The University of Iowa Department of Dance outreach program—the University of Iowa Youth Ballet and School of Dance—has recently added a third level to their adult classical ballet program.

An annual University of Iowa celebration honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. and addressing contemporary human rights issues will be held Jan. 19-31.

The University of Iowa Office of Strategic Communication will highlight publications by UI faculty of academic books and journal articles on a regular basis in Iowa Now.

A study involving the University of Iowa finds crows can use analogical reasoning without being trained to do so, a skill scientists previously thought only humans and apes could master.

The University of Iowa Committee on the Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women announces that the Distinguished Achievement Award for Faculty has been renamed the May Brodbeck Distinguished Achievement Award for Faculty in honor of the UI's first female vice president.

Dr. Robert Franciscus, UI Department of Anthropology, with a secondary appointment in the College of Dentistry, and Dr. Jeffrey Murray, UI College of Medicine, with a joint-appointment in the College of Dentistry, have been elected as 2014 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Drs. Murray and Franciscus are being honored for their contributions to innovation...

The Los Angeles Review of Books interviewed Meenakshi Gigi Durham, professor in the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, as part of its four-part interview series discussing the various cultural and literary impacts of Nabokov's Lolita.

“Ecosystem in the Design Processes,” an exhibition by the University of Iowa 3-D Design program, is currently on display at CSPS in Cedar Rapids. UI design students and faculty member Monica Correia will be available for interview at an artist reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8.

University of Iowa Spanish and Portuguese professor Adriana Mendez Rodenas, a native of Cuba, discusses the impact of renewed diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Cuba.

Eight University of Iowa students are scheduled to leave Dec. 26 for a three-week program in Havana.

It was a busy year on campus and we've got you covered. Take a look at this video to see highlights from 2014 at the University of Iowa.

The December 2014 UI Undergraduate commencement ceremony, including the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tippie College of Business, University College, and the Bachelor of Science degree candidates in the Carver College of Medicine, will be streamed live to "Iowa Now." Streaming will begin shortly before the ceremony begins.