Members of the media are invited to attend the 18th annual University of Iowa International Day for Human Rights, featuring the human right to a clean environment on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. at the Coralville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.

The University of Iowa will celebrate International Education Week Nov. 17-21 with several events and activities, including a public ceremony to honor 2014 International Impact Award recipients Roger Thurow and Selma Jeronimo.

The University of Iowa Veterans Association and Reserve Officer's Training Corps honored Iowa's veterans on Tuesday morning with a reveille ceremony on the west lawn of the Pentacrest, accompanied by raising the U.S. flag over the Old Capitol.

The University of Iowa's first residence hall, Currier Hall, is celebrating 100 years. The great-granddaughter of the building's namesakes, Amos and Celia Currier, says it's quite a legacy to have so many people touched in some way by the building.

Women’s sports pioneer and Title IX advocate Christine Grant (Ph.D. ’74) will discuss “The Politics of Sport” as part of the University of Iowa College of Education’s Distinguished Speaker Series on Nov. 11 at 1:30 p.m. in N140 Lindquist Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Come join the celebration of Edgar Folk’s influential life as he marks his 100th birthday from 2 to 4 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7, in the Eckstein Medical Research Building Atrium. Folk is a professor emeritus of molecular physiology and biophysics in the UI Carver College of Medicine.

Dan Reed, the University of Iowa vice president for research and economic development, will deliver the first-ever State of Research Address at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in the Art Building West Auditorium.

Along with a group of 100 military personnel, UI student veteran Donna Macek, who is currently pursuing the Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) online degree program, helped carry the United States flag onto the football field at Kinnick stadium during the pregame ceremonies on Saturday.

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David Frisvold, assistant professor of economics, will present “Public Policy and Personal Health: Effective tools for combating obesity,” on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at noon in the Iowa Theater, Iowa Memorial Union.

With songs like “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” to her credit, Roberta Flack has crafted essential parts of the American soundtrack. The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present Flack on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort Event Center.

As the culmination of an extended residency that has touched many areas of the UI campus, Liz Lerman brings her newest work, "Healings Wars," to University of Iowa's Space Place Theatre Nov. 13-15.