Ben Mauk, UI adjunct associate professor of communications, writes of the controversy about what kinds of intellectual property can or cannot be used by artists as fair use.

University of Iowa undergraduate, graduate, and professional students who have secured summer internships with human rights organizations in the United States or internationally should consider applying for the Kenneth J. Cmiel Funded Human Rights Internship Program.

One hundred years ago, a young woman and her husband left behind their teaching jobs in Iowa to become homesteaders in Wyoming. Thanks to a University of Iowa alumnus, and his research at the Iowa Women’s Archives, the couple’s adventure has been brought to light.

The news media and the public are invited to participate in the free Iowa City Darwin Day activities set for Feb. 21 and 22 on the University of Iowa campus.

A University of Iowa official told state lawmakers on Thursday that freshman retention rates are the highest in the university’s history, student financial aid opportunities are being expanded, and an array of enhancements are being developed to make a college degree accessible and attainable to more Iowans.

The University of Iowa awarded an estimated 1,500 degrees at the close of the 2013 fall session.

What's behind the title of Alan MacVey's Feb. 23 Presidential Lecture, "What Made It So Exciting?" “It’s hard to assess what art does when it asks questions, because its questions do not have answers,” MacVey says. “They lead to other questions, and that’s what makes them exciting."

National Education Association Student Program Chair David Tjaden, who received his Master of Arts from the UI College of Education in 2012, has been named to the Forbes’ third annual “30 Under 30" list in the education sector for the second year in a row.

University of Iowa graduate student Emily Inman was diagnosed with a condition called aplastic anemia was she was 10 years old. She now plans to use her own experience with pediatric cancer to help other young survivors.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the UI Chamber Orchestra, conducted by William LaRue Jones, director of orchestral studies in the UI School of Music, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

An all-day workshop titled "Global leadership starts here: A U.S.-China student workshop on the undergraduate experience at Iowa" will be held Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Adler Journalism Building on the University of Iowa campus.

The University of Iowa Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature and the UI School of Art and Art History will present “Exploring the Cinematic Essay: Wandering in Practice and Presentation,” an event featuring UI alumnus Jonathan Rattner, at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in Room E105 of Adler Journalism Building on the UI campus.