An Edgar Allan Poe short story was brought to life through a University of Iowa student film production. The movie was shot on campus; the film premieres Thursday, May 10. Iowa Now captured some images on the set of Berenice.

Using a new method called crowdsourcing, UI Libraries is enlisting the public's help to make historic documents searchable online. By transcribing scanned images of letters and diaries, volunteers save the libraries time and resources—and get a rare glimpse into the past.

Students living in the University of Iowa residence halls can help reduce the amount of waste going to the landfill at move-out by participating in the UI Year-end Donation Drive Wednesday-Thursday, May 9-10.

The UIMA@IMU, a visual classroom of the University of Iowa Museum of Art, will be closed for two Sundays, May 13 and 20, when the building where it is located, the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU), is also closed.

Nominations for the University of Iowa awards—which recognize academic, social, and other achievements—are due June 29.

University of Iowa students are always needed as volunteers for the University of Iowa Center for Diversity and Enrichment’s (CDE) Pen Pal Program.

Though a decade separates UI sophomore elementary education major Rachel Revelez and West Liberty Elementary School fourth grader Brian Collins, the two have discovered they have much in common through the UI Center for Diversity and Enrichment Pen Pal Program.

The University of Iowa's Energy Control Center project has been selected to receive an APPA Effective & Innovative Practices Award for 2012, which includes $4,000 in cash.

Two University of Iowa undergraduate researchers in the UI Honors Program and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS)—Allyson Mayer and Nicholas Rolston—have been named 2012 Goldwater Scholars.

Conner Spinks, a University of Iowa junior from Des Moines, is one of only 54 Truman Scholars.

Beginning Saturday, May 5, and continuing through Thursday, May 10, Hawkins Drive will be closed just north of Evashevski Drive to the entrance to the Center for Disabilities and Development during the evening/overnight hours (7 p.m. to 5 a.m.).

University of Iowa students Suzanne Carter and Colorado Reed are inspired by different areas of math and physics. Both will further their studies at Cambridge University as Churchill Scholars.