Book lovers of all ages will find something to love in the fourth-annual Iowa City Book Festival, July 13-15.

Where can you find hundreds of recordings of writers like Alice Sebold, David Sedaris, Francine Prose, and Sherman Alexie? On the Iowa Digital Library’s Virtual Writing University Archive.

Here in Iowa City, the words we cultivate are as famous and prolific as the corn we grow. Like our relationship with the local crops that feed the world, we’re conscious of this town’s writing heritage, but most of the time, it’s a fuzzy backdrop for our daily lives.

George Wine, former Iowa Sports Information director during a transformational time of Hawkeye sports in visibility and popularity, died Thursday morning at the age of 81.

The bi-monthly meeting of the Partnership for Alcohol Safety will take place Wednesday, July 11, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 2390 of the University Capitol Centre (also known as the Old Capitol Town Centre) in downtown Iowa City.

The University of Iowa awarded an estimated 4,300 degrees at the close of the 2012 spring session.

In designing the University of Iowa’s first new residence hall in nearly 45 years, officials plan for semiprivate restrooms that offer a locked door and private shower, “green” electrical outlets that shut off power when not in use, and much more.

The University of Iowa is one of 50 institutions that has joined a study on using e-textbooks. UI researchers from Information Technology Services and the College of Education will focus on the use of online annotation tools.

John Mikelson, coordinator of the University of Iowa Veterans Center, received a 2012 Governor's Volunteer Award from Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds during a special recognition ceremony June 29 in Cedar Rapids.

A free screening of the film "An Oversimplification of Her Beauty" will take place at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 7, in room 101 of the Becker Communication Studies Building on the UI campus.

For more than 30 years the University of Iowa published a booklet for incoming women students. It included a campus map and information about residence hall and campus activities—and even a chart suggesting appropriate attire for different occasions. University archivist David McCartney revisits the "Code for Coeds."

The University of Iowa International Writing Program is bringing young writers from Arabic-speaking countries and Russia to campus for the Between the Lines program. The 16- to 19-year-old students will study creative writing during their two-week stay.