The visitors—top students from Chinese high schools—will participate in hands-on research. The event is part of Rivers as Bridges, which celebrates the sister-river relationship of the Mississippi River in the United States and the Yangtze River in China.

A new documentary premiering at the Iowa City Book Festival reveals how a modest Midwestern college town became a locus of the literary world.

University of Iowa English alumnus Ned Stuckey-French and Carl Klaus, founder of the UI Nonfiction Writing Program, will read from 'Essayists on the Essay: Montaigne to Our Time,' the book they co-edited for the UI Press, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, in Prairie Lights Books.

Iowa native Charles Holdefer, an alumnus of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will read from his new novel, 'Back in the Game,' at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, in Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St. in downtown Iowa City.

University of Iowa students, staff, faculty, and visitors now have a centralized location for campus information, event tickets, Iowa Memorial Union building assistance, and more.

Iowa poets Blueberry Morningsnow and Melissa Dickey will read from their work at 7 p.m. Monday, July 23, in Prairie Lights Books and on a live stream through the Writing University website.

The Iowa Summer Rep festival of “Chills and Thrills” mysteries will present a staged reading of "Trouble is My Business" at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, in Theatre B of the University of Iowa Theatre Building.

To celebrate NASA’s 50th anniversary, the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, will host a three-month exhibit of NASA-commissioned art, "NASA | ART: 50 Years of Exploration," and a companion display of spaceflight instruments and models designed and built at the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Enjoy an evening of song, expert insights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into the world of Gilbert and Sullivan at a free University of Iowa Alumni Association event featuring UI faculty, staff, and students.

Theatre arts faculty member Eric Forsythe, artistic director of the current Iowa Summer Rep season of "Thrills and Chills" mysteries, once learned how truly dangerous theater can be when he became the prime suspect in a criminal investigation.

Book lovers of all ages will find something to love in the fourth-annual Iowa City Book Festival, July 13-15.

The bi-monthly meeting of the Partnership for Alcohol Safety will take place Wednesday, July 11, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 2390 of the University Capitol Centre (also known as the Old Capitol Town Centre) in downtown Iowa City.