With an unprecedented rate of flood recovery, health care, and other construction projects taking place around the UI campus including University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, officials remind students, faculty and staff, patients and other visitors to campus to follow the designated alternate routes of travel, obey all traffic signals and signs, and stay alert near construction zones.

Jon Ronson’s work takes him everywhere—to the weirdest corners of the human mind, sites of mysterious events, and meetings of extraordinary people. Hear about his adventures firsthand when Ronson speaks at the University of Iowa Wednesday, Oct. 16.

UI alumnus Michael Lynch began his “blind audition” on NBC’s "The Voice" alone on the stage. After his 90-second rendition of "Bailamos," Lynch found himself in the midst of an impromptu dancing duet with Christina Aguilera. Ahead of the "battle rounds," Lynch reflects on his memorable moment.

Allyn Mark is recognized internationally for his research in brain control of the cardiovascular system and blood pressure, but his greatest passion is as a mentor to trainees and young faculty. Mark will be honored for his exceptional mentoring skills with the 2013 UI Carver College of Medicine’s Distinguished Mentor Award.

The three recipients of the 2013 World Food Prize will be available to meet the media prior to delivering a public lecture at the University of Iowa Tuesday, Oct. 15.

Carroll native and Des Moines resident Steve Bernholtz is the kind of guy you want on your side, a chemical detective who looks for things in water and soil that you probably don’t want in there.

University of Iowa, Kirkwood Community College, and Grant Wood Area Education Agency officials broke ground Friday afternoon for a 100,000-square-foot STEM education center slated to open in the UI Research Park in Coralville by fall 2015.

The JACK Quartet, current residents of the UI String Quartet Residency Program, spent much of this week with composition and string students in the School of Music. A week of mentoring and developing students' work will culminate with the JACK performing UI student compositions Friday, Oct. 11, in Riverside Recital Hall.

Administrators from a top Russian university have been visiting the University of Iowa this week to learn about best practices at an American major research university.

Leaders of Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa are ready to break ground on a new education center aimed at preparing students for careers in STEM fields.

A former University of Iowa professor with unexpected ties to the assassination of John F. Kennedy found refuge from history in Iowa.

Ted Anton will talk about great science and nature writing jobs at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.