All University of Iowa Recreational Services facilities—including the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center and the Field House—will be closed from noon Wednesday, Aug. 21 to noon Thursday, Aug. 22.

Lawrence Nowlan Jr., the artist behind the University of Iowa’s two celebrated Nile Kinnick statues, a Dan Gable statue and other work on campus, died at his home in New Hampshire last week at 48.

Former University of Iowa women's athletic director Christine Grant was inducted into the Des Moines Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday as one of the most significant people in the state's athletic history.

University of Iowa Children's Hospital announces this year's Kid Captains, former and current patients whose stories will be highlighted throughout the Iowa Hawkeyes' 2013 football season.

UI Wrestling Coach Tom Brands and several of his teammates were among other big-time wrestlers mentoring young athletes on everything from new moves to a new philosophy of the sport at a recent wrestling camp at Rapid City Stevens High School.

Wayne Drehs, a University of Iowa alumnus and journalist for ESPN.com, still remembers his first attempt at a feature story. The Emmy Award-winning journalist has come a long way since that initial story, and he shares his passion for the field with aspiring journalists.

Like the UI Alumni Association on Facebook or show your Hawkeye pride via Instagram for a chance to win two tickets to the Iowa vs. Wisconsin football game.

No offense, mom and dad, but college football players would rather not be home for the holidays. They'd rather be making trips to bowl games. UI seniors Brett Van Sloten, Christian Kirksey, and James Morris spent some time at the Big Ten Football Media Days and Kickoff Luncheon discussing their hunger to get back to the postseason.

University of Iowa golfer Steven Ihm was able to live out a dream last week in the Quad Cities. He received a sponsors exemption to play in the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic, earning valuable experience for his upcoming Hawkeye senior season and beyond.

Hawkeye men's golfer Steven Ihm made his PGA debut on Thursday, carding an even par 71 at the John Deere Classic in the Quad Cities.

Following three days of training camp, the USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team Committee announced earlier this week that University of Iowa junior Aaron White is one of 16 finalists for the 2013 USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team.

UI President Sally Mason, who is also the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors head, says she is excited by the possibilities of a collaboration between Big Ten and Ivy League institutions to continue close examination of the effects of head injuries in athletics.