Members of the media are invited to the 39th annual meeting of the American Regions Mathematics League, described as the "World Series of mathematics competitions," taking place simultaneously on the University of Iowa campus and three other locations around the country, Friday and Saturday. May 30 and 31.

The University of Iowa Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival has a new website, which features a "Save the Date" message for this year's festival on Oct. 5 in Hubbard Park on the UI campus.

UI researchers have now discovered that the same part of the brain responsible for remembering names and landmarks, the left temporal lobe, also deals with music.

The increasing importance of data analysis in business decision making has boosted demand for employees with analytical skill sets, leading the UI to begin offering a big data focused undergraduate major called Business Analytics and Information Systems in 2013.

The Iowa Review, edited by faculty, students, and staff from the renowned writing and literature programs at the University of Iowa, has a new look to its online presence. Check out selections from the latest issue, numerous blog entries, and visit the web store.

Beginning Monday, June 2, the "Iowa Now" Top News Digest will be sent out once a week, each Monday, over the summer months. Other substantive and time-sensitive news will be published in "Iowa Now" throughout the week as warranted.

Quad-Cities businesswoman Ginny Wilson-Peters will teach her UI MBA leadership development class in Italy this summer: "The good thing about the leadership model I use is it really is relative around the globe."

Researchers at the University of Iowa say that damage to a region of the brain, the left temporal pole, may be associated with difficulty recalling auditory stimuli, such as the title to a song. The finding supports the theory that the left temporal pole is important for naming unique items, from landmarks to song names. Results published in the journal Neuropsychology.

Buddy Lazier's positive attitude is the exact reason why he is a perfect person to represent the Wynn Institute for Vision Research at the University of Iowa.

University of Iowa researchers show that the hippocampus is involved in language processing, possibly providing additional insight into how to treat people with Alzheimer’s disease. Results appear in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.

From penning award-winning television scripts to developing alternative energy solutions for third-world countries, UI alumni are making their marks across the spectrum.

The University of Iowa Athletics Department will be holding a Norm Parker Celebration of Life service on Saturday, May 31 at Kinnick Stadium. The service, which is open to the public, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. in the south end zone of Kinnick Stadium.