Robin Hemley, director of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, will introduce his new book, "A Field Guide for Immersion Writing: Memoir, Journalism, and Travel," in a free event at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in Prairie Lights Books and on a live stream at www.writinguniversity.org.

A UI student designed this year's Earth Day fundraiser T-shirt while deployed in Afghanistan with the Air National Guard.

Two graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received the Marcus Bach Fellowships.

Faculty members Judith Pascoe and Steven Ungar are among this year's list of Guggenheim Fellows.

More than 60 faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be honored at a public celebration and reception April 16.

UI classics faculty member Robert Cargill debunks Discovery Channel documentary about the purported discovery of an artifact depicting Jesus's resurrection.

John D'Agata's book about fact-checking in literary nonfiction has become one of the most discussed books of the year.

In visiting painter Laurie Hogin's work, images of mutant plants and animals in overgrown landscapes examine themes like desire, pleasure, intoxication, and love.

Dane Pratt is contributing to valuable pain research in the UI Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, and for his work he has been named the 2011 University of Iowa Student Employee of the Year.

When your father is a lawyer, and your grandfather is a lawyer, and your great-grandfather is a lawyer, it seems natural that you’re going to be drawn to courtrooms. Several of Iowa's chambers of justice became the subject of Christopher Beckman's photography thesis project.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music (CNM) will present C.P. Cavafy and Music, an evening of art songs and reflections celebrating the works of the esteemed Greek poet, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.

Madhavapeddi Murthy, Dancers and Orchestra will conclude a week-long residency in the University of Iowa Division of Performing Arts with a performance at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20, in the Space Place Theater of North Hall.