The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Hancher Auditorium has been postponed, but University of Iowa officials say the project to replace UI’s main performing arts center destroyed in the 2008 flood still is on track.

The Civil War reached far and wide 150 years ago, including the leadership of Iowa’s fledgling university. University archivist David McCartney looks back on the short tenure of the university's second president, Silas Totten.

The University of Iowa has been celebrating a century of Homecoming traditions this week. The fun continues this weekend with traditional events like the annual parade, king and queen coronation, concert, and football game. The parade, themed "Keeping the Tradition: Centennial Edition," will begin tonight at 5:45 p.m.

On Saturday, Sept. 29, the UI Pentacrest Museums will participate in the eighth annual Museum Day Live! Visitors can download a Museum Day Live! ticket at www.smithsonian.com/museumday and redeem it at the Old Capitol Museum or the UI Museum of Natural History for a free gift.

A total of $100,000 is available through the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Award program, which supports innovative instructional technology projects that impact student success and retention.

The University of Iowa on Friday will showcase the founding of a high-throughput screening facility, capable of performing rapid-fire experiments involving large amounts of data and the first of its kind for academic use in the state. The instrument, funded by the federal National Institutes of Health, is expected to spawn research collaboration campus wide.

The Latino Midwest, the 2012-13 University of Iowa Obermann-International Programs Humanities symposium, will examine the history, education, literature, art, and civil rights struggles of Latinos in the Midwest in light of the demographic changes experienced by states in this region with growing Latino populations.

The University of Iowa School of Social Work will host the Iowa Latino Conference Oct. 12-13 in Iowa City. The conference aims to explore the changing demographics and dynamics of Latino communities in Iowa, and to strengthen the responsiveness of policy makers, business leaders, and community organizations.

Stacie Townsend might be the only University of Iowa law student who knows all the lyrics to "God Save the Queen."

The latest publications and presentations from the College of Public Health.

The University of Iowa Department of Public Safety will test the Hawk Alert emergency notification system at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. The test is required by law.

The University of Iowa Libraries Preservation and Conservation Department's new lab combines existing tools and equipment with updated furnishings to create a bright and efficient workspace designed specifically for the conservation treatment of library materials.