The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities, a campus-wide effort that matches students and cities across the state to give students hands-on experience working on community projects, partnered with three cities in 2014–15. A Sioux City project had students working with community leaders to develop plans to revitalize the Leeds neighborhood.

The University of Iowa will celebrate International Education Week Nov. 17-21 with several events and activities, including a public ceremony to honor 2014 International Impact Award recipients Roger Thurow and Selma Jeronimo.

The University of Iowa Alumni Association presents its highest honor to 14 distinguished alumni in recognition of their significant accomplishments in business or professional life or in service to the university or their community, state, or nation.

What happens when a comet flies closely past a planet? UI researcher gets a bird's eye view for the first time.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will hold open auditions Nov. 13-16 for numerous spring productions: three Mainstage shows, four workshops, two readings, and one special project. General auditions are held in Theatre B, located in the Theatre Building along North Riverside Drive.

Researchers at the University of Iowa say it takes more than knowing what reading skills are missing to develop effective intervention plans for struggling middle school readers. Educators also need to know how these students are using the reading skills they already have.

"The Student Experience" showcases University of Iowa students who excel academically—inside and outside the classroom. The first installment features Jenna Ladd, who takes what she has learned in the classroom and applies it to community settings, from school gardening initiatives to sustainable practices that can help others.

Women’s sports pioneer and Title IX advocate Christine Grant (Ph.D. ’74) will discuss “The Politics of Sport” as part of the University of Iowa College of Education’s Distinguished Speaker Series on Nov. 11 at 1:30 p.m. in N140 Lindquist Center. The event is free and open to the public.

The University of IowaI's selection for 2014 Mom and Dad of the Year are, respectively, Lisa Dowson of Indianola, Iowa, and Jim Hoflen of Elk Horn, Iowa. The parents were nominated by their students and then honored during Family Weekend festivities.

On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Iowa Now sent teams of writers, photographers, and videographers to 15 undergraduate classes across campus to showcase the breadth and strength of the University of Iowa's academic offerings as well as its dynamic faculty and state-of-the-art facilities.

Longtime religious studies professor Jay Holstein helps his students decode the Hebrew Bible with a bit of metaphor, a bit of humor, and a dry erase board drawing of the Sinai Peninsula.

Iowans know a thing or two about slicing into pork, but they’re not always taking a scalpel to a preserved fetal pig. That’s exactly what students in a biology lab do as they get a closer look at the organs that keep pigs—and humans—running.