Author Nicholson Baker will be an Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor in the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Each year, 20 University of Iowa juniors are selected to receive the $5,200 renewable award from the Carver Trust. Part of the criteria is having overcome significant social and economic hardship while showing great potential and promise. Here are the stories of three Carver Scholarship recipients.

The annual Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women presents some of the university's top honors for faculty and staff, as well as scholarships for promising students.

History alumnus James Erwin's Reddit postings were well-read; before long, his hypothetical time-travel military scenario (modern Marines fighting the Roman Empire, in the earlier era) landed him screenwriter duties on a big-budget flick.

Writers' Workshop alumnus Juan Felipe Herrera dedicates the award to "all the young writers who want to put kindness inside every word throughout the state, because kindness is the heart of creativity."

Public health approaches do not routinely include a geographical perspective. Kirsten Beyer, a health geographer, will offer a free, public talk on the intersection of geography and public health at a free talk at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 30, on the University of Iowa campus.

In conjunction with the Mission Creek Festival of music and literature, the Special Collections department at the University of Iowa Libraries will host “The Zine Dream and the Riot Grrrl Scene” from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 30.

The University of Iowa Symphony Band will present the world premiere of UI School of Music composition alumnus Aaron Perrine's Beneath a Canvas of Green in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in the Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom.

As the new Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, University of Iowa graduate Tom Wickham helps keep the legislative process in order.

UI students can learn about the fundamentals of Cuban drumming and dancing at a March 29 open house of the Afro-Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble.

University of Iowa biologist John Manak says studies of mutations in flies provide a powerful model of human disease.

The Mainstage series of University of Iowa Theatre will perform Charles Mee's Big Love, opening at 8 p.m., Thursday, March 29, in the David Thayer Theatre of the UI Theatre Building.