Robert Cargill, University of Iowa assistant professor of classics and religious studies, challenges recent interpretations of markings on the "Jonah ossuary."

Rick Altman, a University of Iowa professor of cinema and comparative literature, discusses the history of "illustrated songs," which introduced pop songs into silent films during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

University of Iowa College of Education professor Deborah L. Linebarger's collaborative research study reveals that children ages 8 months to 8 years old are exposed to nearly four hours of television playing in the background each day.

The University of Iowa School of Journalism is adding video-game writing to its curriculum.

Organist Gregory Hand will be joined by trumpeter Amy Schendel to present a University of Iowa School of Music faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, in Iowa City’s Zion Lutheran Church.

Leaders of Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa today announced the recipients of the 2012 Oberley Seed Grant Program Awards.

April isn’t just Earth Month and Riverfest—it’s also Financial Literacy Awareness Month. Activities and resources for increasing one's financial literacy are available on campus for students, faculty, and staff.

The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop will present free readings by four of its faculty members in events at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, and Friday, April 27, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House. The Wednesday reading will feature fiction writer Kevin Brockmeier and poet Jonathan Thirkield.

Brazilian pianist Cristina Capparelli Gerling, a guest of the University of Iowa School of Music, will present a free lecture-recital, "In search of creative performance: a study of Chopin's Barcarolle op. 60," at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

Linda Maxson will step down as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the end of this fiscal year. A celebration of Maxson's 15 years as CLAS dean will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Monday, April 23, on the Pentacrest in front of Old Capitol.

The most famous operatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless tale of young love doomed by feuding families will come to the stage of the Englert Theatre when the University of Iowa School of Music presents Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod April 26-29.

University of Iowa historian Elizabeth Heineman says there is a sense of urgency as the deaths of Holocaust survivors bring an end to firsthand accounts.