The School of Social Work in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host two workshops for social workers, mental health counselors, and substance abuse professionals, as well as a Homecoming event for alumni.

University of Iowa researchers have found that self-awareness is a product of a patchwork of pathways in the brain. The research challenges an accepted theory that three regions in the brain are critical in self-awareness.

Tim Hagle, a University of Iowa associate professor of political science, comments on national political conventions. Hagle says there are benefits to having them, even if the outcome of the nominating process is a foregone conclusion.

Craig Kletzing, University of Iowa professor of astronomy, talks about how UI researchers were involved with a recent NASA mission. David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, discusses a recent trip to Turkey.

Ed Wasserman, University of Iowa psychology professor, discusses animal cognition, human invention, and intelligent design.

The University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) has received a $4.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure the safety of people in Iowa and the Midwest will continue for at least five more years.

Trumpeter Amy Schendel will be joined by two of her University of Iowa School of Music faculty colleagues—pianist Rene Lecuona and organist Greg Hand—and pianist Jason Sifford in a free recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

The Fall Proseminar in Cinema and Culture, a free screening and discussion series, will survey films from around the globe and along the historical trajectory of cinema.

Robin Hemley, director of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, will read from "Reply All," his new collection of short stories, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in Prairie Lights Books and through a live stream on the Virtual Writing University.

A team led by the University of Iowa has unearthed some remains of a second mammoth, a rarity for a single site located in the Midwest, scientists associated with the dig announced Friday.

Research at the UI identified the brain's "gullibility center."

Alumna Gloria Zmolek, who teaches at Linn-Mar, has been honored with the 2012 Outstanding Secondary Art Educator of the Year Award by the Art Educators of Iowa.