Liz Lerman, founding artistic director of the Dance Exchange and recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant,” will be in Iowa City as part of the Ida Cordelia Beam Visiting Professorships Program in September.

Two-time Emmy-Award winner and University of Iowa alumnus Marcos McPeek Villatoro will visit the UI campus and local community Sept. 15-18 thanks to a collaboration between the UI Chief Diversity Office and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

The American Chemical Society will hold a press conference to discuss the National Science Foundation’s support of a major climate change initiative at the Center of Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment, based at the University of California at San Diego. The press conference will be held from 3:30 to 4 p.m. (ET) Monday, Sept. 9, during the society’s annual meeting in Indianapolis.

The 2013-14 season of International Programs’ WorldCanvass series begins with a program focused on human rights and the arts. The live event takes place on Friday, Sept. 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol Museum.

Claudia Beverly, a national gerontological policy expert, will give two lectures and be available for media interviews as an Ida Cordelia Beam Visiting Professor in September.

The Partnership for Alcohol Safety will discuss Iowa City’s 21-only ordinance for alcohol consumption at its bi-monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11, beginning at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2390 of the University Capitol Centre in downtown Iowa City.

Celebrate the last days of summer with homegrown art at the University of Iowa Museum of Art First Friday reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 6 at hotelVetro in downtown Iowa City. The event features Dustin Busch's Iowa blues and selections from Barry Phipps’ Iowa Photographs series.

IBM vice president Martín-J. Sepúlveda will visit the UI College of Public Health Thursday, Sept.12 to receive the 2013 Hansen Award and deliver the keynote lecture at a free conference.

Running now through Labor Day, the Old Threshers Reunion in Mount Pleasant is a refreshing step back in time.

The University of Iowa Lifetime Enrichment Adult Program is offering a variety of courses to adult learners this fall.

UI students and others are encouraged to spend a fun and fascinating weekend learning about the cultural and natural history of the Iowa Great Lakes region. Registration will close Sept. 3 for the 22nd Natural History Weekend Sept. 6-8 at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory.

With the 2013 football season approaching, Iowa Now would like to remind fans about important policies and procedures, parking and traffic updates, safety guidelines, and information regarding access to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.