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.

Computer scientist Doug Jones identifies the ways in which database matching could disenfranchise qualified voters.

The University of Iowa is helping a new business get off the ground. Its focus: helping other new businesses do the same.

Poets Eduardo Corral and Dan Rosenberg, alumni of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, will read at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, in Prairie Lights Books and on a live stream through the UI Writing University website.

A research team led by the University of Iowa has upended current thinking about areas in the human brain responsible for self-awareness.

Chaden Djalali, the new dean of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, talks about the appeal of the University of Iowa, the challenges of balancing the diverse aspects of a liberal arts education, and his affinity for music.

Students examine cultural roots of language taboos, from 'dirty words' to scorned dialects.