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. 6, 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.

Iowa Percussion, a program in the University of Iowa School of Music, will present “Percussion from Outer Space,” a free performance set for 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 28, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Ophthalmology lab to study whether cellular stress in eye cells has link to glaucoma.

Dance Gala 2012, the University of Iowa Department of Dance’s major annual event, kicks off tonight in Space Place Theater. Iowa Now provides this peek at dress rehearsal.

The University of Iowa’s student and community-based group TransCollaborations announces the schedule for the fourth annual TransWeek! Nov. 2 through 5 with the theme, "Organizing Against Transnormativity," a week that celebrates trans-identified people and gender variance.

The federal government will pay to replace three University of Iowa flood-damaged buildings at new locations, settling a months-long federal dispute over how much money the university will get for those projects.

For many Americans, the Qur'an is difficult to read, its organization obscure, its messages cryptic or even threatening. Professor Carl W. Ernst will discuss strategies for making sense of the Qur'an's complex text during a series of events Nov. 1-2.

John Westefeld, a counseling psychology professor in the University of Iowa College of Education, says that if someone is ever worried about a family member or friend considering suicide, they should ask him or her about it.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music (CNM) will present a free concert featuring guest artist Michael Norsworthy on clarinet and CNM director David Gompper on piano at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 28, in the Senate Chamber of Old Capitol on the UI campus.

The latest UI Wellness challenge for faculty and staff eases participants into adopting healthy eating habits.

UI Department of Dance faculty member Rebekah Kowal was honored for her book, "How to Do Things With Dance: Performing Change in Postwar America," in which she takes a fresh view of modern dance in the 1950s, portraying dance as an agent of social change in the Cold War era. Kowal discusses her research with Iowa Now.

Loreen Herwaldt, M.D., University of Iowa professor of epidemiology and hospital epidemiologist at UI Hospitals and Clinics, discusses when to stay home if you're sick and how to stay well at work on the Wall Street Journal's "Lunch Break" (video interview and story.)