The effort at the mammoth dig site in rural Mahaska County went high-tech Saturday, as University of Iowa researchers worked to GPS map the site.

What better way to spend Halloween weekend than with morbid dreams and undersea monsters? From Oct. 31 to Nov. 3, the UI Department of Theatre Arts will present "Dreams I Have About Killing My Sister," a new play by third-year MFA playwright Lisa Meyers, directed by first-year MFA director Marina Johnson.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a performance by the UI Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of William LaRue Jones, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union. The performance, featuring world-renowned violinist Kyle Dillingham, is free and the public is welcome.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free recital by UI professor of piano Réne Lecuona and guest artist (and former School of Music lecturer) Hannah Holman at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Three professors in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Biology have been honored by the National Academy of Sciences for their work at the 2013 National Academies Northstar Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology held during July at the University of Minnesota.

After the 2006 Iowa City tornado, psychologist Jerry Suls and colleagues at the University of Iowa explored how Iowa City's residents perceived the risk of being hit by tornadoes in the future—perceptions that could have implications for disaster preparedness and response.

The 2013 Iowa Climate Statement, prepared by scientists across the state including the UI's Erin Irish, says Iowa farmers should anticipate wild swings in the weather in the coming years.

In a special event sponsored by the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, Eliot Weinberger will read from and talk about his work at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

Daniel Orozco and Michele Glazer, University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop visiting faculty in fiction and poetry, respectively, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

Two of the University of Iowa’s most generous donors, John and Mary Pappajohn of Des Moines, received the Eli and Edyth Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts during the 2013 National Arts Awards ceremony in New York City.

Chan ignored the skeptics and completed a degree at the University of Iowa. Now he's giving back to help other students realize their dreams.

What would it take for you to be famous in your field? This and other questions will be probed as Dean Keith Simonton, an Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, explores the development of eminence, creativity, genius, and leadership. Simonton will visit the UI campus Oct. 30 through Nov. 1.