Veteran TV writers Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green (“Northern Exposure,” “The Sopranos,” “Blue Bloods”) launched a class at the UI this fall called Writing for Television.

UI senior Austin Hughes was recently named one of 32 American Rhodes scholars. UI senior Melissa Lauer was also a finalist for the prestigious scholarship.

University of Iowa music therapist PhD student Alaine E. Reschke-Hernández planned and facilitated a study in four Iowa nursing homes to examine the effectiveness of music therapy intervention for people with Alzheimer’s or related dementias.

Elana Buch, associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Anthropology, is among the experts quoted in an article that examines the future of senior living—including a closer look at a “55 and better” community called Latitude Margaritaville.

A first-year seminar brings together students and faculty from multiple disciplines to create works of art using scientific computer code and artistic techniques.

The University of Iowa Thesis Rental Gallery, which provides a unique glimpse of academic American art over much of the last century, moves back to the main campus and gains an online component.

The Whistler Film Festival will host the 10 Screenwriters to Watch event in Whistler, British Columbia. The screenwriters, including University of Iowa alumni Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place), will share their stories and discuss the challenges of succeeding in today’s film industry.

Seven members of the University of Iowa family will be recognized during the Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Awards on Nov. 15.

University of Iowa students Hira Mustafa and Abby Haynes took home the top honor at the 16th Annual Collegiate Ethics Case Competition hosted by the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona.

A new paper by researchers in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa highlights the brain's changing response to hypertension and advances made in the field to date. The authors are Alan Kim Johnson, F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor, and Baojian Xue, associate research scientist.

Film opera “Iphigenia Point Blank: Story of the First Refugee” examines and responds to today’s global refugee crises in a unique performance that blends film, theater, dance, and music.

“Saving Brinton,” a documentary by Tommy Haines, John Richard, and Andrew Sherburne, has built a passionate audience over the past year and is now making a run at an Oscar nomination.