The Office of the Ombudsperson is available to all members of the UI community—and, as a recent presentation to UI Student Government demonstrates, it actively seeks more student awareness of its services.

Fiona Sze-Lorrain will read from her recent book of poetry, "My Funeral Gondola," at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, 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.

The University of Iowa College of Law is proposing to reduce tuition by nearly $8,000 for out-of-state students, in a bid to reverse a decline in applicants and class size.

UI officials have created an emergency short-term loan plan for students expecting government stipend checks on Nov. 1, in case the impasse in Washington, D.C., persists.

University of Iowa law professor Pat Bauer has been obsessed with Bob Dylan since he was a kid growing up in the 1960s. He now offers up his admiration to the highest bidder in a fundraiser auction for the College of Law's Equal Justice Foundation.

Marlon James, assistant professor of English at Macalester College, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

In 1972, downtown Iowa City had three movie houses that screened the popular films of the day, but something was missing. Student aficionados of art, foreign, and classic films knew what that was and formed the Bijou Theater, a place to see art-house cinema on a regular basis.

The University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine has one of the country’s strictest conflict of interest policies limiting industry-related gifts, meals, drug samples, and payments for things like travel, according to a new industry report.

At the upcoming Assignment Design Institute Saturday, Oct. 19, participants can learn how to create and implement classroom assignments that foster innovation and invite students to engage with broader communities through the use of audio, video, still images, and other technologies.

One Community, One Book, an annual reading program held by the UI Center for Human Rights, will host the film "William and the Windmill" as its capstone event for the 2013 choice, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present “Not in Kansas Anymore: Percussive Improvisations,” an evening-length musical exploration showcasing the creative energies of NYC-based drummer Matt Wilson and UI professor of percussion Dan Moore, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Art Building West auditorium.

The Main Library Learning Commons just opened this fall, but it has already become a hub for University of Iowa students. No wonder that the Office of Admissions chose the facility for the first installment of its "On Location" video series.