In a special event sponsored by the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, Eliot Weinberger will read from and talk about his work at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

Two of the University of Iowa’s most generous donors, John and Mary Pappajohn of Des Moines, received the Eli and Edyth Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts during the 2013 National Arts Awards ceremony in New York City.

Chan ignored the skeptics and completed a degree at the University of Iowa. Now he's giving back to help other students realize their dreams.

A study by Tippie College of Business doctoral student Lin Tong finds that high frequency stock trading increases the trading costs of institutional investors.

Iowans who struggle with hunger will get some help from an effort backed by Iowa farmers and the University of Iowa athletics department.

UI Recreational Services is hosting a second round of adult tennis clinics designed to guide players at the beginner and intermediate levels of play.

This week, UI Student Government is launching a campus-wide recycling campaign aimed at promoting the available recycling options in residence halls, and helping off-campus students reach out to their landlords to request recycling service. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

A growing community of students, scholars, citizens, and policy makers is pushing to make open access the norm of scholarly communication, rather than the alternative.

The 13th Annual Iowa Organic Conference, scheduled for Nov. 17-18, will once again bring national experts, the latest in organic agriculture production research, and the voices of local experience together on the University of Iowa campus.

Student leaders will welcome Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds to the University of Iowa campus Thursday, Oct. 24 to tour the Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory and the UI College of Pharmacy.

The nonprofit group Americans for the Arts honored John and Mary Pappajohn at a ceremony in New York—perhaps not the kind of party John Pappajohn might have imagined, when, as a UI business undergraduate, he took a “fluff” course in art appreciation, which he never forgot.

Jen Knights of the UI Foundation says the "We Are Phil" campaign's goal to increase faculty and staff giving could potentially help outside donors realize how passionate the UI is about its research creating more support.