Oct. 1-5 will be a busy literary week at Prairie Lights and on live streams from the University of Iowa’s Virtual Writing University website.

A University of Iowa study that shows people with damage in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, a part of the frontal lobe that often degrades in the elderly, was cited in an article on why elderly were more vulnerable to misleading advertising.

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa and Mayo Clinic have received a five-year, $11.5 million grant renewal from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to continue the Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) for lymphoma research.

UI historian Colin Gordon, senior research consultant at the Iowa Policy Project, documents that Bill Clinton was right in asserting that, historically, Democrats have created more jobs than the GOP.

American Studies alumnus and "Rock and Roll in America" teacher Steven Horowitz laments the re-release of albums Richie Havens disowned.

Leo Eko of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication writes about freedom of speech in the wake of protests and murders provoked by an amateurish anti-Muslim video.

University of Iowa alumna Kirsten Beyer integrates geography, public health, and community engagement to address health concerns.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music (CNM) will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 30, in the Riverside Recital Hall, featuring the CNM Ensemble with guest composer Stephen David Beck and guest conductor Bert Van Herck.

A new University of Iowa research project will study how new technologies affect elderly drivers.

University of Iowa political scientist Timothy Hagle is interviewed about election prospects in the new southeast Iowa district.

University of Iowa film alumnus Robert Lorenz makes his directoral debut with the new Clint Eastwood feature.

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.