SCOPE Productions, AEG Live, and Iowa Public Radio are proud to present a performance by David Sedaris at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus.

Loreen Herwaldt, M.D., University of Iowa professor of epidemiology and hospital epidemiologist at UI Hospitals and Clinics, discusses when to stay home if you're sick and how to stay well at work on the Wall Street Journal's "Lunch Break" (video interview and story.)

“Healthiest State” is the theme for this year’s Faculty and Staff Health Fair. Visitors can get flu vaccinations, cholesterol testing, blood glucose checks, and more.

Learn how English as a Second Language (ESL) courses offered through the University of Iowa's ESL Programs help non-native-English-speaking students improve their English and become familiar with the culture of American classrooms.

Bicycling injuries represent a significant public health problem in the United States, which is why researchers at the University of Iowa are using a bicycling simulator to study the decision-making processes of children when crossing streets.

University of Iowa students in a School of Social Work class have begun to take a closer look at what they would want at the end of their lives thanks to a program called Honoring Your Wishes. The program is under the leadership of the Iowa City Hospice.

University of Iowa political science professor Timothy Hagle says that Obama was on the attack from the start during the third debate while Mitt Romney seemed more subdued. He agrees that Obama will be seen as the winner, but it wasn't a knockout.

University of Iowa Libraries recently launched DIY History, a new initiative that crowdsources the transcription and tagging of primary sources including everything from recipes to diaries and correspondence from the Nile Kinnick Collection.

Cambus started modestly on Jan. 24, 1972, with a rented six-bus fleet. Forty years later, the campus bus service operates 18 regular routes and gives nearly 4 million rides a year.

"The Fossil Guy" series continues at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, with “Twilight of the Dinosaur Age." The free public programs are geared toward elementary-age children and are held in Macbride Auditorium.

David B. Bills, a sociologist and associate dean at the University of Iowa College of Education, says the trend of universities and colleges having more professors who are 60 and older is driven by mandatory faculty retirement ages disappearing and the post-World War II baby boom.

A planned joint building between Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa will bring together educators from the university, community college, and kindergarten through 12th-grade levels, in a model that officials say is something completely different on the national scene.