Donald Bossi, president of the nationally acclaimed FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), is scheduled to attend the FTC-Iowa Championship Feb. 21 and 22 at the Marriott Coralville Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville.

As international students flock to the University of Iowa and alumni leave Iowa City for all corners of the globe, the role of international engagement takes on greater prominence. Suyun Ma, UI International Programs' first external global relations coordinator, uses social media platforms to engage this growing, varied audience.

The Iowa Board of Regent's president emphasized the board's commitment to making the state’s universities stronger and described a new project to enhance affordability, accessibility, and educational quality.

It was a matter of time, University of Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder said of her quest for milestone victory No. 270 leading the Hawkeyes.

A company founded by UI graduates that uses smartphone technology to help students prepare for dental and nursing board exams has raised $1 million from investors.

Marcelo Mena-Carrasco, a University of Iowa College of Engineering alumnus, has been named to a cabinet post in the administration of Chile’s president-elect Michelle Bachelet.

Christopher Morphew, professor and department executive officer for education policy and leadership studies, has been appointed the executive associate dean for research and innovation of the University of Iowa College of Education.

University of Iowa graduate student Emily Inman was diagnosed with a condition called aplastic anemia was she was 10 years old. She now plans to use her own experience with pediatric cancer to help other young survivors.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the UI Chamber Orchestra, conducted by William LaRue Jones, director of orchestral studies in the UI School of Music, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Stories of William Shakespeare, Beatrix Potter, Ray Bradbury, and other epic writers abound in the University of Iowa's most fascinating book club.

An all-day workshop titled "Global leadership starts here: A U.S.-China student workshop on the undergraduate experience at Iowa" will be held Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Adler Journalism Building on the University of Iowa campus.

As winter wears on, our bodies are able to offset some of the chill: "There are certain physiological responses to combat cold, and those responses become perfected, and we call that cold weather acclimatization," says G. Edgar Folk Jr., a UI professor emeritus of physiology.