The top bands of the University of Iowa School of Music will take center stage with the annual Band Extravaganza at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Band Extravaganza is a popular showcase for the Johnson County Landmark jazz band, the Symphony Band, and the Hawkeye Marching Band.

Bruce Gantz, head of the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, directs a multidisciplinary center at the University of Iowa that is driving improvements in cochlear implant technology, developing new implants for deaf children and adults, and preparing the field for advances in regenerative medicine.

A collection of 13 studies by the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa is being used by the Commonwealth Fund for its analysis of the local impacts of the federal Affordable Care Act.

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A second $10 million gift commitment from former Maquoketa, Iowa, residents Jerre and Mary Joy Stead to improve children's medicine at the University of Iowa will create four new faculty chairs and establish funds to support innovation and leadership development.

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Kristy Nabhan-Warren, associate professor of religious studies in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will read from her new book, "The Cursillo Movement in America: Catholics, Protestants, and Fourth-Day Spirituality," at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City.

Grace Lidgett, 8, was just 14 months old when she was referred to UI Children’s Hospital. She started showing allergy symptoms and had difficulty growing. The family learned she has cystic fibrosis—a genetic disorder that causes her body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs her organs.

One of the leading figures in jazz, Wycliffe Gordon will lead a hot band in two Club Hancher performances on Nov. 8—the earlier of which is already sold out.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and University of Iowa President Sally Mason announced today (Thursday, Oct. 24) that the UI and the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities will jointly develop an online Iowa history course and history resource website that will be made available statewide.

The effort at the mammoth dig site in rural Mahaska County went high-tech Saturday, as University of Iowa researchers worked to GPS map the site.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free recital by UI professor of piano Réne Lecuona and guest artist (and former School of Music lecturer) Hannah Holman at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.