The University of Iowa is pleased to announce the following faculty promotions. The promotions are effective for the 2013-14 academic year, beginning July 1.

The University of Iowa will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its award-winning oat hulls project later this fall, and what better way to mark the occasion than to introduce a new source of alternative energy?

The 37,000-square-foot Main Library Learning Commons opened just a few days ago with the start of the fall semester, but it’s already buzzing with activity.

The University of Iowa is trading English for Mandarin and Facebook for WeChat to reach out to international students.

With the 2013 football season approaching, Iowa Now would like to remind fans about important policies and procedures, parking and traffic updates, safety guidelines, and information regarding access to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will hold its annual memorial service for the Deeded Body Program at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 1300 Melrose Ave., Iowa City.

Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech defined a movement to improve the lives of African-Americans in this country. “Its importance was immediately apparent,” says Colin Gordon, UI history professor.

University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and the general public are invited to the Military and Veteran Student Services Open House from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, in the newly remodeled office located at 111 Communications Center on the UI campus.

Former journalist and Air Force Airman Allen Roberts brings his experience and enthusiasm to the new position of Military and Veteran Education Specialist at the University of Iowa, where he advocates for the more than 500 student veterans on the UI campus.

Professor Katherine H. Tachau of the UI Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has been appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Council on the Humanities, the advisory board for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

From the time they arrived in Iowa City, Kwang-Kuk and Kook-Wha Koh began to create a shared life story unlike any other, and after 50 years, their story remains as unique as the day they left their native Korea to begin graduate studies in chemical and biochemical engineering at the UI.

Allen Roberts, a military and veteran educational specialist at the UI and a veteran himself, said the university tries to make veteran students feel comfortable with the school and the college experience.