The award-winning Studies in Theatre History and Culture series of the University of Iowa Press will publish Rebecca Rovit's study of a Jewish theatre company in Nazi Germany.

Christopher Merrill, director of the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP), discusses his latest book as well as IWP. Merrill's book, The Tree of Doves: Ceremony, Expedition, War, explores the nature of terror.

Ninety University of Iowa students participated in The Iowa Edge program Aug. 13-15, designed for students from underrepresented backgrounds to gain "the edge" as they start their educations as Hawkeyes.

The University of Iowa Council on Disability Awareness (CDA) recently announced its new officers for 2012-13—Carly Armour, Teresa Kout, Kathy Ford, and Deanna Carter.

The late Philip G. Hubbard, University of Iowa emeritus vice president and emeritus professor of mechanical engineering, will be honored posthumously Friday, Aug. 3 with an induction into the Iowa African-American Hall of Fame at The Meadows Event Center, Altoona, Iowa.

Pigeons with iPads, olfactory functions and Alzheimer’s disease, smoking behaviors of stroke patients, and Ralph Ellison and The New York Times are all areas of research being pursued by students involved in the Summer Research Opportunities Program and the McNair Scholars program (SROP/McNair Scholars) through the University of Iowa Graduate College.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School teachers Melissa Kraft and Mary Swanson are the recipients of the University of Iowa College of Education's 2012 Phyllis A. Yager Diversity Award. The two are recognized for helping young women develop confidence, handle peer pressure, and overcome bullying, prejudice, and gossip.

The 2012 recipients of the University of Iowa College of Education's Audrey Qualls Commitment to Diversity Award—Jan Warren and Mitchell Kelly—both say that the award is extra special to them because of the woman it’s named after.

Poetry will take the lead in free readings at 7 p.m. July 10-12, and live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

International Writing Program alumnus Roberto Ampuero, who is both a UI faculty member and Chile's ambassador to Mexico, recalls his childhood living near the Nobel-winning poet Pablo Neruda.

Two multicultural Greek-letter organizations were founded at Iowa: Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity and Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority.

Journalism alumna Elyssa Shapiro works with educators, community organizations, and professional artists across the state to provide creative arts workshops for children with disabilities.