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.

Stephen Wynn, chairman and chief executive officer of Wynn Resorts, Limited, said Friday that he gave $25 million to support blindness research at the University of Iowa after becoming convinced that its scientists were leading the way in the search for a cure.

What would it take for you to be famous in your field? This and other questions will be probed as Dean Keith Simonton, an Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, explores the development of eminence, creativity, genius, and leadership. Simonton will visit the UI campus Oct. 30 through Nov. 1.

Come celebrate “The Woven Life” at the next University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) First Friday on Friday, Nov. 1, from 5-7 p.m. at hotelVetro. The event features the work of local weaver Jan Friedman as well as live music by The Main Sequence.

Chicago business leader, world traveler, and University of Iowa alumnus Andrew Code will return to the UI campus Thursday, Oct. 24 to reflect on leadership, faith, and putting love into action through business or whatever one’s work may be.

A new faculty and staff giving program announced by the University of Iowa and the UI Foundation highlights the transformative power of philanthropy and has UI faculty and staff talking about why they make financial contributions to support the university.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason presided over the Oct. 18 naming ceremony for the UI Stephen A. Wynn Institute for Vision Research on the campus of the UI, one of the nation’s top public research universities.

Brad Buck, the new director of the Iowa Department of Education, will speak about “priorities and initiatives” at the University of Iowa College of Education Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Teacher Leader Center, 140 Lindquist Center North on the UI campus.