It might not seem like a natural combination, but Ira Glass, Monica Bill Barnes, and Anna Bass have some stories to share in their own unique ways. These three will join forces when UI's Hancher presents "Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host" on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Englert Theatre.

The contributions of almost 30 University of Iowa faculty and staff were recognized and celebrated at the annual UI Faculty and Staff Awards Banquet Tuesday, Oct. 7, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice President for Human Resources.

Buddy Lazier, the 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion and driver of the No. 91 University of Iowa Stephen A. Wynn Institute for Vision Research Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone car, will serve as grand marshal for the 2014 UI Homecoming Parade Friday, Oct. 10, starting at 5:45 p.m. in downtown Iowa City.

Researchers at UI Children’s Hospital determined three brothers in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, carried the same defective gene that would lead to arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, a condition that causes fatty tissue to build up in the heart and can worsen heart function.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Riverside Recital Hall in Iowa City. A stellar ensemble of musicians from one of the most respected organizations in all of music will join forces for this all-Brahms concert.

On Oct. 6, President Mason announced the UI is committing funding to support three sexual assault prevention education specialist positions at the UI Women’s Resource Action Center and the Rape Victim Advocacy Program.

Masks give us permission to explore new ideas or to more bravely enact ways of being that we don’t usually give ourselves permission to pursue. All of the qualities that masks allow and invite also make them a clever tool for exploring social issues—the aim of a new UI theatre production, "Crescendo," this year’s Iowa Partnerships in the Arts project.

UI researchers have found a gene in a soil amoeba that can overcompensate for the specific mutations of a similar gene. In humans, those genetic mutations can often lead to tumor growth. Researchers are now looking for a separate human gene that could overcompensate for mutations in the same way.

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The UI Department of Theatre Arts’ first Mainstage production of the season brings together two Italian theater artists, a former supervisor for the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit, an experimental jazz music specialist, and an education sociologist in the Iowa Partnership in the Arts production, "Crescendo."

Pulitzer Prize winner and Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty member Marilynne Robinson provides insightful responses during a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times Magazine.

Singer-songwriter Susan Werner's roots are planted in Iowa soil. Her Club Hancher performances Thursday, Oct. 9, will feature music from her album "Hayseed."