coaches' poll ranking of No. 2, the 1960 Hawkeye football team didn’t get invited to a bowl game. (There were only nine such games at the time.) University Archives has video highlights from the stellar season.

Who doesn’t love autumn? The seasonal colors, the crispness in the air…it’s the best. But it’s wise to keep in mind what follows: winter and the potential for inclement weather that comes with it. UI employees can access resources regarding weather conditions and safe travel to and from work.

This past weekend, thousands of University of Iowa alumni returned to campus for Homecoming. For alumni, it was an opportunity to reminisce and reflect on what the UI means to them. For the rest of the university community, it was a reminder of what alumni mean to us.

Kirkwood’s name may get top billing on the sign in front of the community college’s fourth regional center, which formally opened with great fanfare Thursday, but beating in the heart of the 100,000-square-foot building is a strong University of Iowa presence.

This fall, UI students are discovering the charms of an aged knight-errant, his earthy sidekick, and a cast of colorful characters. Ana Rodríguez-Rodríguez and Denise Filios, professors in Spanish and Portuguese, are co-directing the Obermann–International Programs Humanities Symposium, “Parody, Plagiarism, Patrimony: Don Quixote in the Age of Electronic Reproduction.”

UI researchers teamed up with northwest Iowa physicians to determine the levels of radon, a cancer-causing gas, entering area homes. Iowa leads the country in high indoor concentrations of radon.

The UI Museum of Natural History and the UI Libraries' DIY History collaborate to enlist public assistance in transcribing century-old, handwritten cards that describe birds’ eggs in the museum’s collections. Such digitization projects have the potential to spark research discoveries and raise public awareness about what museums and libraries offer.

"American Idiot," the punk musical featuring the music of Green Day that chronicles the journey of three young men as they search for meaning in a hypocritical world, will open the UI Theatre Mainstage season Oct. 16.

The Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival was held for the 25th—and final—time on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015.