Pamela Bourjaily, the director of the Frank Business Communications Center, says the pronunciation program was developed as an effort to better respect Chinese students and encourage a more comfortable environment in the classroom, for both the Chinese and domestic community.

Liz Lerman, founding artistic director of the Dance Exchange and recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant,” will be in Iowa City as part of the Ida Cordelia Beam Visiting Professorships Program in September.

University of Iowa Student Health and Wellness has achieved another three year accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, earning recognition for providing the highest quality care.

The University of Iowa ranks 29th among the nation's best public universities, according to the latest rankings published by the magazine "U.S. News & World Report." The ranking places the UI in a tie with Michigan State University.

International Writing Program participant Craig Cliff shares his first impressions of Iowa with his readers back home in New Zealand.

Two-time Emmy-Award winner and University of Iowa alumnus Marcos McPeek Villatoro will visit the UI campus and local community Sept. 15-18 thanks to a collaboration between the UI Chief Diversity Office and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

A new mobile app helps University of Iowa students access online services, track the latest news and events, and even decide where to eat or do laundry.

Molly Barnhart transferred to the University of Iowa from Iowa State University, and you might think it had something to do with the Cyclone-Hawkeye thing. It didn't. She transferred because it was more convenient to attend class at UI while she underwent chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer in Iowa City, following a double mastectomy.

UI Health Care has started handing out the iPhone 4S, which will eventually replace pagers. The transition began more than a year ago, with about 65 phones. That number has since grown to 1,500 and may reach 2,000 when everything is said and done.

The College of Dentistry at the University of Iowa has been awarded a $1.6 million federal grant to operate a dentist-scientist training program. The program, run by dentistry professor Christopher Squier, has been funded continuously since 1985.

The 2013-14 season of International Programs’ WorldCanvass series begins with a program focused on human rights and the arts. The live event takes place on Friday, Sept. 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol Museum.

Claudia Beverly, a national gerontological policy expert, will give two lectures and be available for media interviews as an Ida Cordelia Beam Visiting Professor in September.