"The Antinomies of Realism," written by Fredric Jameson and published by Verso, is the winner of the 2014 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin. The $30,000 award—the largest annual cash prize in English-language literary criticism—is administered for the Truman Capote Estate by the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Dr. Hans House says a drop in the number of visits to the emergency room at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is likely seasonal and not related to Affordable Care Act-related changes.

Indianapolis 500 Media Day took place on Thursday, May 22, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Buddy Lazier, the 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion, answered numerous questions about the logo that appeared across the chest of his team racing shirt—the Wynn Institute for Vision Research logo, along with the famous Tigerhawk.

Libby Glaser, who graduated from the UI this month with a Bachelor of Arts in communications studies and entrepreneurial management, has joined the Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation staff in Spencer as the new communications and events coordinator.

Construction on the new Hancher is about 20 percent complete.

Almost six years since the Flood of 2008 inundated the original Hancher Auditorium, the University of Iowa’s new performing arts center is taking shape.

Dan McGehee, who studies driver safety at the University of Iowa, says Internet-connected cars could be a good thing, as long as automakers can figure out a way to keep people from fiddling with it while they drive.

The University of Iowa's Mobile Museum returns to Decorah May 29 and 30.

Teams of student-owned businesses will participate in the University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center's program to rapidly build a new business.

The fourth annual MusicIC, Iowa City’s free summer chamber music festival, promises to be the most dramatic and ambitious yet, featuring the music of Beethoven’s “Kreutzer Sonata,” a play based on Tolstoy’s novella of the same name, which was inspired by Beethoven’s work.

The UI Foundation and UI Alumni Association staff achieved 100 percent participation this year during their third annual campaign to encourage employee giving in support of the University of Iowa as part of "We Are Levitt. We Are Phil."

The University of Iowa College of Education’s masters in educational leadership was ranked number 13 in the “U.S. News and World Report” 2014 Best Online Programs for Veterans.