University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication Director David Perlmutter writes, "Show them that you really want the job."

The Woman in Black, adapted by Stephen Malltratt from the book by Susan Hill, is the second production in the 2012 Iowa Summer Rep season of “Chills and Thrills.” It will open at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 28, in the David Thayer Theatre of the University of Iowa Theatre Building.

University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus Andrew Malan Milward will read from his prize-winning collection of short stories, "The Agriculture Hall of Fame," at 7 p.m. Monday, June 25.

Every spring, a small group of faculty sets out to see Iowa through the eyes of folks outside Iowa City. They meet with Iowans and listen to stories of triumph and challenge, and they return with a new perspective on the state, their students and their lives as UI faculty.

Never mind that Iowa Summer Rep provides audiences with top-notch productions. UI theatre arts students get to rub shoulders with professional stage actors, and the pros find themselves re-energized by the students' enthusiasm for their art.

Author Larry Baker, a University of Iowa alumnus and faculty member, is interviewed about his new novel.

The University of Iowa Opera Theater production of H.M.S. Pinafore will dock at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts July 13-15. The following weekend, July 20-21, the production will be presented at the Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines.

University of Iowa film-studies alumnus Eric Brightwell, awed by the immensity of Los Angeles, found a new life mapping the city's neighborhoods.

Jodie Plumert, chair of the University of Iowa Psychology Department, says riding a virtual bike "offers a way to look at this real-world problem in a very safe but systematic way.”

University of Iowa new-media specialist Jon Winet is co-founder of an experiment to learn if a novel can be written through Twitter.

Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus and former faculty member Anthony Swofford returns to Iowa City to read from his new memoir.

An Iowa farmer and his family discovered an assortment of mammoth bones in their backyard; they hope assistance from the University of Iowa will uncover many more.