The public and media are invited to join the Iowa National Guard as it celebrates its 175th birthday Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus.

Cheering the Iowa football team was a common refrain among the thousands who landed in Tampa for Outback Bowl festivities, but telling personal stories about the UI at events throughout the week strengthened the bond between fans and the university they support.

The University of Iowa Museum of Art will start 2014 with a new direction. On Friday, Jan. 3, from 5-7 p.m., the museum will host its monthly First Friday event at downtown Iowa City's hotelVetro, featuring Emily Martin and her show "New Direction: Rereading Shakespeare."

Since 2009, Ride for the Kids has raised $419,600 to support pediatric brain tumor research and pediatric cardiology research at UI Children’s Hospital.

On Saturday, Dec. 28, the Iowa women’s basketball team will host UI Faculty and Staff Day when the Hawkeyes host North Dakota at 2 p.m. inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. UI faculty and staff members will receive free admission to the game

The notes played on the Old Capitol steps on Friday, Dec. 13, were low, but don't misconstrue that as criticism. "Holiday Tubas," the annual concert performed with the help of Collegium Tubum, the UI’s tuba and euphonium ensemble, brought seasonal cheer to the audience gathered on the Pentacrest.

“Out of Bounds,” a new play by Iowa City’s Working Group Theatre, is not the first attempt to deal with cyberbullying in schools, but it may be among the first in the nation to be evaluated through the critical lens of scientific research.

The 30 students of the University of Iowa Youth Ballet and School of Dance had the incomparable experience this past weekend of performing in a professional production of “The Nutcracker,” Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet, with Ballet Quad Cities and Orchestra Iowa at the restored Paramount Theater in Cedar Rapids.

Members of the media are invited to cover two second-grade classes led by their University of Iowa College of Education alumnae teachers who will visit the UI to tour campus and participate in a culminating activity with students in the UI College of Education Wednesday Dec. 11 and Friday, Dec. 13.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free jazz recital Sunday, Dec. 15. at 2 p.m. in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall on the UI campus.

It’s fitting that on a day when Iowa City received its first significant snow fall of winter, the University of Iowa football team accepted an invitation to play in a bowl game with a slogan of “Football in Paradise.”

The UI Health Alliance announced today, Friday, Dec. 6, that it will make a $1 million commitment over several years to help fund the Iowa Rural Physician Loan Repayment Program during an event on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and other elected officials were on hand to celebrate the announcement.