The Global Warm Mix Asphalt Workshop will be held Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 30 and 31, at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville, co-sponsored by the University of Iowa and several companies.

The University of Iowa College of Engineering hosted a group of faculty members and administrators Oct. 21 from various universities in India.

This year, the UI College of Education celebrates the 40th anniversary of the college's home, the Linquist Center. Named in honor of E.F. Lindquist, the building is a legacy to the genius of the man who personifies the college's tagline, Leaders. Scholars. Innovators.

In October, 14 UI International Writing Program writers traveled to New Orleans; Craig Cliff, a fiction writer, poet, and columnist from New Zealand, and Roland Rugero, a fiction writer, journalist and filmmaker from Burundi, reflect on the trip.

One Community, One Book, an annual reading program held by the UI Center for Human Rights, will host the film "William and the Windmill" as its capstone event for the 2013 choice, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.

Administrators from a top Russian university have been visiting the University of Iowa this week to learn about best practices at an American major research university.

A delegation of 10 central administrators from an elite Russian university is visiting the University of Iowa with a major goal. The distinguished group has been charged by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science to become a top-100 international research university by 2020.

The University of Iowa will host the 2013 World Food Prize Laureates for a public lecture at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the Old Capitol.

The UI will host the American Conference for Irish Studies Thursday Oct. 10 through Saturday Oct. 12 at the Iowa Memorial Union. The conference draws upon Irish literature and its scholars to explore themes such as psychology and mental health, women, masculinity, and child labor.

A student writer, who is Chinese, seeks advice on feeling "at home" in America from current and emeritus faculty who first came to the U.S. as students.

The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights will host a community-based, humanitarian aid summit for Syria Tuesday Oct. 15, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Jones Commons, Room 300 in Lindquist Center North on the UI campus.

Jim Leach, who spent 30 years representing Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives, was selected as the first speaker for the College of Education's new Distinguished Speakers Series on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 10:30 a.m., in N300 Lindquist Center. The event is free and open to the public.