The film of Cutting for Stone by University of Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Abraham Verghese will be directed by Oscar winner Susanne Beir.

University of Iowa psychology alumna Ashley Mori, a mental-health therapist, is profiled.

Director John Cameron, faculty member in the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts, discusses the challenges of making the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta 'H.M.S. Pinafore', first performed in 1878, relevant and engaging for an audience in 2012 ahead of its performance in Des Moines this weekend.

The University of Iowa Kantorei has released the first recording of a 30-year-old mass written in the Cornish language, a performance conducted by music faculty member Timothy Stalter.

University of Iowa political scientist Timothy Hagle assesses the effects of redistricting on Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. (Subscription required.)

Three University of Iowa students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to conduct research internationally in 2012-13. This year's UI recipients are Lynne Ann Larsen, Andrea Rosenberg, and Sean Tolentino.

Ben Hill of University Communication and Marketing describes his new documentary about the writing history of the UI and Iowa City.

A new documentary premiering at the Iowa City Book Festival reveals how a modest Midwestern college town became a locus of the literary world.

English faculty member Loren Glass talks about the personalities—and, sometimes, the personality conflicts—that built the University of Iowa community's international standing as a "City of Literature."

University of Iowa English alumnus Ned Stuckey-French and Carl Klaus, founder of the UI Nonfiction Writing Program, will read from 'Essayists on the Essay: Montaigne to Our Time,' the book they co-edited for the UI Press, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, in Prairie Lights Books.

Iowa native Charles Holdefer, an alumnus of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will read from his new novel, 'Back in the Game,' at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, in Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St. in downtown Iowa City.

Ben Hill, director of a new film about the history of writing at the UI and in Iowa City, is interviewed about the project.