In the case of James Clancy, the path to enshrinement in the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame began in ninth grade, when he was invited to play keyboard with a garage band called Webster’s Unabridged. The professor of prosthodontics in the UI College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics reflects on the honor.

NASA's Juno spacecraft will pass within 350 miles of Earth's surface Oct. 9 before it slingshots off into space on a historic exploration of Jupiter. Bill Kurth has been involved with the mission since the beginning and is one of the lead investigators on the Waves instrument aboard the craft.

The threat of severe weather might have altered some Homecoming 2013 plans, but it certainly wasn't enough to sweep away the assembly of Hawkeye spirit in Iowa City on Oct. 4 and 5.

Derek Porter, director of the MFA lighting design program at Parsons The New School for Design in New York, will discuss his work in a lecture, “Explorations in Light,” Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 240 of Art Building West on the UI campus.

UI Archivist David McCartney has been retracing the life of Stephen Smith, who as a UI sophomore was one of first people in the country to burn his draft card after it became illegal to do so.

Forty years ago, alumni of the Hawkeye Marching Band decided to relive the old glory of performing the Iowa Fight Song and other songs devoted to their alma mater. The tradition has lived on ever since.

The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights will host a community-based, humanitarian aid summit for Syria Tuesday Oct. 15, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Jones Commons, Room 300 in Lindquist Center North on the UI campus.

The University of Iowa National Speech-Language and Hearing Association will host a benefit auction Friday Oct. 18, at the University Athletic Club.The evening includes a buffet style dinner and live music. Proceeds will go toward student scholarships and client services.

Live coverage of the University of Iowa's annual Homcoming parade, starting 5:45 p.m., Friday, Oct. 4.

University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

Fourteen staff members at the University of Iowa received 2013 awards for excellence presented by the UI Staff Council.

UI senior Molly Barnhart continues to attend class in the Tippie College of Business even after a double mastectomy and continuing chemotherapy treatments.