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The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at the University of Iowa has named a scholar in the arts and humanities as its newest faculty fellow. David Gier is a professor and director of the UI School of Music and is the third person to be selected for the Administrative Research Fellows Program, now in its second year.

See a roundup of recent University of Iowa activities, research, public engagement, and campus life in Iowa Now Minute.

University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and the general public are invited to view a traveling exhibit commemorating a German student movement that urged nonviolent resistance to the Nazi government in 1942-43. The exhibit is on display May 2-30 in the College of Public Health Building.

Gifts and grants is a roundup of research grants obtained by University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students that spans the spectrum of disciplines—from science and social science to the art and humanities—that will be published in Iowa Now on a regular basis.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by UI horn studio students at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the UI Women’s Chorale and Camerata at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9, in the Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free trumpet studio recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall. The recital will feature all the students in the trumpet studio on solo works with piano.

A group of University of Iowa students is helping to determine the best development options for a piece of land in Mt. Pleasant located near the intersection of two heavily-trafficked highways.

Many women coping with infertility count on relatives or close friends for encouragement and assistance. But when it comes to support, women may not be receiving enough—or even the right kind, according to a new study by UI researchers published in the journal Communication Monographs.

UI's Obermann Fellow-in-Residence Juan Pablo Hourcade, a UI associate professor in computer science and a computer science alumnus from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, discusses his forthcoming book, Designing Technologies for Children.

The Nonfiction Writing Program, through a class called "The Art and Craft of Literary Immersion," placed students in local spaces such as the MacBride Raptor Project, Amana Colonies, and the Iowa City Senior Center to inhabit, observe, and write about them. The students will read from their work on May 3 and May 8.