The University of Iowa field hockey team received a special visit from surprise guests Wednesday, April 23 at Grant Field. These were not just any guests; they included the president and chief executive officer of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), field hockey's governing body.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher and Department of Religious Studies are collaborating to present Niyaz featuring Azam Ali on Thursday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. at Old Brick. The concert is free and open to the public.

The University of Iowa College of Law’s patent moot court team took first place at the national finals of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Patent Law Moot Court competition April 23-25 in Washington, D.C.

The University of Iowa women's basketball team had fun in 2013-14. The campaign featured 27 wins, equaling the second-highest total in program history, and 14 home wins, also equaling the second-most in school history.

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University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received some of the institution’s highest honors Thursday. April 24, at the 97th annual Finkbine Dinner for Representative Student Leaders.

Christopher Newfield, one of the country’s most energetic analysts of higher education funding, will present a public lecture Monday, April 28, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Library. This event winds up the Obermann Center’s Designing the Future series while raising powerful questions about our own future.

During this Infertility Awareness Week, UI researchers Keli Steuber and Andy High say discussing the issue openly can help couples and their families: "Men, from what we can tell, choose not to talk about infertility. Usually the wife is the gatekeeper for the marriage," Steuber says.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

The Iowa Board of Regents today gave the University of Iowa permission to name the new west campus residence hall and its learning commons after education leader Mary Louise Petersen and longtime housing and dining manager Theodore M. Rehder.

Members of the media are invited to cover an event this Friday, April 25, when Shimek Elementary students release helium weather balloons that will carry cameras high into the sky to measure the curvature of the earth, thanks to a hands-on learning project with UI students and the School of the Wild.

David Cassels Johnson, an assistant professor at the University of Iowa College of Education, has recently released a new book, "Language Policy." It explains critical theories, research methods and findings, while offering new ideas supported by empirical data collection on the topic.