June 9, a vibrant stream of marchers took the streets of downtown Iowa City, bringing a taste of island, Latin American, and global urban tradition to the annual Iowa Arts Festival.

Joann (Jo) Eland, UI College of Nursing associate professor, took a group of 18 students to India this past academic year, where she taught a three-week course titled "Hospice, Pain, and Palliative Care."

The University of Iowa will mark the start of construction on new arts facilities—and thank the state and federal leaders who made the projects possible—during a June 14 event on the UI Pentacrest.

UI International Writing Program Director Christopher Merrill was one of four American authors who recently returned from a 10-day reading tour through Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

If you’ve been on the east side of campus any time in the last month, no doubt you’ve noticed the ongoing utility construction work impacting Burlington, Madison, and Court Streets and changing normal traffic flow near the UI Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.

With fickle weather on the horizon, including a soggy system forecast for the area over the next few weeks, Johnson County officials are encouraging the University of Iowa and municipalities to keep flood protection measures in place for the foreseeable future.

University of Iowa Facilities Management will conduct a series of steam blows at the east side of the Power Plant starting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, June 10 and ending by 4 p.m.

University of Iowa officials say they’re keeping a close eye on current forecasts for potentially heavy rain over the weekend and next week, but for now they say current flood protection measures are working as intended.

Due to the flooding in Iowa City, which has forced the closure of the UI Theatre Building, Iowa Summer Rep’s 2013 season has changed. "Bad Seed" will be staged in Coralville on a reduced run; "Tommy" will shift to September as part of the 2013-14 Mainstage season. The UI Summer Opera, "Iolanthe," scheduled for July 11-14, will go on as planned.

The 2013 selection for the One Community, One Book annual reading program tells the inspiring story of a Malawian man’s determination to bring power and freedom to his village.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will honor seven individuals at its Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony and luncheon Friday, June 7.

On June 9, Loyce Arthur, associate professor of theatre arts in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will realize her dream of bringing Carnaval to Iowa City.