Each year since 1989, the Alumni Fellows program has recognized former UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students for their contributions to their professions, the university, and society. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

So how did you spend your summer? Numerous students and faculty in the UI Division of Performing Arts dotted the globe with their summer activities. Students gained valuable experience performing and working in music, theatre, and dance, while faculty taught at workshops, performed at festivals, and conducted research.

As the wrecking ball swings at the old Hancher Auditorium and other flooded arts buildings, students, faculty, and staff look forward to reuniting on a newly-constructed arts campus.

Today the overwhelming majority of scientists in Iowa, the United States, and across the world agree that biological evolution explains the diversity of life on our planet.

University of Iowa English education professors Bonnie Sunstein and Amy Shoultz, both with years of experience teaching English in classrooms, share what’s new, what’s the same, and what Kate Turabian would think in The Chicago Manual of Style Online's monthly feature, Shop Talk.

Steve Duck, professor of communication studies, weighs in on the question, "What was the greatest speech, historical or fictional, ever given?"

What does the reading public lose when a book is removed from the shelves? Writers from Burma/Myanmar, Pakistan, Panama, and Portugal—in Iowa City for the International Writing Program fall residency—will team up with Iowa City librarians for a public discussion on censorship Sept. 26.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development have established a Humanities Advisory Board to advise them on humanities issues, stimulate collaboration among humanities faculty, leverage resources in support of humanities scholarship, and identify areas of interdisciplinary research.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a jam session by jazz faculty members from 8 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, at George’s, 312 E. Market St. in downtown Iowa City. The performance, part of a monthly series, is free and open to the public.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a jam session by jazz faculty members from 8 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at George’s, 312 E. Market St. in downtown Iowa City. The performance, part of a monthly series, is free and open to the public.

Harpsichordist Jory Vinikour, 2012 Grammy nominee in the field of classical music, will present a free concert in Iowa City at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, in Riverside Recital Hall on the University of Iowa campus.

The UI American Sign Language Program in the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures will host Deaf Awareness Week Saturday, Sept. 21 through Friday, Sept. 27. Activities include an American Sign Language (ASL) story time, workshops on interacting with deaf persons and interpreters, and a sports night.