Ann Campbell, UI associate professor of management sciences, looks at the challenges of relief transportation to isolated, devastated places like the Philippines.

Members of the media are invited to attend the 17th Annual University of Iowa International Day for Human Rights Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville. Hundreds of middle school students will participate in the conference with the theme "The Human Right to an Adequate Standard of Living."

Encouraging driving alternatives and fewer metered spaces on campus have led to a significant drop in the number of parking tickets issued on campus this year.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the Bad Boyz of Double Bass, featuring Volkan Orhon, UI associate professor of double bass, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

In remembrance of students, alumni, faculty, staff, and others associated with the university who lost their lives in combat, the Memorial Honor Roll was dedicated at the Iowa Memorial Union in 1956. Today, the honor roll occupies not only a prominent place in the Hubbard Commons; it also has a new home online.

Are you one to burn the midnight oil? If so, you're invited to join the University of Iowa Rhetoric Writing Center staff for Midnight Madness walk-in tutoring on Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 8 p.m. to midnight in 110 English-Philosophy Building. Experienced tutors and teachers will be on hand to assist with personal statements, scholarship essays, proposals, creative writing, and more.

Lan Samantha Chang, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, writes of the challenges of hand knitting gifts for family and other loved ones.

Ann Campbell, University of Iowa professor of management sciences, researches how to use transportation logistics to more efficiently deliver relief to disaster zones.

President Sally Mason was among a group of university presidents who discussed higher education policy with White House officials in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason was among a group of university presidents who discussed higher education policy with White House officials in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.

Archaeologist and professor of religion Robert Cargill was a consulting producer on Bible Secrets Unveiled, a six-part miniseries on the History Channel.

Applications for the John and Elsie Mae Ferentz Undergraduate Fellowships for Research, created by Kirk and Mary Ferentz in honor of Kirk's parents, are due Dec. 2. The Ferentz Fellowships will support College of Liberal Arts and Sciences undergraduate students engaged in faculty-mentored research projects in Spring 2014.