Watch the University of Iowa's new campaign video with the theme "For Iowa. Forever More." This video brings the UI's fundraising priorities to life: educating UI students and ensuring a healthier and more sustainable world through scientific and medical discoveries.

Josh Frahm teaches STEP (Student to Employed Professional), a brand-new, for-credit course aimed at University of Iowa students who are starting out in part-time jobs during school. The goal: make a college job the foundation for a career.

The University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program—coordinated by violist Elizabeth Oakes, lecturer in the UI School of Music—will welcome the Daedalus Quartet on campus Nov. 11-18, with the residency focusing on the theme of “music from exile.”

Landon R.Y. Storrs, UI associate professor of history, writes that Bill de Blasio’s candidacy for New York City mayor presents an opportunity for Americans to confront the enduring legacy of the Red Scare—and to consider the possibility of escaping its shadow.

Blasting an algorithm that uses sentence length and vocabulary to determine books' reading levels, Blaine Greteman writes: "I’m an English professor, I live in Iowa City, a UNESCO City of Literature, but according to MetaMetrix my bookish hometown might as well go play patty cake."

Affluent girls residing in two-parent homes are much less likely to be sexually assaulted than other female youth, according to a new study conducted by University of Iowa School of Social Work professor Amy Butler.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason held a “fireside chat” at the president’s residence Monday night with student leaders, in a conversation that ranged from the experience of international students on campus, to student tuition and Iowa City's 21-ordinance, which is up for a vote in Tuesday's election.

He had the beat. But it would be another two decades before University of Iowa alumnus Steve Schlosser drummed up the idea—and the courage—to share his percussive talent with youth through the musical performance group Sheltered Reality.

Jeff Weld, who earned three degrees from the University of Iowa, was named recipient of the 2013 Yager Educational Accomplishment Honor, presented annually to the College of Education graduate who has demonstrated significant accomplishment or innovation in the K-12 setting. The award presentation will take place Tuesday, Nov. 19.

University of Iowa space physicist Don Gurnett debunks the notion that the lack of air in space means there is no sound; space can make music, he has shown, if you know how to listen.

Chemistry and physics are central scientific disciplines that help us understand the "how" of almost everything. Two University of Iowa chemistry scholars share how concepts in these disciplines shape their understanding of the world.

The public is invited to attend several social and educational events Nov. 8 through 15 as part of the University of Iowa celebration of International Education Week 2013.