The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present "It Gets Better," an anti-bullying production based on the video project of the same name, on Friday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge on the UI campus.

Hancher is presenting "It Gets Better," an anti-bullying performance based on the video project of the same name and featuring members of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles. Local vocalists will have the opportunity to be part of the performance.

Vocalist Lila Downs blends Mexican roots music with a host of other styles to create a sound all her own. Hancher will present her at the Englert Theatre on Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Faculty oboist Andrew Parker will be the featured soloist in a free concert by the University of Iowa Chamber Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

Do you have an idea that advances cross-cultural understanding, strengthens positive inter-group relations, and promotes a welcoming learning environment? If so, then you're encouraged to apply for the 2012-13 University of Iowa Diversity Catalyst Seed Grants by Oct. 15 to help plant these ideas and help them grow.

The free events presented by the University of Iowa International Writing Program Oct. 2-7 will open with a Cinematheque screening of the Afghan film Osama at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 2, in E105 of the Adler Journalism Building.

Gay Men's Chorus of LA and the It Gets Better Project are to debut the musical It Gets Better on Oct. 19 at the University of Iowa's Hancher.

The 2012 series of free Sunday Prairie Lights readings, featuring writers from the International Writing Program and the University of Iowa’s graduate writing program, will continue at 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 30.

The Latino Midwest, the 2012-13 University of Iowa Obermann-International Programs Humanities symposium, will examine the history, education, literature, art, and civil rights struggles of Latinos in the Midwest in light of the demographic changes experienced by states in this region with growing Latino populations.

Hancher will present Stew & The Negro Problem Sept. 27 and Ti-Coca & Wanga Nègès Oct. 5, both at The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. in downtown Iowa City with performances at 7:30 and 10 p.m. for both events.

Artist, writer, and speaker Makoto Fujimura will talk about the importance of cultivating a “cultural soil” on Sept. 18 during the fall Geneva Lecture.

Argentine writer Frederico Falco, who is in residence at the University of Iowa this fall through the International Writing Program (IWP), will read from "The Future Is Not Ours: New Latin American Fiction" in a free event at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, in Prairie Lights Books.

To help the 1,100 new first-generation college students on the University of Iowa campus, the UI seeks to identify first-generation faculty and staff to serve as role models and mentors to ensure these students succeed.

The University of Iowa College of Education’s Teacher Leader Center is taking on bullying in a year-long series of workshops and other learning opportunities for future teachers as well as community members.

Free events on Sept. 7 and 9 presented by the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP) will span the globe of literature.

Bullying is broadcast like a spectator sport these days and our kids, the ones we’re trying so hard to protect, are getting more beat up than ever. It's time to stop the bully.

The University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP), in collaboration with other units in the Writing University, will begin its series of free Prairie Lights readings with IWP residents Taleb Al Refai from Kuwait and T.J. Dema from Botswana, joined by Nonfiction Writing Program student Ariel Lewiton at 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 2.

The award-winning Studies in Theatre History and Culture series of the University of Iowa Press will publish Rebecca Rovit's study of a Jewish theatre company in Nazi Germany.

Christopher Merrill, director of the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP), discusses his latest book as well as IWP. Merrill's book, The Tree of Doves: Ceremony, Expedition, War, explores the nature of terror.

Ninety University of Iowa students participated in The Iowa Edge program Aug. 13-15, designed for students from underrepresented backgrounds to gain "the edge" as they start their educations as Hawkeyes.