The Pentacrest will be a busy place on Thursday, Sept. 12 as two campus events will take place near the Old Capitol.

The UI Army ROTC Cadets will continue a tradition of running the Cy-Hawk football series game ball from Iowa City to Ames Friday, Sept. 13 as part of the Army ROTC 28th Annual Game Ball Run, collecting nonperishable items for the Iowa Troop Pantry in advance and along the way.

Sydney Johnson, a Des Moines native, was determined to study abroad while at the UI. She chose a small Italian town off the beaten path to hone her language skills.

Liz Lerman, founding artistic director of the Dance Exchange and recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant,” will be in Iowa City as part of the Ida Cordelia Beam Visiting Professorships Program in September.

University of Iowa psychiatry professor Nancy Andreasen has published a study using brain scans to document the effects of schizophrenia on brain tissue. The findings may help doctors better understand the origin of the illness and the best ways to treat it.

Several pieces of art from the University of Iowa’s collection—including a painting from Grant Wood—will be on display at various facilities around the state after a donation to the university’s art museum.

Two-time Emmy-Award winner and University of Iowa alumnus Marcos McPeek Villatoro will visit the UI campus and local community Sept. 15-18 thanks to a collaboration between the UI Chief Diversity Office and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Adam Kruger never considered any place but the University of Iowa for dental school, and his post-graduation plans came naturally, too. He returned to northeast Iowa to practice with his dad and help his hometown of Oelwein chart new directions.

University of Iowa Recreational Services offers beginner and intermediate adult tennis clinics in September and October.

You may have heard terms like public engagement, civic engagement, public scholarship, community-based research or participated in discussions on the importance of outreach. And maybe you wondered what these words mean in the context of your work/life at the university and as an Iowa resident.

The American Chemical Society will hold a press conference to discuss the National Science Foundation’s support of a major climate change initiative at the Center of Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment, based at the University of California at San Diego. The press conference will be held from 3:30 to 4 p.m. (ET) Monday, Sept. 9, during the society’s annual meeting in Indianapolis.

University of Iowa Recreational Services is offering Bootcamp, a fitness class that combines functional sports training exercises, metabolic conditioning, and partner and group training exercises.